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Re:China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus by nsagent on Monday April 27, 2026 @08:56PM (#47929239)
The first case makes sense: ex-CIA officer explicitly outing CIA officers. Naturally, the government is going to step in and it's a false equivalence to compare to restricting random citizens.

As for your second case, US schools teach about the perils of McCarthyism. You neglected to link to the subsequent Supreme Court ruling in 1958 overturning the confiscation of the passport over protected speech. Note how long ago that was and how it's taught as a black stain on US history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_v._Dulles

Re:China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus by vkou on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @03:34AM (#47931474)
These aren't random citizens, these are people accused of violating export controls of sensitive, dual-use technology.

They seem to be the poster children for a flight risk.