Here we go.... I imagine there will be an appeal. I'm pretty sure the act is unconstitutional, only because the right to publish software is considered free speech. Apple and Google both are american companies, and enjoy the rights of free speech as "companies are people". I wonder if the act will ever be challenged though through first amendment means. Google and Apple would have to bring it to court as they are the " injured parties".

I'm sure google and apple really don't care either, at least until its used against something they care about. Doubtless some people will celebrate this as a win. I think America lost. But maybe now is the time to examine closer the #zapstore, #fdroid, and other means of getting software than these giant behemoths who want to cozy up with the government to keep their regulatory moat.

TBH, I'm not a fan of TikTok or of ByteDance, and I am very aware of the data they are collecting and the attack on American culture that bytedance is doing... but I am very concerned about the swelling power of the executive branch to violate the bill of rights, and the cost of any litigation to challenge it. Echoes of the red scare here.

#plebchain

#freedom