This bill is not okay and sets a very scary precedence. A minimum of 20 year sentence and $250,000 fine just for using a VPN to access banned applications? This is maddening. I get wanting to protect users from Chinese spyware. I do. I get the dangers of TikTok. I think TikTok should be removed and delisted from app stores. šŸ‘€

What I am absolutely NOT okay with is these overreaching acts of punishments. We are literally turning ourselves into the place that we're banning these surveillance applications from. It's not good.

https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s686/BILLS-118s686is.pdf

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I feel like I need to catch up in the news. I feel out of the loop on things.

It’s so intimidating to try to catch up because most of it is noisy fear mongering

It’s as dystopian as it gets.

FoR yOuR sAfEtY

Dangers of tiktok? That’s a loaded statement…America was all worked up when China wanted to ban Google and Apple…and now we are doing the exact same thing!

Why is there no Bitcoin specific fund & committee to help lead & influence these early decisions of Washington? ...Or is there?

Show me good policy that has ever come into law that was not directed by the outside in?

It is totally dystopian.

Congress be like ā€œChina is bad m’kay but pay no attention to the fact that we’re passing a law that makes us more like China.ā€

Remember a lot of the elites keep saying China is the new model.

As dystopia darkens around us the more reasonable anarchy becomes.

Fight China with China!

Also what about EU, UK, Australia, Canada? Some form of it needs to be in effect everywhere in the former "free" world in order to really work.

I'm on lookout for the first signs of the propaganda. So far it has just been that "tiktok bad" "govt employees are prohibited to use tiktok on their phones", but nothing this crazy as this bill. That doesn't mean EU technocrats aren't working on it. Once more countries join in, we'll know we're fckd and nothing pleb-like can really stop it.

Concur

I hate this just as much as anyone. Let’s be clear in our comments on it while we are at it so we can maintain credibility I’ve read the whole thing (don’t trust, verify, right?). Many people are quoting ā€œminimum 20 year sentenceā€. The language of the bill is ā€œnot more than 20 yearsā€ thus it is a maximum sentence.

Regardless, we need to do all we can to stop this ridiculous legislation.

We’re protecting your freedom by stealing your money and throwing you in jail.

I don't think tik tok should be delisted, and I don't care what they say about VPN usage, if they want to send then they'll have to come get me. They can't prove fuck all about what I'm doing on the internet, they won't breach any of my devices, they won't get my bitcoin, and they won't get me to bend the knee.

This bill will never pass, but if it does then the government will have finally striked out.

The backlash against TikTok is just a front for this bill. Always has been.

This internet censorship propaganda campaign all started with the Russiagate lies. TikTok is the patsy in all of this. They've been motivated for a long time to try and turn the internet into a fully controllable walled garden brainwash machine like television is.

Yeah I’m with you on this one. Everyone reading this note should 100% uninstall TikTok, but that bill is scary.

Having TIKTOK on your phone is like giving your phone to a complete stranger and they can look at it without any repercussions.

F U THUNE FOR PUTTING THIS GARBAGE OUT

No way this is constitutional. If it makes it all the way through the government and the supreme court doesn’t stop it, our government is broken and needs a reset.

Your post is getting a lot of comments.

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It's scary shit

You sould read the link below it realy connect s in with the crazy tic-toc act https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation

I’m looking for a strong, clear, short (ish) message to send to my senator about this - has anyone written something already by chance?

I don’t need my government to protect me from an app. don’t want chinese spyware? don’t install it. this is ridiculous.

This is outright 1984 sh!t.

Do you think the agitation comes from the fact that TickTock users account for a voting majority now? Could it be fear of a propaganda machine?Propaganda has been the preferred tool of fascist regimes from inception. I wonder what claws they have in Musk? He’s pretty influential with his follower numbers, and potentially more adversarial to the US government than China. 😁

If you understand the risks that TikTok poses then I hope you understand that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and all other US Apps collect user data and should be banned from App stores

https://i.imgur.com/Q3r7g8b.mp4

Holy satoshi! šŸ‘€

ā€œWe don’t need good laws to ban bad people. We need good people to ban bad laws.ā€