The so-called TikTok ban is a trojan horse. The President will be given the power to ban WEB SITES, not just Apps. The person breaking the new law is deemed to be the U.S. (or offshore) INTERNET HOSTING SERVICE or App Store, not the “foreign adversary.” docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
If you think this isn’t a Trojan horse and will only apply to TikTok and foreign-adversary social media companies, then contemplate why someone thought it was important to get a very specific exclusion for their internet based business written into the bill:
@RepThomasMassie You’re spot on, Thomas. Banning ANY social platform is absolutey wrong and any attempts made should be ended immediately. They’re going after the First Amendment… and, if they succeed, it will be the death of our Republic as we know it.
@RepThomasMassie NEVER give the government this kind of power, they ALWAYS abuse it. How many times do we have to get burned before we learn this basic fact?
@RepThomasMassie They will use this on TikTok first to appease conservatives and then they will turn this around and use it as a sledge hammer against Elon's platform.
@RepThomasMassie So the president has authority to deem any foreign application a “Foreign Adversary Controlled Application” by means of national security?
@RepThomasMassie It smelled like the Patriot act 2.0 and this puts the nail in the coffin.
@RepThomasMassie Why are there Republicans betraying our free speech? This is ridiculous
@RepThomasMassie @EndWokeness This is exactly why I didn’t trust the TikTok ban when I first heard Biden was for it. He’d use it as a tool to censor all Americans.
@RepThomasMassie This post is very misleading. Anyone can read the bill and it’s quite obvious it does not give them power to ban like homie says it does
@RepThomasMassie This post is very misleading. Anyone can read the bill and it’s quite obvious it does not give them power to ban like homie says it does
@RepThomasMassie they are going for broke; things are going to get massively authoritarianism if this budget passes.