[walterbell]

Earlier threads:

"The next Patriot Act, but so much worse: Bill S.686, the RESTRICT Act" (6 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35336366

"The Patriot Act on steroids: anti-TikTok Trojan horse for censorship and surveillance" (156 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35334851

Tiktok hired ex-gov people, how did they try to address natsec concerns? https://www.mintpressnews.com/nato-tiktok-pipeline-why-tikto...

> the threat to completely shut down its platform, subsided only after TikTok began appointing Western officials to important positions within its organization, thereby giving the state considerable influence over the content and direction of the app.

On the perennial topic of poorly conceived legislation, let's not forget US (CA, UT) and UK laws which mandate age-verification, https://www.techdirt.com/tag/ab-2273/ and "Utah is first US state to limit teen social media access" (600+ comments), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35307647 and UK Online Safety Bill, https://www.techradar.com/features/uk-online-safety-bill