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by IronWolve 1179 days ago
Basically turns the department of commerce into the equivalent of the DHS, which already does the key aspects of the act, with some NEW special powers. If they think your company is a threat, they can close you down. But only foreign threats, just like the Patriot Act was sold to ya.

It will be interesting to see the new rules the commerce department puts in place to monitor and control the internet. For your safety of course.

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"Foreign" here isn't necessarily tied to citizenship. They can reclassify US citizens as "foreign threats" as they see fit.