[_choof]

thanks for teh bump mister bot

Originally Posted by choof

tiktok ban is fine

the wechat ban is a bit more of a problem, since wechat is also used by millions of chinese-american citizens to keep in touch with people at home. a better way to go about doing this, if you want to increase economic tension, would be to just filter out wechat transactions at the processor gateway level

in one breath, we should take more of a solid stance against china in general, everyone should, but in another breath this doesn't seem like the best way to do it by far

turns out I'm a bit of a naive moron because the legislation behind the "tiktok ban" could potentially be akin to a patriot act v2 (imho the patriot act is one of the worst things the us has ever passed). vague and broad wording that generally targets services, not specific "threats," and could possibly apply to things such as vpns. it's a rushed piece of legislation curated by out of touch, tech-illiterate boomers. it has both bi-partisan support and bi-partisan criticism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RESTRICT_Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-...enate-bill/686