TikToker, @sayheyjames says that the “TikTok Ban” bill is a whole lot more than just a ban of the pernicious, CCP-controlled social media website.
He explains how S 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act, aka the RESTRICT Act covers the hardware and the virtual technologies engaged by everyday users of the internet, such as modems, routers, cameras and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and it criminalizes their use if they are manufactured by or used to access websites deemed to be controlled by “foreign adversaries”, a definition that is subject to change.
In other words, the use of a VPN to access a banned website, such as TikTok is criminalized, with a minimum penalty of 20 years and a minimum fine of $250,000 and up to $1,000,000 if you knowingly did so to access banned content.
The bill gives the Federal Government the power to monitor any activity used by these suspected devices, virtual or otherwise. Essentially, they can monitor what you’re doing at home 24/7 without informing you. This includes routers, video games, streaming apps, smart thermostats, Ring cameras – basically, anything that uses the internet.
The bill goes onto state that this will happen by the President appointing a Secretary of Communication. That secretary then forms a group on their own, without any voter input whatsoever. This group can have meetings behind closed doors, they don’t have to disclose anything; they can ban and deem anything inappropriate or a risk to security at any moment in time.
And if they do, they can go through your instant messages, your emails, text, basically anything that uses the internet and they can censor it.
In summary, this bill can ban anything the Government deems inappropriate extremely quickly, without warning. The ramifications of this range from breaking up mass communications methods to even watching the cameras in your home, aka spying on you.
@sayheyjames urges us to contact our representatives and to tell them if they vote for this, we will support their opponent in their next primary.
