Why you should care about the TikTok bill:
"Once national security is invoked, it gives almost unfettered latitude for the government to sidestep First Amendment concerns, because now this is almost like a wartime footing"
“It does feel in that sense that we’re going back to some kind of Cold War-like media environment, where we’re now going to erect boundaries in the service of national security"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/14/tik-tok-bill-constitutional-questions/
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