![]() ![]() critical infrastructure, or 'interfering in, or altering the result' of a federal election in order for criminal penalties to apply." The RESTRICT Act targets "companies like Kaspersky, Huawei and TikTok … not individual users," she said. Spokesperson Rachel Cohen told Newsweek that the provisions only apply when someone is "engaged in 'sabotage or subversion' of communications technology in the U.S., causing 'catastrophic effects' on U.S. Hence anyone using a VPN to access TikTok would be in trouble-specifically, subject to up to $1 million in fines, 20 years in prison, or both. It's a bit gobbledygooked, but this could be read to imply that "any person" using a VPN to access an app controlled by a "foreign adversary" or its alleged minions is subject to the secretary's ire. Foreign adversaries can be "any foreign government or regime" that the secretary deems a national security threat. The commerce secretary would be authorized to take steps to address risks posed by "any covered transaction by any person," right? So what counts as a covered transaction? The bill states that this means "a transaction in which an entity described in subparagraph (B) has any interest." Entities described in subparagraph B are a "foreign adversary an entity subject to the jurisdiction of, or organized under the laws of, a foreign adversary and an entity owned, directed, or controlled by" either of these. The language describing who the RESTRICT ACT applies to is confusing at best. These include federal elections, "information and communications technology products and services," and "critical infrastructure or digital economy," as well as "coercive or criminal activities by a foreign adversary that are designed to undermine democratic processes and institutions or steer policy and regulatory decisions in favor of the strategic objectives of a foreign adversary to the detriment of the national security of the United States." secretary of commerce the broad power to "identify, deter, disrupt, prevent, prohibit, investigate, or otherwise mitigate … any risk arising from any covered transaction by any person, or with respect to any property" that the secretary determines to pose "an undue or unacceptable risk" in several different areas. Warner's " Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act," or the RESTRICT Act, doesn't specifically mention TikTok or ByteDance. The latest legislation is more extensive-and even more invasive. Hawley's bill would direct the president to use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to specifically "block and prohibit all transactions" and to "prevent commercial operation of" TikTok parent company ByteDance in the U.S. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) introduced one TikTok ban bill back in January. ![]() ![]() ![]() citizens, but include us it does, as both Republicans and Democrats get more and more gung-ho about banning the popular video platform TikTok. “There’s a show called Laura Ingraham on Netflix?" the host inquires before the guest finally decides to give up.For this reason, VPNs are popular in countries that exercise authoritarian control over what their citizens can access online. It's sad that this contingent could soon include U.S. “What’s it called?” Ingraham desperately wants to know now. What are you talking about, this is stupid!"Īrroyo, still determined to get his point across, continues rambling and says that it was an episode on a show. “It was on You, it was on You," the guest repeatedly says as the host, completely lost at this point, responds by saying: “I’ve never had measles. The conversation, that seemed straight out of an SNL sketch, continues pretty much on this tangent. We never did a measles and vaccine episode, is this a joke?" a puzzled Ingraham responds. “What was on me? What are you talking about? Is Raymond even hearing what I’m saying? “I never had the measles. “You know I was watching an episode of You where measles came up," Arroyo says before being immediately interrupted by the baffled host Ingraham who asks: “Wait, wait, wait, when did I mention measles?” Giving no clarity to her obvious confusion, Arroyo continues by saying, “I don’t know. Arroyo was speaking of measles, something that moves plot drastically on You’s latest season after Joe’s (Penn Badgley) son Henry gets sick after contracting the disease from an unvaccinated family. Raymond Arroyo was sharing the panel with Ingraham as the two spoke about the “woke" television when the guest, Arroyo, shifted the conversation towards ‘You,’ a popular Netflix show about a stalker-serial killer. Laura Ingraham, who hosts the show ‘The Ingraham Angle’ on Fox News, sent the Internet in a tizzy after she failed to understand a Netflix reference, thinking the guest was actually referring to her. ![]()
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