{"id":54122,"date":"2024-03-15T10:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54122"},"modified":"2024-03-15T10:02:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:02:59","slug":"shades-of-the-patriot-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54122","title":{"rendered":"Shades Of The Patriot Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, The Conservative Treehouse<\/a> posted an article about HR7521, the proverbial \u201cTikToK Ban Law.\u201d The article notes that the justification Congress is giving for supporting this law is very similar to the justification for passing the Patriot Act. We see how that has turned out.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

First, the context that should matter (it doesn\u2019t because the USIC are in charge here) is that every element that preceded the passage of the Patriot Act is being duplicated in the passage of the TikTok ban.\u00a0 Which is to say, everyone is deferring to this ridiculous need to support USA National Security.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We The People have been burned by this approach before, yet so many refuse to see the similarity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Second, the essential shield for those who support the bill [READ HR7521<\/a>] comes down to the term \u201cForeign Adversary\u201d, which is defined in the bill as Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.\u00a0 As they make the case, TikTok ban advocates cite the content or platform of the issue must originate from, and\/or be controlled by, a foreign adversary\u2026. so quit worrying.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, the legislative language cites Foreign Adversary Controlled Application (FACA), which applies to content providers, apps, websites, social media and hosting platforms.\u00a0 This is where things get sketchy, because \u201cunder the direction of<\/em>\u201d is language that is included in the legislation, and the determinations of \u201cat the direction of<\/em>\u201d are made by the Attorney General.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the content, platform, website, or social media app generates content that is considered a national security threat, and providing information therein that is deemed to be under the control of a \u201cforeign adversary,\u201d it is the content within, not necessarily the platform ownership itself, that transfers compliance inquiry to the U.S government (DOJ Attorney General) for definitions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If, for example, a U.S. company (think Twitter or CTH) is deemed to be providing information that is controlled by Russia, or actors who participate in the platform content on behalf of Russia (expand your FARA thinking here), then the U.S. or non-Foreign Adversary designation, may result in review subject to the terms of service as created and defined by the DOJ. In this example, the \u201cForeign Adversary\u201d designation is simply a nose under the tent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The DOJ, through this act, essentially becomes the overarching determination of terms of service (TOS) that can supersede the TOS of the platform or website.\u00a0 Want to fight the definition or determination\u2026 prepare to spend big money fighting a battle exclusively in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, as that\u2019s the only place you can appeal the determination of the govt.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about HR7521, the proverbial \u201cTikToK Ban Law.\u201d The article notes that the justification Congress is giving for supporting this law is very similar to the justification for passing the Patriot Act. We … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[735,1369,5690,11430,13455],"class_list":["post-54122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-congress","tag-national-security","tag-patriot-act","tag-the-conservative-treehouse","tag-tiktok"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54123,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54122\/revisions\/54123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}