The Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act or RESTRICT Act, sold to the public as a “TikTok ban,” does far more than simply ban the Chinese-linked platform.
Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Imagesany nation a “foreign adversary,” ban online services and products even indirectly controlled by an entity in their jurisdiction, and then penalize Americans who conduct virtually any sort of transaction with them.
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 9: Committee chairman Sen. Mark Warner speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nominations hearing on Capitol Hill June 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. The penalties for violation of the Act — which could be as simple as using a VPN service to access a banned product like TikTok — are extraordinarily severe.
The first tool in the government’s arsenal is a civil penalty of up to $250,000, imposed by the Secretary of Commerce on anyone who conducts a transaction that violates the act. The bill to ban Tik Tok gives enormous new powers to the federal government to punish American citizens and regulate how they communicate on the Internet.
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