* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RESTRICT_Act
* https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s686/summary
* https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text?s=1&r=15
The RESTRICT Act (S.686) has now been introduced into U.S. Congress. If passed, it could mean a lot of things.
Some highlights:
The U.S. Government has the right to ban anything on the Internet if they claim it is a «risk» to integrity, national security etc.
If an internet service has >1M users, they may be forced to hand over any and all personal user data without reason or notice
Use of VPNs/proxys may result in up to 20 years jail time
Probably a lot of other stuff I'm leaving out..reply if you have some
From what I've figured out, this bill is basically the Patriot Act on steroids. I'm suspecting the U.S. is trying to build its own Great Firewall, given this act seems to pave the way for it. If this gets passed(and any future bills),, how would 8kun be affected?