EFF – STOP THE RESTRICT ACT – TAKE ACTION NOW!! (Senate Bill 686)

Thanks to the MoDs For allowing me to repost. as my previous post was taken down.

The below form by EFF makes it real easy to reach out to your representatives. Reach out and let them know that you don't support this broadly written overreaching bill. This bill is written so broadly it can be used to target crypto transactions, open source tools, vpn usage and more.

https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-restrict-act-and-pass-real-privacy-legislation

This is the bill in full text. Please read it to understand the scope of what is written.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text

Ive read through the text of the bill and opinion pieces about the subject matter and it seems any technology that can be connected to an adversary meaning ( China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela ) will be targeted and the bill also allows the Secretary of Commerce to designate new foreign adversaries for example they could say all bitcoiners or crypto currency users are now considered adversary and target people selectively or by blanket.

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Here are some excerpts: ( They want to give you 20 YEARS and $250k Fine for using a VPN )

any software, hardware, or any other product or service integral to data hosting or computing service that uses, processes, or retains, or is expected to use, process, or retain, sensitive personal data with respect to greater than 1,000,000 persons in the United States at any point during the year period preceding the date on which the covered transaction is referred to the Secretary for review or the Secretary initiates review of the covered transaction, including

internet hosting services, cloud-based or distributed computing and data storage, machine learning, predictive analytics, and data science products and services, including those involving the provision of services to assist a party utilize, manage, or maintain open-source software; <— 🚨🚨 🚨

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THEY WANT UNFETTERED ACCESS TO YOUR WEB CAMS & SECURITY CAMERAS AT HOME LIKE RING CAMERAS AND YOUR ROUTERS AND NETWORKING DEVICES. 🚨🚨🚨

internet- or network-enabled sensors, webcams, end-point surveillance or monitoring devices, modems and home networking devices if greater than 1,000,000 units have been sold to persons in the United States at any point during the year period preceding the date on which the covered transaction is referred to the Secretary for review or the Secretary initiates review of the covered transaction;

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No person may engage in any transaction or take any other action with intent to evade the provisions of this Act, or any regulation, order, direction, mitigation measure, prohibition, or other authorization or directive issued thereunder.

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A fine of not more than $250,000 or an amount that is twice the value of the transaction that is the basis of the violation with respect to which the penalty is imposed, whichever is greater.

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A person who willfully commits, willfully attempts to commit, or willfully conspires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of an unlawful act described in subsection (a) shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $1,000,000, or if a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both

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Any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, used or intended to be used, in any manner, to commit or facilitate a violation or attempted violation described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States.

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The Restrict act is the death knell to online speech

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-restrict-act-is-a-death-knell-for-online-speech/

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https://www.coincenter.org/the-restrict-act-creates-blanket-authority-with-few-checks-to-ban-just-about-anything-linked-to-a-foreign-adversary/