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The ‘TikTok Ban’ Bill Applies To A Lot More Than Just TikTok And It’s Dangerous
Outkick ^ | March 28, 2023 | Mike Gunzelman

Posted on 03/30/2023 6:12:24 AM PDT by Twotone

Ever since Nancy Pelosi said, “We have to pass the [health care] bill, so you can find out what’s in it,” I have been skeptical about any law our politicians pass.

The fact that you had the Speaker of the House, at the time, openly admitting that she had no idea what was included in, or more importantly – what the ramifications would be for such a major law- was downright shocking, stunning and dangerous.

But time and time again we see that laws that our politicians pass end up having unintended (or intended) consequences. Whether it’s the Covid Relief Act (CARES) funds going nowhere near where they were supposed to, or the fact that we joke around with the term “pork,” – laws don’t always work out the way they’re supposed to.

Enter: The TikTok Ban Bill, also known as “The RESTRICT Act.”

(There are two TikTok ban bills however, the White House supports the RESTRICT Act, so do both Democrats and Republicans).

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The RESTRICT Act law would grant the White House, through the Commerce Department, the ability to go after anyone and any company that they they deem a security risk. The invoked mitigation powers are far-reaching, including the ability for the Commerce Department to ban not just social media apps, but also “gaming applications and payment applications.”

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KEYWORDS: censorship; democrats; gop; republicans; restrictact; tiktok
Very dangerous legislation. Contact your senators & representatives.
1 posted on 03/30/2023 6:12:24 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone
The ‘TikTok Ban’ Bill Applies To A Lot More Than Just TikTok And It’s Dangerous

Agreed. It may finally get slapped down in a decade or two by the SC, but that's no sure thing and who knows how many press freedoms may have been trampled by our federal government by then. This legislation should not pass - the danger of the CCP key-logging the idiots who use TikTok is far less than the danger of our own federal government restricting our right to free speech.
2 posted on 03/30/2023 6:20:41 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Twotone

Slowly but surly the government octopus is using all eight arms to grab control of as many government agencies as possible and soon they will have all they need to become the king of the octopi.


3 posted on 03/30/2023 6:43:02 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Twotone
The previous censorship regime was exposed with evidence and is being investigated with the perps being identified. So now they are coming with a new one. This time backed by a law, and just in time for the next election. What could go wrong?

You have to be suspicious when the democrats give this full support. They would not do that for anything good and decent. Republican lawmakers who are pushing this are either naive, not bright, or in collusion with the rats.

When the democrats use this law against their political opponents, they can always claim that it was a republican sponsored bill.

4 posted on 03/30/2023 6:45:27 AM PDT by Moorings
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To: Twotone

They never let a crisis go to waste.


5 posted on 03/30/2023 6:48:23 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Rufus T Firefly lives on. )
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To: antidemoncrat

6 posted on 03/30/2023 6:50:10 AM PDT by Bobalu (There was always going to be a reckoning....... and here it is.)
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To: Twotone
It's surprising that there isn't more about this bill here...on FREE Republic. Nothing assaults freedom more than the long arm of government control.

I guess the intel contigent really has taken over.

The numbers often show connections that aren't obvious. Using Gematria ciphers, we can see a connection between The RESTRICT ACT and The Great Reset. Gematria is the ancient Kabbalic practice of coding numbers into letters; its literal meaning is..."Geometry within language."

THE RESTRICT ACT and THE GREAT RESET - have matching Gematria values of 61 in the Ordinal cipher. Other relevant words with the same value of 61 are: ALL SEEING EYE and WASHINGTON D.C.

RESTRICT ACT and GREAT RESET - have matching values of 46 - in the same cipher. Other words with the same value of 46 are: THE BEAST and CHAOS.

The naming of legislation - as is sometimes the case - is an acronym that can have relevant Gematria; relevant to the powerful interests behind it.

Elite secret societies control world governments. Gematria - representing esoteric knowledge - is one of the primary ways they communicate.

7 posted on 03/30/2023 7:27:12 AM PDT by yelostar (Stay strong. Stay fierce. Stay SKEPTICAL. Never surrender your freedom, and don’t buy the narratives)
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To: Twotone
Contact your senators & representatives.

Good luck with that. The Uniparty loves it!

So do, unfortunately, many here who haven't actually read the bill and think it just bans a single social media site that they don't like.

8 posted on 03/30/2023 7:29:55 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024. A real conservative.)
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To: Twotone

Well, Josh Hawley has revealed himself.


9 posted on 03/30/2023 7:33:06 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Moorings
When the democrats use this law against their political opponents, they can always claim that it was a republican sponsored bill.

Even worse!!! They will claim it was a bipartisan bill, that OBVIOUSLY, no one seemed to know could/would limit free speech.
10 posted on 03/30/2023 7:38:29 AM PDT by ExTxMarine
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To: Twotone

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4141975/posts

About using VPNs; this TikTok bill is draconian.


11 posted on 03/30/2023 7:49:56 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: Twotone

Yes, these bills should always be picked apart. Never sign anything without reading the fine print. Sounds good, right? Ban TikTok. China sucks! We know China sucks, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. As usual, someone has poisoned the pie.


12 posted on 03/30/2023 7:50:59 AM PDT by grimalkin (Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. -Fulton J. Sheen)
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To: Twotone

Will do ever get the feeling that some bills are already passed and it’s all a for the people show.

This is a power grab to sweet to pass up for most hacks.


13 posted on 03/30/2023 8:03:52 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: ExTxMarine
The conversation about TikTok being a tool for the Chinese government intelligence gathering and other nefarious, started over two to three years ago.

All of sudden they are now very concerned about TikTok, when previously they just brushed it aside.

14 posted on 03/30/2023 8:05:55 AM PDT by Moorings
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To: yelostar
*Correction*

The values of 61 and 46 are in the Reduction - not Ordinal cipher.

15 posted on 03/30/2023 8:07:40 AM PDT by yelostar (Stay strong. Stay fierce. Stay SKEPTICAL. Never surrender your freedom, and don’t buy the narratives)
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To: Bobalu

“Like most of the NRO’s satellites, the NROL-39 spacecraft and its mission are classified; however due to the nature of satellite programs it is hard to keep many details secret.”

I see what you mean.


16 posted on 03/31/2023 6:47:02 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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