The Restrict Act (anti-tiktok Law) Is An Orwellian Nightmare That Would Seize Web Domains And Imprison Americans For 20 Years If They Contradict The Regime In Power

The S. 686 RESTRICT Act, sponsored by Sen. Mark Warner, is a bill that uses the popularity of TikTok as an excuse to criminalize American-run websites, platforms and blogs that merely disagree with the government regime on any topic. The bill text explicitly states that the government may enforce any mitigation measure against any person or property by deciding that an article, video, podcast, platform or other content item contains content they don’t like. This bill is not targeting Chinese communists or TikTok, but rather American citizens who could face prison time if they say anything the current regime in power doesn’t like.