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Ryan McGrady
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(3) Slippery slope/breadth arguments: it would create a precedent/tool for govt picking & choosing which apps/websites to allow Americans to use & concentrates that power in the executive branch. It could already apply to e.g. Genshin Impact, PUBG Mobile, and VK. [7/15]
[3 cont.] AFAIK It would just take the Secretary of State naming another country as a foreign adversary for the president to ban e.g. Telegram (based in Dubai). Can you think of a president who might ban sources of information he doesn't like? [8/15]
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Ryan McGrady
@antisomniac.bsky.social
The internet, Wikipedia, NYC, birds, media... Researcher at UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Media Cloud.
Antisomniac here, Mastodon.social, and what's left of the bird place.
Rhododendrites on Wiki, Instagram, Threads
37 followers46 following57 posts