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there's an old saying in Washington that the worst ideas are bipartisan this bill
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doesn't just ban or Force the destor of Tik Tok it goes after what it calls foreign adversary controlled
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applications then you get to the provision that I think is the most problematic which is a person subject to
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the direction or control of a foreign person or entity the novel language here is where it says subject to the
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direction of in my view that's very vague a creative attorney general could try to say well wait a second if Elon
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has a major Tesla Factory in Shanghai is he subject to the direction of the Chinese Communist party because they
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could influence him they could leverage him if Donald Trump is Accused on virtually a daily basis of being a
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Russian asset is he subject to the direction of Vladimir Putin I don't know how anyone can look at this language and
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not say it's too vague the bill poses a significant risk of being Patriot Act 2.0