“It’s not really about TikTok at all. It’s about government being able to choose what platforms are acceptable and what are not.”
The potential implications for citizens are even more alarming.
Imagine that you want to use a VPN to illegally download a forbidden app.
Gabbard warns that then leads the government to justify violating the Fourth Amendment by searching and seizing your phone to determine if you have been a naughty citizen and illegally downloaded an app.
Moreover, what is to stop them from banning 𝕏 if they determine Elon is too close to a foreign adversary?
Former presidential candidate Ron Paul recently described the TikTok ban as the most egregious violation of civil liberties since the Patriot Act was passed in the wake of 9/11.
Gabbard says the language in the TikTok ban is “intentionally vague.”
And because of that, she warns, “That puts far more power into the hands of the executive branch, just like the Patriot Act did.”
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