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What is the RESTRICT Act? TikTok and Beyond

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Restrict Act Is a Bill to Ban VPN Services From Other Countries

Ben: I got this wrong during that strange news episode i really thought this restrict act was just talking about banning those vpn services that were from other countries right but that is not when upon looking into this further for this episode i realize that no it is at least what people are talking about. It could be used to impose criminal penalties on people who are online right and the restrict act we shall also note does not explicitly mention vpn's the same way it doesn't explicitly mention tiktok. The question is would it give uncle sam vast powers will it allow the government to further intrude into the private lives of innocent people supporters say no way you guys are nuts gaslighting is the

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