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Perhaps the Communications Act of 1934? Perhaps Congress could vote to stop Facebook if they choose, especially since it involves national security, terrorism,
by jchook 7y ago
Perhaps the Communications Act of 1934?
Perhaps Congress could vote to stop Facebook if they choose, especially since it involves national security, terrorism, acts of war, international threats, etc.
I don't think this counts as a new power. Remember Lavabit[1]? The executive branch forced Lavabit to provide a backdoor to read their customers' email, or pay a $5,000/day fine. They threatened to imprison Levison if he told anyone it was happening, even his lawyer.
Keep in mind, we're talking about the same government that declares concentration camps legal [2], assassinates American citizens without due process [3], wiretaps nearly the entire free world [4], can shut down the entire Internet [5], and recklessly declares a state of national emergency as part of a temper tantrum [6].
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit#Suspension_and_gag_order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit#Suspension_and_gag_ord...
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korematsu_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korematsu_v._United_States
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosures_(2013%E2%80%93present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure...
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_kill_switch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_kill_switch
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Emergency_Concerning_the_Southern_Border_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Emergency_Concerning_...