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The text of the bill is here https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686...

• somenameforme 4y ago
  The first third is just definitions. The actual bill begins in section 3. In legal text that will be controversial, look for poorly defined terms that are regularly repeated. During net neutrality days the term was "reasonable network management" which was never defined and gave large operators a carveout to engage in acts contrary to the ideals of net neutrality, even under net neutrality. Here the term seems to be "safety of United States persons." It's used 6 times in multiple contexts and never defined. What does it mean? Well, whatever "they" want it to mean. So, look at section 3 and remove unnecessary language and you get: The secretary is authorized to engage in [any action] to prevent/prohibit/disrupt/... [any risk] arising from [any covered transaction] that the secretary determines poses an undue risk to the "safety of United States persons." The "covered transactions" comes down to anything even possibly subject to influence by a "foreign adversary." A foreign adversary is anybody who engages in conduct adverse to the "safety of United States persons", which apparently includes countries like Cuba and Venezuela, among the ones you might otherwise expect. And how do you expect to block all of this? You're looking at the start of the Great Firewall of America.