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Philomorph

@yogthos IANAL, so I could only skim the legalese, but isn't this only applicable to classified information and foreign adversaries?

It does say the Secretary can remove adversaries from the list - didn't see where they can add new ones. But the Secretary does get to decide who/what poses an "unacceptable risk to the national security".

Are you worried this is a blank check to the Commerce Secretary to decide that any particular group or technology is included, and can therefore be banned?

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Yogthos

@Philomorph right that's precisely the problem, this can be changed unilaterally without any debate or oversight

Philomorph

@yogthos Well, it does say the SoC makes decisions "in consultation with the relevant executive department and agency heads" (i.e. Homeland, FCC, etc) so it's maybe not "unilateral"? Being limited to transactions between "foreign adversaries" and people in the US, adversaries defined as "any foreign government or regime, determined by the Secretary ... to have engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of the United States".

Philomorph

@yogthos So as written, the SoC could only add *foreign governments* with a seriously problematic history. They couldn't, say, ban Twitch, or the BBC Player I access via VPN, right?

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