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While the language of the bill is certainly way too broad and confusing, there's also a lot of fearmongering + exaggeration going on...

E.g. I'm hearing folks talk about criminalizing VPN use... but the bill does lay out very high standards for any criminal liability

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I don't mind the exaggeration, what is more puzzling to me is how anyone can take these "very high" standards seriously. That never worked right in the past.

It's almost amusing to see them post part of the text of the bill, and there's nothing in those sections that confirms what they claim.

On reddit I ran into the VPN claim, but they only posted the section of the bill that listed foreign adversaries followed by the criminal penalties.

Sadly these are getting lots of engagement with their sensational claims. Seems to work on HN as well...

maybe they see an angle how this can be abused. With delicate subjects like this it is better to be extra careful. reverting these kinds of laws is unlikely

Then they should post about what they see then instead of foisting an unsubstantiated headline with non-evidence. Ridiculous to defend this rubbish.

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