PLZ STAY AWAKE: S.686 - RESTRICT Act

Video Transcript:

If you haven't heard about the Restrict Act, let's go over it. VPN users risked 20-year jail sentences in the US under New Restrict Act. The bill lists several foreign adversaries and basically bans VPNs if they're used to contact or deal with these foreign adversaries. So if you access band apps like TikTok with the VPN, it's considered a criminal act. The minimum imprisonment is 20 years and a minimum fine of $250,000. The bill also gives the federal government the power to monitor any activity used by these devices. So they can monitor what you're doing at home 24-7 without you knowing it. And this includes routers, video game streaming, marine cameras, smart thermostats, anything that uses the internet. There's more of that list. Pause and read. This also gets the president power to appoint someone over this and they can monitor and change anything that they want to. That's deemed unsafe. In short, if this bill is passed, you can say goodbye to any privacy you have. We will be under a complete monitoring system just like China. I don't usually tell you to share my content, but I suggest sharing this so everybody knows what's going on and can be prepared. Because this Restrict Act goes against our Constitution. The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of a religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Are we not under