The "RESTRICT" act, is billed as the "ban TikTok" bill (which the Federal Govt has no Constitutional authority to do beyond banning from the Federal Govt - a good idea). Actually, the bill says they can ban any "platform" they deem a "threat to national security". This is a blatant violation of the 1st amendment.
But, while it clearly says they can ban TikTok and Truth Social, and Rumble and other centralized platforms they don't like, some disturbing paragraphs imply they can ban protocols like Bitcoin or ActivityPub or Matrix as well.
The sentence for using a banned "platform" is 20 years.
I can't see how any Republican, Democrat, or Libertarian could vote for this monster.
Sec 5(a)2 has a list of equipment that amounts to a Federal takeover of all networks including the internet.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text?format=txt&r=15&s=1
