Federal Government Uses TikTok Ban As An Excuse Expand Its Own Powers
The Rich Zeoli Show
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🗓️ 29 March 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4:
- In a series of Tweets, political commentator Greg Price highlighted the “terrifying” details hidden within the bipartisan Bill S.686—the proposed legislation to ban TikTok known as The RESTRICT Act. According to some reports, it gives federal government officials the authority to access and monitor the personal accounts (including emails and texts) of anyone they deem a risk. Equally astounding, a minimum fine of $250,000 and 20 years in prison could be brought against any who illegally access banned applications, like TikTok, through a virtual private network (VPN).
- Is Rich going to dress up as Cher and sing “If I Could Turn Back Time”? Maybe.
- During her Wednesday press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked whether the Biden Administration would endorse some form of “gun confiscation”—she failed to confirm or deny that it could be an ambition of the administration.
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| 0:00.0 | W-P-H-C-W-P-H-T-H-D-W-O-G-L-H-D-D-3, Philadelphia, from the Curial Volos Studios, where relationships matter. |
| 0:09.5 | Always live on a free Odyssey app. |
| 0:12.5 | The Revolution will be brought to you. |
| 0:16.5 | This dish is the next generation of talk. |
| 0:20.5 | Now on Talk Radio 1210 W-P-H-T, Rich Zioly. |
| 0:26.5 | Do not think for a second that the ban on TikTok is a good idea. |
| 0:31.5 | And the bill is going to give the government more authority to spy on you. |
| 0:36.5 | Welcome back to the show. Glad you're here today. |
| 0:39.0 | May 5-5 if you're 9-12-10 on Twitter at Rich Zioly. |
| 0:43.5 | Look, I'm not a particular fan of TikTok. I don't use it. |
| 0:46.5 | And I'm sure China's spying on me, which is why I don't use it. |
| 0:50.0 | But banning an app is a very, very dangerous thing to do. |
| 0:54.0 | It's also impossible to do. |
| 0:56.0 | And in the process of banning it, the government is about to try to get a whole lot more power over you. |
| 1:02.0 | Even Tucker Carlson last night said that. |
| 1:05.5 | Said exactly what I said yesterday on the show. |
| 1:08.5 | Because I think people listen to the show who might work for him, which is fine. |
| 1:11.5 | It's great. It's a wonderful thing. |
| 1:13.5 | But he said last night, the bill isn't really about banning TikTok. |
| 1:17.0 | It's never about what they say it is instead. |
| 1:19.0 | This bill would give enormous and terrifying new powers to the federal government to punish American citizens |
| 1:26.0 | and regulate how they communicate with each other. |
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