Americans are free to read foreign books, watch foreign news, browse foreign websites.
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Americans are free to read foreign books, watch foreign news, browse foreign websites.
If doesn't work in many cases anyway, Government has no way to track who is tuning in and listening to hostile radio broadcasts.
Even it might be hostile propaganda, First ammendment protects both publishing and consuming content, without any "national security" considerations. But US lawmakers are now seemingly keen to introduce such conditions in the publishing and consuming of content.
During the cold war it was perfectly legal for the Soviet Life magazine to be published in the US and for people to buy and read it.
First ammendment really does say that "Congress shall make no law .." without any caveats for national security or even war-time exemptions.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out in the SCOTUS.
Why should we be a nanny state that should dictate which apps one can or cannot use on one's device.
Also even at the hight of cold war, Soviet Life magazine was published and disseminated widely in the US.
Weather such targetted/discriminatory regulation as opposed to universal regulation is a legal action is a valid question.
This particular law seems to give grant too much discretionary powers to the Executive, which never is a good idea.