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RESTRICT Act, the Glossary

The RESTRICT Act is a proposed law that was first introduced in the United States Senate on March 7, 2023.^[1]

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Internet censorship in the United States
Internet law in the United States
Proposed legislation of the 118th United States Congress

ABC News (United States)

ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials AOC, is an American left-wing politician and activist.

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American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit human rights organization founded in 1920.

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ByteDance

ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Computer security

Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from threats that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, theft of (or damage to) hardware, software, or data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.

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Cybercrime

Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or networks.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Donald Trump–TikTok controversy

In 2020, the United States government announced that it was considering banning the Chinese social media platform TikTok upon a request from then-president Donald Trump, who viewed the app as a national security threat.

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Electoral fraud

Electoral fraud, sometimes referred to as election manipulation, voter fraud, or vote rigging, involves illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of a favored candidate, depressing the vote share of rival candidates, or both.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California.

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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting the free exercise of religion; or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Information and communications technology

Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage and audiovisual, that enable users to access, store, transmit, understand and manipulate information.

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Internet privacy

Internet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storage, re-purposing, provision to third parties, and display of information pertaining to oneself via the Internet.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Jamaal Bowman

Jamaal Anthony Bowman (born April 1, 1976) is an American politician and former educator serving as the United States representative for New York's 16th congressional district since 2021.

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JD Vance

James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman; August 2, 1984), better known as JD Vance, is an American politician, author, and Marine veteran who has served since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Ohio.

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Josh Hawley

Joshua David Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Missouri, a seat he has held since 2019.

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Macau

Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Mark Warner

Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Virginia, a seat he has held since 2009.

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Mises Caucus

The Libertarian Party Mises Caucus (LPMC) is a caucus within the Libertarian Party in the United States that promotes paleolibertarianism, as well as a more radical version of American libertarianism associated with the presidential campaigns of former U.S. congressman Ron Paul.

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National security of the United States

National security of the United States is a collective term encompassing the policies of both U.S. national defense and foreign relations.

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Nicolás Maduro

Nicolás Maduro Moros (born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician who has served as the 53rd President of Venezuela since 2013.

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North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.

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Patriot Act

The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush.

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Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) is an act of Congress that was signed into law on April 24, 2024, as part of Public Law 118-50. RESTRICT Act and Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act are internet censorship in the United States and internet law in the United States.

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Rand Paul

Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Kentucky since 2011.

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Reason Foundation

The Reason Foundation is an American libertarian think tank that was founded in 1978.

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Restrictions on TikTok in the United States

TikTok has sparked concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the Chinese government, leading to restrictions and bans in the United States. RESTRICT Act and restrictions on TikTok in the United States are internet censorship in the United States.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Sideloading

Sideloading describes the process of transferring files between two local devices, in particular between a personal computer and a mobile device such as a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, tablet, portable media player or e-reader.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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TikTok

TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin, is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance.

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TikTok v. Trump

TikTok v. Trump was a lawsuit before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia filed in September 2020 by TikTok as a challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order of August 6, 2020. RESTRICT Act and TikTok v. Trump are internet censorship in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RESTRICT_Act

Also known as RESTRICT.

RESTRICT Act, the Glossary

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See also

Internet censorship in the United States

Internet law in the United States

Proposed legislation of the 118th United States Congress

References