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A vague law threatens a free and open Internet. You can help stop it.

The bill’s authors are introducing this bill because they are worried that foreign ownership of social media companies poses national security concerns. But just because something seems like a crisis doesn t mean it is, or that we should submit to vague legislation that gives one government official tremendous discretion to limit online speech. The government must address national security concerns without violating the First Amendment. That s why FIRE needs you and your friends and family to contact your senators and the committee s chairperson and ranking member and tell them to reject or revise the RESTRICT Act

We ve made it easy. Just click to send our crafted email, or edit it to tell them what you think in your own words. It doesn t have to take long, and if enough of us do it, we could stop the momentum of this unconstitutional bill. 

via go.thefire.org

Why can’t Congress just agree not to pass any bad laws for awhile? I mean, give it a rest.