I typically took a position of sideline outrage when seeing stuff like this, but then my friend went to Australia and I could no longer talk to him via Signal because of their government's troglodytic legislation. It's a shame we're continuing on this path of splinternets but I guess it was inevitable.
White House statement expressing support for the bill:
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...
Related prior HN comments:
- https://hn.algolia.com/?q=RESTRICT+Act