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Republicans Can’t Decide If They Want Online Privacy or Not

WHOSE PANIC IS IT ANYWAY?

They’re terrified of a social credit system like the one the Chinese Communist Party uses, but they want to force Americans to show ID to use the internet.

Corbin Barthold

Corbin Barthold

Published Sep. 5 2023 4:08AM EDT

Illustrated gif of the wifi symbol with the bottom dot as an eye going side to side and blinking — Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

Corbin Barthold

Corbin Barthold

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