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Snotnose [soylentnews.org] writes:

The House Ban On DJI Drones Is Mindless Anticompetitive Fear Mongering [techdirt.com]

When it comes to China, the U.S. likes to pretend its business policies are well-crafted, logic-driven decisions based on the welfare of the markets and the public, but very often that’s simply not the case. We’ve already noted how the TikTok ban is an unconstitutional mess that doesn’t have the public’s support, in large part because it doesn’t actually fix any of the problems supporters of a ban like to claim.

“Essentially, the US government pressured drone manufacturers to implement privacy and safety features that required internet infrastructure to operate, DJI built those features, and now lawmakers say those same features could be used by China to spy on Americans and are the reason for the ban. Meanwhile, the only existing American drone manufacturers create far more invasive products that are sold exclusively to law enforcement and government entities, which are increasingly using them to conduct surveillance on American citizens and communities.”

Who's the naive idiot who thinks congress makes "well-crafted, logic-driven decisions based on the welfare of the markets and the public"?

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