I doubt the US House can FORCE the Chinese to do "anything" but I digress.
As I read the first paragraph in this post what came to my small mind was 1984. No, of course not the real thing but the beginning of how the Powers-that-be (of then AND today) saw their chance to watch the people ALWAYS with that buit-in little camera in your computer, except in the new models that "little" camera cannot be shut off.
Sort'a like the people who finally built the A-I person who woud become self-aware, and "pulling the plug" as the builders tried to do, did not, and WOULD not, help.
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Yes, I follow science fiction, especially the original Star Trek, and today "The Terminator" series. Unfortunately, what once was simple imagination is no longer. The new robots CAN speak--certainly stupidly, for now, but it won't last as the new computer whiz-kids learn their trade and develpe new ones.
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https://gellerreport.com/2024/03/house-passes-bill-that-forces-chinese-parent-company-to-sell-tiktok.html/?lctg=52470166

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