If that was the case, could have done it when Trump was in office because China was already doing it then, but Congress didn't want it and media screeched holy hell as apparently China wasn't evil.
It's an election year, Russia is holding out in Ukraine, Israel is losing their narrative over the Gaza situation, users are moving away from the major social media honeypots, and the Congress critters are pissing their pants post-pandemic about how much people are seeing the bullshit. With all the context, this isn't about choking China's influence and giving it back to them, it's because the government doesn't have full control over the flow of information on the US portion of the Internet. They're giving themselves a way in.
If that was the case, could have done it when Trump was in office because China was already doing it then, but Congress didn't want it and media screeched holy hell as apparently China wasn't evil.
It's an election year, Russia is holding out in Ukraine, Israel is losing their narrative over the Gaza situation, users are moving away from the major social media honeypots, and the Congress critters are pissing their pants post-pandemic about how much people are seeing the bullshit. With all the context, this isn't about choking China's influence and giving it back to them, it's because the government doesn't have full control over the flow of information on the US portion of the Internet. They're giving themselves a way in.
I fail to see what Putin or Hamas terrorists have to do with any of this other than they are both supported by China.