JOMusic@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoUS Bill proposed to jail people who download Deepseekwww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgusa@lemmy.mlopensource@lemmy.mlpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 hours agoEx post facto laws are expressly prohibited in Article I, so they can’t pass a law criminalizing downloads from before the law was passed. They can, however, criminalize possessing a copy of DeepSeek. In that case you’d be legally required to delete it after the law passed.
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours agoNot sure about the laws wording, but if it is open source just create a branch with a different name.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 hours agoThey also can’t amend the constitution via executive order or report US citizens, but watch them try it anyway
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 hours agoThat order lasted about 10 minutes before a judge appointed by Ronald Fucking Reagan.
minus-squareCyrus Draegur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-220 hours agoYup. “they can’t do that, that’s illegal!” Shame the law doesn’t mean Jack Fucking Shit now. The law is whatever they want it to be at any moment.
Ex post facto laws are expressly prohibited in Article I, so they can’t pass a law criminalizing downloads from before the law was passed.
They can, however, criminalize possessing a copy of DeepSeek. In that case you’d be legally required to delete it after the law passed.
Not sure about the laws wording, but if it is open source just create a branch with a different name.
They also can’t amend the constitution via executive order or report US citizens, but watch them try it anyway
That order lasted about 10 minutes before a judge appointed by Ronald Fucking Reagan.
Yup.
“they can’t do that, that’s illegal!”
Shame the law doesn’t mean Jack Fucking Shit now.
The law is whatever they want it to be at any moment.