A previously classified transcript shows Congress knew U.S. TikTok users engage in constitutionally protected speech, but it banned the platform anyway, EFF Legal Fellow @BrendanGilligan writes for @Salon. It should’ve passed a data privacy law instead. https://www.salon.com/2024/10/03/congress-knew-banning-tiktok-was-a-first-amendment-problem-it-did-so-anyway/