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  • I’m not positive, but I may have run into this guy on Spotify. Several months ago I was listening to Spotify and was recommended two songs in a row that sounded very similar, but had very subtle differences in them. For instance, the baseline in one was slightly altered, and the main synthesisor sounded slightly different. But the overall rhythm and melody were more-or-less the same.

    I was able to find 100s of versions of what were essentially the same song with a different title, artist and album art. I made a playlist of them all, but it looks like Spotify removed all but two of the songs I had added:

    Obsidian Sisterhood by Aggaraway

    Konnual by The Sirens

    Edit: just found another one. Beasratis by Olrul


















  • Has anybody actually read the bill?

    The whole bill is about giving the government power to ban “foreign adversary controlled applications” and there’s nothing about the president being able to ban whatever app they want.

    The bill defines a foreign adversary as: “a country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code”:

    • The People’s Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China);

    • Republic of Cuba (Cuba);

    • Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran);

    • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea);

    • Russian Federation (Russia); and

    • Venezuelan politician Nicolás Maduro (Maduro Regime).

    So unless you are on the side of the enemies of the US and want social media apps controlled by them, I don’t know why you wouldn’t support this bill.

    Edit: I think the misunderstanding/misinformation comes from a few places, but ultimately I think it boils down to the fact the bill requires the app/platform to be a foreign adversary AND it requires a presidential executive order before the app will be banned.