In principle: no. But Americans no longer have any principles (or never did in the first place)
Comment on US Bill proposed to jail people who download Deepseek
passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
not back-dated so download away fellas (not sure if a law can apply on acts before it was a law)
shortrounddev@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
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.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
They also can’t amend the constitution via executive order or report US citizens, but watch them try it anyway
Draegur@lemm.ee 13 hours ago
“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.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
That order lasted about 10 minutes before a judge appointed by Ronald Fucking Reagan.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
Not sure about the laws wording, but if it is open source just create a branch with a different name.