not back-dated so download away fellas (not sure if a law can apply on acts before it was a law)

[passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world]

not back-dated so download away fellas (not sure if a law can apply on acts before it was a law)

[shortrounddev@lemmy.world]

In principle: no. But Americans no longer have any principles (or never did in the first place)

[chiliedogg@lemmy.world]

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]

They also can't amend the constitution via executive order or report US citizens, but watch them try it anyway

[simulation6@sopuli.xyz]

Not sure about the laws wording, but if it is open source just create a branch with a different name.

[draegur@lemm.ee]

"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]

That order lasted about 10 minutes before a judge appointed by Ronald Fucking Reagan.

[nokturne213@sopuli.xyz]

I have seekdeep, nothing at all like DeepSeek