Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents"
The Trump administration warned AI and data-center critics could face foreign-agent criminal liability.
The Trump administration and Justice Department warned that people whose public activity, including demonstrations, furthers a foreign power's goals could face criminal liability unless they notify the government. President Trump posted that opposition to AI and data centers is a China-linked conspiracy. Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Tom Cotton asked DOJ to investigate alleged CCP influence and cited Neville Roy Singham under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, while House Republicans requested an FBI briefing. Figures including David Sacks have argued that domestic resistance to data centers helps China in the AI race.
- DOJ warned public activity furthering foreign goals may require notice
- Trump tied AI and data-center opposition to a China-linked plot
- Sen. Cotton requested a FARA investigation involving Neville Roy Singham
- House Republicans asked the FBI for a briefing on influence claims
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Anxiety over AI and data centers is widely held, but somehow the Trump administration has convinced itself the public concern was manufactured in China. This week, in little- noticed remarks by President Trump and Justice Department warning, the administration declared war on protestors and opponents of AI, threatening“criminal liability” if they “further the propaganda or other goals of a foreign power.”
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