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humor The Onion 2026-08-03

USA Bans Foreign Humanoid Robots, Prefers Domestic Spies Who Can Actually Feel Shame

The FCC has decided that if we're going to be monitored by soulless entities, they should at least be locally manufactured. Apparently, the government prefers their existential dread to be made in the U.S.A.

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