- cross-posted to:
- technology@hexbear.net
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- technology@hexbear.net
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, giving the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don’t like. President Trump himself has said that he would use the law to censor his critics. The bill passed the Senate in February, and it now heads to the president’s desk.
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Wait, US Congress still exists? Certainly wouldn’t know it based on how the nation has been governed for the past 4 months.
They exist for the important work of censoring critics.
I want off this ride
The ride don’t stop until you make it stop.
“Flood the zone” benefits both parties when it comes to power grab shit like this. This barely made headlines until it was already passed and it’s too late.
Isn’t this what the DMCA is for?
I think you mean the communications decency act? Most of that has been found to be unconstitutional as will likely be the fate of this bill…
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That’s a possibility, but laws like this cut in many directions.
Yeah but the DMCA was vaguely reasonable. This is meant to be weaponized.
the DMCA was vaguely reasonable
No it wasn’t. It too was MEANT to be weaponized from day one. The difference is that almost all of the people in control of both parties and all mainstream media were in favor, so it got a false veneer of reasonability in coverage.
The DMCA is just as bad as SOPA and PIPA, which was always the intent from the powerful industry groups lobbying for all three bills and the politicians they own.
Meant to be or not, it’s still weaponized.
Oligarchs gonna oligarch.
Anyone else hear thunderous applause?
Another step closer to achieving his Nazi wet dream.
This reminds me of the DNC super donor Ed Buck who would lure in gay black men and kill them by injecting meth into them while raping them.
He managed to do it for years and wasn’t until one of the victims survived to be able talk about it that he was sentenced as with every previous body it was said it was a private issue and a sad loss of a friend.
Photos managed to get shared of his racist, rape, death den helping sway the public.Ed Buck would have loved this bill and its ability to actively scrub his image further.
If it feels like monsters would like something I don’t want it.I’m confused isn’t this just for images tho?
Visual medium and anything that can cause social distress or economic impact.
That’s the basic wording of the bill which allows for a lot of wiggle room but true that we can still write mean things, but that was always subject to libel and then your photo evidence to go with your article can be censored.
Remember, America, it’s through your inaction that these changes are possible. Really, they should be thanking you for standing aside and letting them remodel the whole government.
I’m fighting back in the ways I can.
Namely by reducing my contribution to the eternal consumption engine while convincing others to do the same so our rulers have fewer resources to use against us.
Democrats on lemmy after the election: Not voting against Trump is no better than a vote for him.
Democrats after a vote that allows Trump to censor whomever he wants: Not voting is #Resistance.
America needs a reset or to be splintered. The one we have is straight up evil.
I’m American, and I vote heavily splintered. We are constantly doing shit that is profoundly evil, so we need to be weakened enough that we don’t have the ability to project power outside our own borders, for the safety of the Middle East and other small countries the world over.
Good news, now we can report all those christians online that won’t shut the fuck up!!
House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN
I am confused. The title say congress passed the bill while the article says the house is the one that passed it (so congress should be next).
Which is it?
The bill has passed both the Senate and House so now the president just has to sign it.
Which he would gladly do. Very sad
Congress is the combination of the House of Representatives and the Senate. America has a bicameral legislature. (Congress=House of Reps + Senate)
Because this passed the Senate in Feb and the House recently it is correct to say that this bill has passed Congress.
how many countries are there in the world these days? cause whatever the number is, that’s where we are in education.
Literally the most basic of basic civics… Depressing.
Congress is our legislators. Our Congress is “bicameral”. It is broken down into two houses: the Senate (upper house of Congress), and the House of Representatives (lower house of Congress).
People often use “Congress” as a shorthand for the House of Representatives (but only when they also mention the Senate to make the distinction. Or at least some sort of context making it clear they mean the House).
However, technically, “Congress” includes both houses.
Nobody refers to the Senate alone as “Congress,” and if they do, they’re doing it wrong and likely causing all sorts of confusion.
I wonder how fast left leaning youtubers will go down.
