It would give the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don't like, with President Trump himself saying 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.

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.

  • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    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.