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> "The bill could create a bipartisan commission of experts tasked with drawing up recommendations to deal with the "intersection of homeland security and socia
by Kaveren 7y ago
> "The bill could create a bipartisan commission of experts tasked with drawing up recommendations to deal with the "intersection of homeland security and social media," a committee spokesperson told The Hill."
This is just going to be political theater. Everyone already knows that unmoderated anonymous boards are cesspools of hate, the obvious recommendation is to do moderation. The government can't infringe on free speech, so this is a waste of time. What are you hoping to get out of him?
Only way this turns out to be substantive is if it leads to a push from the Democrats toward a constitutional amendment in regards to hate speech, which I could see happening.
- mjevans 7y agoI'm not sure there is a 'right answer'. This is a tough question that I do not expect the lawmakers to get correct. A more valid answer might involve increasing taxes, and actually funding a department within an existing agency so that existing laws could actually be executed. It might involve directing IT at those offices to provide a stable submission interface that would be useful for outside interests such as browser creators and website administers to direct reports of abuse to. That could then be used to actually review the content and forward it to local enforcement authorities and/or courts if necessary. Offhand, I think that's probably the closest thing to a real solution I can come up with in 5-10 min.
- Kaveren 7y agoI don't expect attempts at solutions like these to be brought up, and I don't think a session like this is necessary to bring forward an attempt like that. What can the owner of 8chan provide as useful information about this? The relevant legal procedures for violent speech are already known to Congress.
- mjevans 7y agoThe number of unconstitutional laws passed suggest to me that they either don't know or don't care. The only "useful" (to congress) information that I can see gleaned as a result of this is that congress has a news headline to say they're doing something... which is technically information; even if the thing they're doing seems (to me) to be unlikely to actually provide any useful data towards a solution.
- AnimalMuppet 7y ago> What are you hoping to get out of him? Sound bites that you can use to get votes. What else?
- caf 7y agoOr, less cynically, a public airing of the various arguments and points of view around this issue?
- cc439 7y agoHow many people will watch the hearing on C-Span and how many will watch the condensed and heavily editorialized version released by the news source most closely aligned with the preexisting political opinion?
- jakeogh 7y agoSo use mental illness (and shills) to push an agenda. These conversations are pointless without the ack that free speech forums are attacked with the most effective methods available. Open forums are not the rule, they are the exception. They are existential threats to conventional power centers. Do you really not wonder what the most effective way to attack an open forum is?