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True, but arguably it wasn’t intended to cause the specific types of damage it caused, and its actual targets suffered less than expected.
by pmiller2 7y ago
True, but arguably it wasn’t intended to cause the specific types of damage it caused, and its actual targets suffered less than expected.
- DuskStar 7y agoA cynical person would say that this is because the stated targets weren't actually the targets, just like with this act. (Stated targets: sex traffickers, real targets: tech companies offering e2e encryption)
- xvector 7y agoYes, IMO FOSTA/SESTA were deliberately malicious and yet another successful attempt to force puritanical ideals upon our citizens, regardless of the damage it would cause. The senators who initiated the bill are not dumb. They knew exactly how it would play out.
- chimeracoder 7y ago> The senators who initiated the bill are not dumb. They knew exactly how it would play out. Blumenthal (who wrote SESTA and also this bill) was waging a war against consensual sex work for years, long before he was elected to the Senate. The fallout from SESTA was not accidental; it was by design.
- pjc50 7y agoThe intended target was sex workers, far more so than pimps.
- frandroid 7y agoThere was plenty of warning of the effects of these bills on sex workers. Legislators at best ignored them, and at worst were happy for these side effects, depending on where they sit of the political spectrum.