This Graham/Blumenthal duo is out to finish off the remainders of the independent internet in the name of children. Even separately from encryption, it is likel

This Graham/Blumenthal duo is out to finish off the remainders of the independent internet in the name of children. Even separately from encryption, it is likely that the required technical threshold (likely non-trivial ML models) and the legal complexity of automatically censoring user uploads will be above the capabilities of most small independent forums, remaining popular independent sites like Mastodon instances, 4chan (which has already been effectively demonetized by the advertisers), etc. The authors of the bill don't mind: it's easier to deal with the professional lobbyists of a couple of monopolistic giants than with a bunch of nuisance small websites.