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> ... hold online platforms accountable both when they unlawfully censor speech and when they knowingly facilitate criminal activity online. If these proposed
by jagged-chisel 6y ago
> ... hold online platforms accountable both when they unlawfully censor speech and when they knowingly facilitate criminal activity online.
If these proposed changes are enacted, I await the catch-22 where an "online platform" is sued in relation to the same content; first where they "censored" something and then had to put it back online, and second as "knowingly facilitating criminal activity" because it's online.
- mmcconnell1618 6y agoIf Fox News is streaming over YouTube TV, is it an online service that can be sued for moderating content in bad faith? Who gets sued? Fox News, YouTube TV, my ISP?
- hartator 6y agoEveryone.
- mtnGoat 6y agoin the united states, this is the correct answer. sadly.
- mywittyname 6y agoSue'm all and the let the judge sort them out.
- gabereiser 6y agoI was just about to say... > when they knowingly facilitate criminal activity online. Does this include the criminal misinformation campaigns the GOP love to quote as free speech? What justifies criminality? And WTF is the justice department doing writing laws? That’s outside their jurisdiction. Congress writes laws. But I guess when your political party owns congress, the White House, and the justice department... you can do whatever you want regardless of the constitution.
- slowmovintarget 6y agoThey are proposing legislation. Congress would have to adopt it into a bill. Doesn't mean it's going to happen, or that it will pass. But anyone can write a letter to Congress and propose legislation. You and I would likely get a nice pat on the head and an auto-signed letter, but we can do it. The DoJ is on step 1: https://www.usa.gov/how-laws-are-made https://www.usa.gov/how-laws-are-made They simply have a louder podium to announce their idea.
- gabereiser 6y agoYeah, I know how laws are made, it just shocks me that it's coming direct from the DOJ, quoting the administration.
- curt15 6y agoWhat law separates "lawful" from "unlawful" censorship?
- jagged-chisel 6y agoIndeed.
- squarefoot 6y ago> What law separates "lawful" from "unlawful" censorship? The law of the jungle?