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Rather than making the change needed, which is to force social media companies to operate as neutral utilities, these Democratic legislators want to use regulat
by throwawaysea 5y ago
Rather than making the change needed, which is to force social media companies to operate as neutral utilities, these Democratic legislators want to use regulatory consequence to increase censorship. It’s shameless, but also expected given how recent congressional hearings have gone: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/congress-in-a-five-hour-hearing-demands https://greenwald.substack.com/p/congress-in-a-five-hour-hea...
The phrasing used in the proposal (https://energycommerce.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/ec-leaders-announce-legislation-to-reform-section-230 https://energycommerce.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/ec-...), around causing “emotional injury”, is so vague and could be used to violate people’s first amendment rights by proxy using regulation of private tech companies. I suppose this was the next step beyond vague classifications like “hate speech”.