Tuesday, February 02, 2021

Two Wings on the Same Bird of Prey

[I]ntroduced by Sen. Joe Manchin (D–W.Va.) and co-sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R–Texas)... [t]he legislation says any interactive computer service provider—that means social media giants, small blogs, podcast hosting services, app stores, consumer review platforms, independent political forums, crowdfunding and Patreon-style sites, dating apps, newsletter services, and much more—will lose Section 230 protections if they fail to report any known user activity that might be deemed "suspicious." [More]
And evidently, the deeming is determined by the state and not left to our judgment.

Yes, Lavrentiy? You have something to add?

[Via Michael G]

3 comments:

Mack said...

Maybe this?

https://reason.com/2021/02/02/see-something-say-something-online-act-punishes-big-tech-for-not-snitching/

Anonymous said...

And we keep telling ourselves the military won't act against the citizenry? Who does the NG face with their weapons? Loaded or not, they have chosen their enemy.

Anonymous said...

Anticipate use against the small guys who can't afford to pay protection in the form of plausibly deniable voter reg and vote fraud operations.