Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, giving the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don't like. President Trump himself has said that he would use the law to censor his critics. The bill passed the Senate in February, and it now heads to the president's desk.

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[–] 117 points 1 year ago (4 children)

OK so this is meant for revenge porn / stolen photos... but it's written so broadly that it will affect basically any online speech. Great.

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  • [–] 72 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    it passed. it fucking passed. i don't think people realize what they're about to use this for (or at least they don't fully realize the implications).

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And a helluva a lot of Dems voted for it like lemmings…

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They all did along with all but two Republicans. Funny how they have no problem working together on stuff like this, but when it comes to anything that helps the American people suddenly there's a ton of manufactured controversy as if we were watching a scripted pro wrestling match.

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    [–] 92 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Call it what it is: a censorship law. Apparently the climate of fear that makes people self-censor wasn’t enough.

    Watch for a LOT of ‘extreme left’ opinions get taken down and their authors imprisoned.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago

    It won't stop with journalists and authors. They'll be looking in Facebook posts, Reddit comments, Twitter threads, Instagram, etc. And random citizens are going to start disappearing.
    They'll want people to know it can happen to anyone, not just the most visible or high profile critics.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    And darlen AOC so called progressive voted for this shit.

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    [–] 86 points 1 year ago

    Another step closer to achieving his Nazi wet dream.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    While this is bullshit, we should be able to weaponize it right back at them - any lies the administration spews (which let’s face it, that’s everything) needs to be reported relentlessly.

    Make them feel it!

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Reported to who? The people telling the lies?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The article mentioned requiring a reporting mechanism which must be resolved within 48 hours. Because of the impracticality of the timeframe it went on to assume that anything reported would just be removed.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Yeah that will only be true for the rich and powerful. Ever go to the police as a poor for stalking?

    The same way that Facebook can say "no" when you ask them to stop training AI on your data they will just send it to an automated not that will find no issue and deny the takedown but for those that pay I'm sure it will be very effective.

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    [–] 37 points 1 year ago

    This reminds me of the DNC super donor Ed Buck who would lure in gay black men and kill them by injecting meth into them while raping them.

    He managed to do it for years and wasn't until one of the victims survived to be able talk about it that he was sentenced as with every previous body it was said it was a private issue and a sad loss of a friend.
    Photos managed to get shared of his racist, rape, death den helping sway the public.

    Ed Buck would have loved this bill and its ability to actively scrub his image further.
    If it feels like monsters would like something I don't want it.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago* (13 children)

    The democrats pushed this through for the same reason they've pushed other bills to censor the internet, using piracy or CSAM as excuses. They aren't really trying to protect anyone, they want and need control over the population as much as the republicans do, so that they can maintain the cash flow from corporations that own them. So many people still look at the democrats as an opposition party to the fascists, but that isn't true at all. They work together because they're two sides of the same party. The only thing they're truly concerned with protecting is their own money and power.

    Both the democrats and republicans are profoundly evil.

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    [–] 35 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    rumor has it that AOC voted for this

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    [–] 33 points 1 year ago

    Anyone else hear thunderous applause?

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Why the fuck did all the democrats vote Yes for this

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Fascism is an integration of government and corporations. Democrats are officially just the other side of the coin after this. 100% one party in the country. The longer any politician fights under the banner of Republican or Democrat the longer they want this system to continue.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    “Flood the zone” benefits both parties when it comes to power grab shit like this. This barely made headlines until it was already passed and it’s too late.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Wait, US Congress still exists? Certainly wouldn't know it based on how the nation has been governed for the past 4 months.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Good news, now we can report all those christians online that won't shut the fuck up!!

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    American decline is happening at a much faster pace than I anticipated.

    If you don't own a gun, now is the time.

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    [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Oligarchs gonna oligarch.

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