Posted on 06/20/2019 4:35:04 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
Republican Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a bill aimed at stopping censorship on social media platforms based on political ideologies.
The ‘Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act‘ seeks to remove protections granted by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act if platforms are not acting neutral in regards to political views. Currently, platforms cannot be held responsible for user-posted content, as they are not considered publishers. As these companies become more political — and take an editorial stance, many have called for these protections to be stripped.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
This could potentially have ramifications for Free Republic could it not?
DU too, but I hope not.
I was on forums in the 90’s. Imagine DU and FR going at it on the same platform. That is what it used to be like.
It was vicious. I cut my teeth out there.
FoxNews killed their forum because the mods couldn’t control it.
In simple terms, how?
I want to see the MF’ers very substantially demonetized to set an example to any future attempts at tyranny and suppression of supposed enemies by private corporations. Sorry for the language but I’ve really come to despise Facebook, Twitter, Google and like-minded organizations.
I’ll bet Americans already have existing protections under current (even ancient) laws and the constitution itself three ways to Sunday. Why is some new, special legislation going to change anything?
The big tech companies shovel $$$ to members of congress. Ain’t shit gonna change. Wankers.
For a variety of deep seated reasons I have no love for ‘social media’ but I’m having a hard time seeing past the ‘bake the cake’ big government stench of it.
Well, if my understanding of what is being attempted and engendered in this initiative, this forum (platform) would be held responsible for acting in a “neutral” way concerning both the posting of articles and the posting of comments.
Banning the content of certain sites by JRob from being posted as well as the oft used Mod tool of “zotting” or even comment removal could potentially be disallowed if I read the intent of this legislation correctly.
well shoot.
From the article: The bill would only be aimed at platforms with 30 million monthly users or more than $500 million in global annual revenue — so small message boards and overly specific forums would not be effected. Facebook, Google, Twitter, and YouTube would be
Long overdue. Make it so. They can be one or the other but not both.
“The bill would only be aimed at platforms with 30 million monthly users or more than $500 million in global annual revenue”
And therein lies the rub....I am not sure if enacting a law and then arbitrarily designating only those specific entities that can be effected by it would pass Constitutional muster.
Frankly, I think they need to be broken up like the government forced Southwestern Bell and the oil companies etc. I'd like to see that happen under Republican leadership right now..but this is a step in the right direction imho
What is your solution?
Your understanding is wrong. That’s not the focus of this bill.
From some of the responses, I'm not sure others are understanding this or what is being attempted.
ditto
Why? Many laws apply differentially - taxes, for example.
Ideally breaking them up under monopoly abuse umbrella legislation.
They certainly seem to fit the definition of “monopoly”. The kicker is having the nads to attempt it.
Excellent.
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