Posted on 01/30/2020 4:35:20 PM PST by KC_Lion
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Wednesday released a plan to fight “digital disinformation,” promising to “push for new laws that impose tough civil and criminal penalties” for disseminating false information related to U.S. elections.
“Disinformation erodes our democracy, and Democrats must have a plan to address it,” she details in a Medium post, proclaiming President Trump “welcomed foreign interference in our elections, inviting interference from a host of countries that have an interest in the outcome, including Iran and China.”
“He’s currently facing impeachment for putting his own political interests over the national interests of the United States – and there is every indication that if he is not removed from office, he will continue to do so,”....
Warren contends that it is simply not enough to “make vague statements condemning fraudulent attacks on opponents or efforts to suppress the vote,” placing the burden to fight the spread of what she considers “disinformation” primarily on tech companies and the federal government.
“Campaigns need to make clear that disinformation has no place in our campaigns, and that we will disavow supporters who embrace it and act quickly to stop its spread,” she states in her plan.
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Voter suppression efforts of any kind offend basic American values. In both the 2016 and 2018 elections, online disinformation sought to depress voter turnout by telling people they could vote via text, giving people the wrong date for election day, and more. I will push for new laws that impose tough civil and criminal penalties for knowingly disseminating this kind of information, which has the explicit purpose of undermining the basic right to vote.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Even if elected (snort); she would never push a law like that, SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE PROSECUTED and IMPRISONED UNDER A LAW LIKE THAT!
Disinformation like “universal health care won’t raise taxes”? Or like “vote for me cause I’m a minority”?
It’s tough working for Satan when things aren’t going like he wants them to. He forces his minions to say the stupidest crap.
Note how she limits that to online info and neglects to include disinformation sent by smoke signals.
It would be hilarious to watch the Feds go in and bust everyone on stage during the next ‘RAT debate under Squating Bull’s new “disinformation” law.
This coming from a proven compulsive liar...
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