Bill Would Strip Social Media of Protections for Health Misinformation

Wall Street Journal ^ | July 22, 2021 | Siobhan Hughes

[catnipman]

amy knucklehead is grandstanding: if her fake “bill” actually used the word “misinformation” and passed into law, it’d be thrown out in a heartbeat as unconstitutionally vague ...

[CivilWarBrewing]

Is Verizon liable for what I say in my phone call? NO.

Facebook and Twitter are BOTH PUBLIC UTILITIES MASQUERADING AS PUBLISHERS.

FB & Twit are about as much a publisher as Verizon, AT&T, etc., are..

THIS WHOLE THING IS OUT OF WHACK!

[Texas resident]

The tech types are fixin to find out what the term “useful idiot” is.

[Wuli]

My first point was:

“They are trying to single out web “misinformation” and liability regarding it to merely not towing an official government line. Censorship Soviet style courtesy of the Dims.”

And if Trump and the GOP would have tried this sort of thing the screech and howl claiming the tactic was “anti democratic”, “autocratic”, “Nazi-like” by Pelsoi et al would have been heard 24/7/365 around the globe.

If there is two things you can be sure of with the Dims it is hypocrisy and accusing their opponents of doing what they think is O.K. for them to do.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

(from the article):" Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduced a bill Thursday that would strip online platforms such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. of liability protections
if their technology spreads misinformation about coronavirus vaccines or other public-health emergencies."

Why set the strictly to coronavirus vaccines or other public-health emergencies. ?
Obviously, Amy Klobuchar is content with all their selective censorship in political and other matters.
Go pound sand, Amy ! Just more double standard by the hypocrite party !

[PapaBear3625]

>>If this bill were to become law then “Social Media” would have to ban all health information coming from the government.<<

“The legislation leaves it up to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is responsible for declaring public health emergencies, to define what constitutes health misinformation. “

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/22/1019346177/democrats-want-to-hold-social-media-companies-responsible-for-health-misinformat

So ONLY info from, or approved by, the CDC would be allowed on social media, and ALL communication contradicting or casting doubt on CDC communications would be banned.

[TigersEye]

So, misinformation that changes weekly. And has a nice CDC logo on it.

[Jane Long]

Amy “Hydroxychloroquine” Klobuchar weighs in...

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Indeed. That’s what reportedly saved her hubby’s life, when he contracted China Virus.

Everyone should be so lucky. But, no.

She probably hated that her hubby’s illness and treatment spread like wildfire, on social media (before MSM picked it up).

[polymuser]

“This is just to give them cover for the Covid blackout.”

I fully expect blackouts. They want complete power, whatever it takes, and they don’t fear showing it now..

[EastTexasTraveler]

This is not about doing anything about Facebook or Twitter. It is about making our opinions illegal.

[MortMan]

Verizon doesn’t drop your call based on its content. FB does exactly that - and are therefore publishers.