Posted on 05/20/2023 9:54:13 AM PDT by rktman
The Democrat-controlled Senate proposed a new bill to censor and police Americans’ First Amendment rights.
Brought forth by Democrat Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), the “Digital Platform Commission Act (DPCA)” would flag misinformation and hate speech on the internet.
The bill creates a federal agency to do nothing but the mandate and enforce guardrails against people who spread so-called “misinformation,” giving out consequences for information Democrats deem wrong.
The bill would violate the American Constitution.
“It’s past time for a thoughtful and comprehensive approach to regulating digital platforms that have amassed extraordinary power over our economy, society, and democracy,” Bennet said. “We don’t have to choose between letting digital platforms write their own rules, allowing competitors like China and the E.U. write those rules, or leaving it to politicians in Congress. Instead, we should follow the long precedent in American history of empowering an expert body to protect the public interest through common sense rules and oversight for complex and powerful sectors of the economy.”
If passed by Congress, the Federal Digital Platforms Commission would have five commissioners appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. The Commission would have the authority to promulgate regulations, impose civil penalties, hold hearings, conduct investigations, and support research.
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Bitter lies are a constitutionally protected right.
And yet nobody seems to care.
Everything in the Durham Report was considered mis-information or hate speech a year ago.
Well unless one of us spews them. Then, not so much. 😕
Speech cops!
LOL! And when did that view change? As previously noted, IMHO, 10-15% of folkx give a crap. The rest? Funny dog tiktoks.
I wanted to say I did Nazi that coming, however I did zee that comink.
Does not even need to get to the point of any arbiter.
The democrap party needs to relabel as COMMUNIST.
East Germany legacy.
Politicians like the dork from Colorado have no problem showing people just how stupid they are.
And the stupid dorks are proud of their foolishness.
Absolutely not.
If any single Republican or Manchin and Sinema vote for this, they’ve got to be strongly opposed with grassroots citizen action stronger than any democrat-funded group ever had.
How? We FReepers (not speaking for all) spend too much time on the keyboard and not enough on the picket line. I volunteer to man these.
bttt
I’ve long been in favor of mandatory prison terms for any politician who deliberately proposes unconstitutional legislation.
Oh, Canada copycat.
Certainly more countries to follow until there is a huge pushback.
The Ministry of Truth rises
This Bennett character should be tried and convicted for High Treason against the Constitution.
Liberal humanism, whether Communism, Socialism, or Liberalism, cannot tolerate free speech because truth begins to reassert itself and liberal humanism hates truth, being erroneous, unnatural ideology.
I can get behind that
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission to carry out the functions of the Commission
(1) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
(2) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;
(3) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;
(4) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and
(5) $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.
https://www.bennet.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/9/c/9cdacd51-41dd-470f-89d7-4cfa6a700cb8/DC68CD6481E262D668211395ABEA0EE2.05.09.21---bennet-digital-platform-commission-act---final-text.pdf
Senator Bennet, Who will determine "Truth"?
Will it be the FBI who have repeatedly LIED to us about FAKE evidence against Trump?
Will it be the CDC who have repeatedly LIED to us about Covid, Natural Immunity, the effectiveness of the shots, which are erroneously called a "vaccine"?
Will it be your fellow Democrats who have repeatedly LIED about evidence regarding Trump?
Will it be ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, the NYT who have repeatedly covered up your LIES?
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