The Kids Online Safety Act is “a blank check” for Republican AGs to "intimidate any way they can," a digital civil liberties advocate told Jezebel.

22 Democrats Sponsor a Bill That Could Censor Abortion Info From the Internet::The Kids Online Safety Act is “a blank check” for Republican AGs to “intimidate any way they can,” a digital civil liberties advocate told Jezebel.

  • Pasta4u@lemmy.worldEnglish
    215·
    9 months ago

    Isn’t that what the eu just did to Twitter and Facebook over hamas?

    • CmdrUlle@feddit.deEnglish
      41·
      9 months ago

      Firstly, the EU is not about small government, so half of the joke is lost already. Secondly, rampant misinformation vs. factual information about abortion…

      But sure, it’s all the same.

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Creating a censorship apparatus is dangerous, because the person who gets to decide what gets censored has lots of power, and power corrupt over time.

        And what might be considered flagrant propaganda to one party, might seem just like political spin to another party.

        I think we’re all better off if we let people say what they say, and then evaluate the individuals by their words, rather than by approved content. I don’t see any sustainable way of approving content that doesn’t introduce bias and censorship unduly

      • Pasta4u@lemmy.worldEnglish
        212·
        9 months ago

        Do you know that everything would be factual ?

        Os there anyway to guarantee it would be ?