It would give the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don't like, with President Trump himself saying that he would use the law to censor his critics. The bill passed the Senate in February, and it now heads to the president's desk.

Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, giving the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don’t like. President Trump himself has said that he would use the law to censor his critics. The bill passed the Senate in February, and it now heads to the president’s desk.

  • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    83·
    6 months ago

    House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN

    I am confused. The title say congress passed the bill while the article says the house is the one that passed it (so congress should be next).

    Which is it?

    • FireTower@lemmy.world
      28·
      6 months ago

      Congress is the combination of the House of Representatives and the Senate. America has a bicameral legislature. (Congress=House of Reps + Senate)

      Because this passed the Senate in Feb and the House recently it is correct to say that this bill has passed Congress.