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.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    261·
    1 year ago

    Not a rumor, only 2 house members voted against (both republican).

    mfw we can pass a bipartisan spy law no problem but a bipartisan daylight savings law is still too hard.