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.

    • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
      02·
      6 months ago

      Ok so 2 people out of 535 in Republican-controlled Congress voted against it, how is it accurate to say “Democrats pushed it through”?

      • 7toed@midwest.socialEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        Maybe they should trying being the OPPOSITION PARTY for once in their miserable careers.

      • Crikeste@lemm.ee
        1·
        6 months ago

        In what world is 2 votes against 400 making any noise? That is 0.5%, democrats surely make up far more than that.

        So a majority of democrats voted for this.

        They pushed it through.