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.

  • phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    12·
    9 months ago

    We want to force the entire world to block information that we don’t like (says the small government club)

    Good luck with that

    • 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 ?