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Senate Democrats Are Circulating Plans for Government Takeover of the Internet: Reason Roundup
Here's how Warner is suggesting we deal:
Mandatory location verification. The paper suggests forcing social media platforms to authenticate and disclose the geographic origin of all user accounts or posts.
Mandatory identity verification: The paper suggests forcing social media and tech platforms to authenticate user identities and only allow "authentic" accounts ("inauthentic accounts not only pose threats to our democratic process...but undermine the integrity of digital markets"), with "failure to appropriately address inauthentic account activity" punishable as "a violation of both SEC disclosure rules and/or Section 5 of the [Federal Trade Commission] Act."
Bot labeling: Warner's paper suggests forcing companies to somehow label bots or be penalized (no word from Warner on how this is remotely feasible)
Define popular tech as "essential facilities." These would be subject to all sorts of heightened rules and controls, says the paper, offering Google Maps as an example of the kinds of apps or platforms that might count. "The law would not mandate that a dominant provider offer the serve for free," writes Warner. "Rather, it would be required to offer it on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms" provided by the government.
Other proposals include more disclosure requirements for online political speech, more spending to counter supposed cybersecurity threats, more funding for the Federal Trade Commission, a requirement that companies' algorithms can be audited by the feds (and this data shared with universities and others), and a requirement of "interoperability between dominant platforms."
The paper also suggests making it a rule that tech platforms above a certain size must turn over internal data and processes to "independent public interest researchers" so they can identify potential "public health/addiction effects, anticompetitive behavior, radicalization," scams, "user propagated misinformation," and harassment—data that could be used to "inform actions by regulators or Congress."
And—of course— these include further revisions to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, recently amended by Congress to exclude protections for prostitution-related content. A revision to Section 230 could provide the ability for users to demand takedowns of certain sorts of content and hold platforms liable if they don't abide, it says, while admitting that "attempting to distinguish between true disinformation and legitimate satire could prove difficult."
"The proposals in the paper are wide ranging and in some cases even politically impossible, and raise almost as many questions as they try to answer," suggested Mathew Ingram, putting it very mildly at the Columbia Journalism Review.
Mandatory location verification. The paper suggests forcing social media platforms to authenticate and disclose the geographic origin of all user accounts or posts.
Mandatory identity verification: The paper suggests forcing social media and tech platforms to authenticate user identities and only allow "authentic" accounts ("inauthentic accounts not only pose threats to our democratic process...but undermine the integrity of digital markets"), with "failure to appropriately address inauthentic account activity" punishable as "a violation of both SEC disclosure rules and/or Section 5 of the [Federal Trade Commission] Act."
Bot labeling: Warner's paper suggests forcing companies to somehow label bots or be penalized (no word from Warner on how this is remotely feasible)
Define popular tech as "essential facilities." These would be subject to all sorts of heightened rules and controls, says the paper, offering Google Maps as an example of the kinds of apps or platforms that might count. "The law would not mandate that a dominant provider offer the serve for free," writes Warner. "Rather, it would be required to offer it on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms" provided by the government.
Other proposals include more disclosure requirements for online political speech, more spending to counter supposed cybersecurity threats, more funding for the Federal Trade Commission, a requirement that companies' algorithms can be audited by the feds (and this data shared with universities and others), and a requirement of "interoperability between dominant platforms."
The paper also suggests making it a rule that tech platforms above a certain size must turn over internal data and processes to "independent public interest researchers" so they can identify potential "public health/addiction effects, anticompetitive behavior, radicalization," scams, "user propagated misinformation," and harassment—data that could be used to "inform actions by regulators or Congress."
And—of course— these include further revisions to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, recently amended by Congress to exclude protections for prostitution-related content. A revision to Section 230 could provide the ability for users to demand takedowns of certain sorts of content and hold platforms liable if they don't abide, it says, while admitting that "attempting to distinguish between true disinformation and legitimate satire could prove difficult."
"The proposals in the paper are wide ranging and in some cases even politically impossible, and raise almost as many questions as they try to answer," suggested Mathew Ingram, putting it very mildly at the Columbia Journalism Review.
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Communists!!!!
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First they came for the alt's and I said nothing.
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Fuck. That.
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I’m fine with it. I have nothing to hide.
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Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
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If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
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It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people. -
You little pussy. You aren't going to do shit other than whine like the little bitch you are and run your hole on a message board.oregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
Fuck off. -
To be fair, same can be said about you.dflea said:
You little pussy. You aren't going to do shit other than whine like the little bitch you are and run your hole on a message board.oregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
Fuck off. -
You seem angry. What wrong, does your butt ugly wife not put out enough?dflea said:
You little pussy. You aren't going to do shit other than whine like the little bitch you are and run your hole on a message board.oregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
Fuck off. -
Well, yeah. So?MikeDamone said:
To be fair, same can be said about you.dflea said:
You little pussy. You aren't going to do shit other than whine like the little bitch you are and run your hole on a message board.oregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
Fuck off. -
Your mom is always around so why would I care? Run along little punk.oregonblitzkrieg said:
You seem angry. What wrong, does your butt ugly wife not put out enough?dflea said:
You little pussy. You aren't going to do shit other than whine like the little bitch you are and run your hole on a message board.oregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
Fuck off. -
Light a gallon of bleach on fire and drink it until your gut explodes, you piss stain.dflea said:
Well, yeah. So?MikeDamone said:
To be fair, same can be said about you.dflea said:
You little pussy. You aren't going to do shit other than whine like the little bitch you are and run your hole on a message board.oregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
Fuck off. -
Light bleach on fire?oregonblitzkrieg said:
Light a gallon of bleach on fire and drink it until your gut explodes, you piss stain.dflea said:
Well, yeah. So?MikeDamone said:
To be fair, same can be said about you.dflea said:
You little pussy. You aren't going to do shit other than whine like the little bitch you are and run your hole on a message board.oregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
Fuck off.
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Find a way to make it work, faggot.dflea said:
Light bleach on fire?oregonblitzkrieg said:
Light a gallon of bleach on fire and drink it until your gut explodes, you piss stain.dflea said:
Well, yeah. So?MikeDamone said:
To be fair, same can be said about you.dflea said:
You little pussy. You aren't going to do shit other than whine like the little bitch you are and run your hole on a message board.oregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
Fuck off. -
Which one of my houses will you burn though, fuck boy?oregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people. -
Trigger warning for @BigBallaJ next timeoregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
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You should know.....2001400ex said:Communists!!!!
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Are the Balla Twins still in Europe going to Gay Pride events and apologizing for America? Or did the take the GoFundMe money in addition to the insurance money from their apartment fires and head to Asia to let the Asians know how embarrassed they are to be American?dnc said:
Trigger warning for @BigBallaJ next timeoregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people. -
Or?MikeDamone said:
Are the Balla Twins still in Europe going to Gay Pride events and apologizing for America? Or did the take the GoFundMe money in addition to the insurance money from their apartment fires and head to Asia to let the Asians know how embarrassed they are to be American?dnc said:
Trigger warning for @BigBallaJ next timeoregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
I believe they chose a life of abundance. -
How could I forget! Leftists don’t have to work.dnc said:
Or?MikeDamone said:
Are the Balla Twins still in Europe going to Gay Pride events and apologizing for America? Or did the take the GoFundMe money in addition to the insurance money from their apartment fires and head to Asia to let the Asians know how embarrassed they are to be American?dnc said:
Trigger warning for @BigBallaJ next timeoregonblitzkrieg said:
It's your side coming up with all this Orwellian shit. What are you and your comrades doing to oppose it? Nothing...ThomasFremont said:
If I like my police officers, do I get to keep them?oregonblitzkrieg said:Democrats want a police state. They've become the most ignorant, despicable group of Orwellians in US history.
Clean your own house, or the rest of us will burn it to the fucking ground. Sincerely, the American people.
I believe they chose a life of abundance.
