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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.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago

This reminds me of the DNC super donor Ed Buck who would lure in gay black men and kill them by injecting meth into them while raping them.

He managed to do it for years and wasn't until one of the victims survived to be able talk about it that he was sentenced as with every previous body it was said it was a private issue and a sad loss of a friend.
Photos managed to get shared of his racist, rape, death den helping sway the public.

Ed Buck would have loved this bill and its ability to actively scrub his image further.
If it feels like monsters would like something I don't want it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Remember, America, it's through your inaction that these changes are possible. Really, they should be thanking you for standing aside and letting them remodel the whole government.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Why the fuck did all the democrats vote Yes for this

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

So just assume they voted yes since only 2 republicans voted against including the Democrats

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

The ride don't stop until you make it stop.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago

Anyone else hear thunderous applause?

[–] [email protected] 91 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Call it what it is: a censorship law. Apparently the climate of fear that makes people self-censor wasn’t enough.

Watch for a LOT of ‘extreme left’ opinions get taken down and their authors imprisoned.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Any chance courts can stop this bill for being unconstitutional.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can, probably yes, will, probably no

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (5 children)

And darlen AOC so called progressive voted for this shit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Politicians are still too afraid of optics, they don't want to be on record as voting against taking down revenge porn. Too many of these bills are written with a good-sounding premise but the details are where they get you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yet they are happy to hand the criminal who is actively shooting people another loaded weapon because "optics".

They are the kind of people that say you should stay with a partner that rapes and abuses you because it might make family gatherings weird if you complain.
Fuck those people.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago

It won't stop with journalists and authors. They'll be looking in Facebook posts, Reddit comments, Twitter threads, Instagram, etc. And random citizens are going to start disappearing.
They'll want people to know it can happen to anyone, not just the most visible or high profile critics.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

Good news, now we can report all those christians online that won't shut the fuck up!!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 days ago (8 children)

rumor has it that AOC voted for this

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

censorship is bipartisan, they just want to censor different things

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They all did, it was 409 vs 2, with 22 not voting:

https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll104.xml

And ironically the only two Nays came from Republicans.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

She did. She ‘objected to some of the wording’ but jumped in line like a good little puppet.

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[–] [email protected] 116 points 4 days ago (5 children)

OK so this is meant for revenge porn / stolen photos... but it's written so broadly that it will affect basically any online speech. Great.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

Trump himself told the whole nation in his address that he plans to abuse it.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 4 days ago (1 children)

it passed. it fucking passed. i don't think people realize what they're about to use this for (or at least they don't fully realize the implications).

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And a helluva a lot of Dems voted for it like lemmings…

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They all did along with all but two Republicans. Funny how they have no problem working together on stuff like this, but when it comes to anything that helps the American people suddenly there's a ton of manufactured controversy as if we were watching a scripted pro wrestling match.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

This is what I've been saying and why I don't vote for either of these parties.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

I wonder how fast left leaning youtubers will go down.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Oligarchs gonna oligarch.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Isn’t this what the DMCA is for?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think you mean the communications decency act? Most of that has been found to be unconstitutional as will likely be the fate of this bill...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not with the MAGA Supreme Court on the job.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Yeah but the DMCA was vaguely reasonable. This is meant to be weaponized.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

the DMCA was vaguely reasonable

No it wasn't. It too was MEANT to be weaponized from day one. The difference is that almost all of the people in control of both parties and all mainstream media were in favor, so it got a false veneer of reasonability in coverage.

The DMCA is just as bad as SOPA and PIPA, which was always the intent from the powerful industry groups lobbying for all three bills and the politicians they own.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Meant to be or not, it’s still weaponized.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago

“Flood the zone” benefits both parties when it comes to power grab shit like this. This barely made headlines until it was already passed and it’s too late.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The bill has passed both the Senate and House so now the president just has to sign it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Which he would gladly do. Very sad

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 days ago (1 children)

While this is bullshit, we should be able to weaponize it right back at them - any lies the administration spews (which let’s face it, that’s everything) needs to be reported relentlessly.

Make them feel it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

gulf of america?

[–] [email protected] 86 points 5 days ago

Another step closer to achieving his Nazi wet dream.

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