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Democrats want a truce with Section 230 supporters:
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which says apps and websites aren't legally liable for third-party content, has inspired a lot of overheated rhetoric in Congress. Republicans like Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) have successfully framed the rule as a "gift to Big Tech" that enables social media censorship. While Democrats have very different critiques, some have embraced a similar fire-and-brimstone tone with the bipartisan EARN IT Act. But a Senate subcommittee tried to reset that narrative today with a hearing for the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act, a similarly bipartisan attempt at a more nuanced Section 230 amendment. While the hearing didn't address all of the PACT Act's very real flaws, it presented the bill as an option for Section 230 defenders who still want a say in potential reforms.
[...] Still, Section 230 has been at the forefront of US politics for years, and some kind of change looks increasingly likely. If that's true, then particularly after today's hearing, a revised version of the PACT Act looks like the clearest existing option to preserve important parts of the law without dismissing calls for reform. And hashing out those specifics may prove more important than focusing on the policy's most hyperbolic critics.
(Score: 2) by meustrus on Thursday July 30 2020, @10:12PM (4 children)
When the American Wolf [washingtonpost.com] shows up, armed like cops, acting like cops, these 'agitators and white supremacists' will definitely be news. They will be the new most dangerous thing going on in America.
It'll be just like when Egypt was in trouble over the Muslim Brotherhood. People didn't like them. Enough were sympathetic to the military that the military was able to take control. Make things 10x worse.
Those 'agitators and white supremacists', and their sympathizers and apologists, will proudly proclaim the destruction of their enemies. You're doing it right now: you've named the DNC, accused them of pulling the strings on a massive conspiracy to...I don't know exactly, govern things incompetently?
It will sound just like the leftist protestors in your video, who themselves sound like Trump voters four years ago. Let's burn this down. Chaos. Rebuild from the ashes.
It's all the same, see? What you (and I) really need is some perspective.
Talk to people that don't care about politics. There's plenty of them. Ask them how things are going. Are they better off now than they were last year? Two years ago? Four? Eight? If we don't count this year, then it seems like everything has been...mostly the same.
Of course, a lot of people lost finances in 2008. But they didn't lose their lives. People figured something out and moved on, maybe a little less prosperous. What's really changed since then?
I guess there's more rioting now. Social media sucks worse and worse every year. A whole lot of rich people turned out to be objectively terrible human beings; can't say I'm surprised that's true, but I guess it's surprising we care about that now.
Are we more prosperous? Well, that depends on where we are. I've seen a huge amount of growth in my metro area for many years. I've also seen problems over the last few years with local industry, including my employer, due to...something going on with China.
But really, things haven't changed much. America is still America. You and I might be really pissed off by opposing politics, but in the end, it all washes out.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @10:37PM (3 children)
Look at Russia. Imagine yourself in there. Realize that governing things incompetently enough is no laughing matter at all.
If Russia is still too tame for you, look at Venezuela.
There is no human creation so great that incompetent rulers and malicious hangers-on could not ruin in mere years.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2020, @03:59AM (2 children)
As the last three years have proven in spades. Thanks other AC!
(Score: 2, Disagree) by Phoenix666 on Friday July 31 2020, @06:26PM (1 child)
Quite. Look at what Bill de Blasio has done to New York City.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2020, @07:28AM
Well, while Billy Boy may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, he's a lot less of an authoritarian, undemocratic scumbag as the previous two.
I'll take that every day of the week, and twice on Sundays.