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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: 1, Troll) by Phoenix666 on Friday July 31 2020, @06:39PM
Yes, that is so. It is also no surprise this time because the DNC literally rigged the primaries against Bernie in 2016. The Democratic Party is a charade.
I said as much this time to a couple friends who were fellow Bernie supporters then. They really, really thought this time it would be different, that Bernie would win through. They got more and more excited the worse Biden was doing in the early primaries. They told me I was wrong, so wrong. Even when Biden started to turn it around they assured me Bernie would prevail in a contested convention. They are chagrined now. Yet, they will probably shut up and pull the lever for Biden anyway, like good little soldiers. Tribalism is a powerful force.
So I quite agree with you: the game is rigged. The only effective action to take is to vote with our feet and with our dollars.
Washington DC delenda est.