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Post by Maddog Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:13 pm

A new bill revitalizes the war on terror's favorite slogan in service of forcing tech companies to turn over more user data to the government. The "See Something, Say Something Online Act," introduced by Sen. Joe Manchin (D–W.Va.) and co-sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R–Texas), is the latest attack on the federal communications law known as Section 230 as well as freedom of speech and online privacy.

The legislation says any interactive computer service provider—that means social media giants, small blogs, podcast hosting services, app stores, consumer review platforms, independent political forums, crowdfunding and Patreon-style sites, dating apps, newsletter services, and much more—will lose Section 230 protections if they fail to report any known user activity that might be deemed "suspicious."

"Suspicious" content is defined as any post, private message, comment, tag, transaction, or "any other user-generated content or transmission" that government officials later determine "commits, facilitates, incites, promotes, or otherwise assists the commission of a major crime." Major crimes are defined as anything involving violence, domestic, or international terrorism, or a "serious drug offense."


https://reason.com/2021/02/02/see-something-say-something-online-act-punishes-big-tech-for-not-snitching/?fbclid=IwAR0cFZzGMrjbUYVdEq7wuPiMAzhBJGMN6EQdfg-eHBtUk7FJyVvnfsZ2K4c


They should just call it the snitch law.

It will pass, because we can always find enough Dems and Reps to agree to snooping on Americans.
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