Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' Denounced as Dangerous, Unconstitutional Edict | Common Dreams News - https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/11/leaked-draft-trump-executive-order-censor-internet-denounced-dangerous
@Wetrix
FYI this is astroturfed by Google and the rest. Nobody actually knows what the order says, but it looks like it is just going to reiterate editorial conditions for platforms under USC 230 Section C. Of course that's bad for the big tech cartel so they're paying for articles like this to get written and shared.
@Wetrix
Yeah I'm opposed to telling the big social platforms what to do. There's the fact that the mess that is social media is driving software like Mastodon and Peertube, which I like. I disagree with what the big tech guys are doing, but the idea that we have to tell them how to run reinforces the idea that we need them, and creates barriers to entry. Is a mastodon instance a "platform"? Does an admin have to be politically neutral? It becomes a mess all around.
@mister_monster I hope it goes through as well. That's the whole reason I left Twitter was because of it's shadow banning and left biased crap with Jack Dorsey. 😒👎🏻