Anti-speech laws are spreading from states to Congress, and the future of online speech could hang in the balance

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    What is with the enshitification of everything this last year? Is it because we didn’t actively overthrow the government through the Trump bs? People realize they can actually do whatever they want and 50 ish percent of the country agrees based off of tribalism, 45% just don’t give a shit and the last 5% don’t really matter? They realized we are all cattle. No matter how mad we get, we have no choice in the system we are in. The fucking boomers/gen xers really set themselves up to be a bunch of selfish twats with no real repercussions.

    It’s an Oligarchy and a dictatorship under the guise of democracy and freedoms and a majority of people are too busy hating the other 50% of the population yo realize we’re getting fucked and manipulated.

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      You are far too charitable to the GOP. They let school shootings happen for the sake of political gain, and they’re actively pushing for child labor and restricting control over your own body.

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      Any bills labeled “protect the children” is never for protecting children. Same with anything titled “freedom.”

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        As it was established by Nixon’s Southern Strategy it’s totally about preserving power (which they use for the highest bidders). Anger and hate keeps their base voting for them.

        But their base is fickle, which is now Donald Trump seized the 2016 Republican Primary from everyone else. And while Trump is facing all his indictments and other player like DeSantis vie to take his place, that base will eventually find another Secret Hitler to fall behind.

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        Misery mostly. Industrialized hate for profit.

        Cult leaders have weaponized this pain for their own power and profit.They lie to people, tell them it’s not their fault, to blame their failures on [insert latest convenient target]. They will fix everything if only they received more [power/money]. They distract from the unacceptable truth that it is their own actions that have led to their misery (including decades voting for same party and policies that “somehow” never helped). The cult is the most important thing in their life now, after cutting out disagreeable family and friends. These poor bastards will be squeezed for all they’re worth.

        I’m not sure how miserable, lonely, damaged, mentally ill a person needs to be to be susceptible to this. But apparently we have more than enough to terrorize.

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    —This comment has been removed for violating U.S. Department of Online Communications Statute 39.126—

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      —This comment has been removed for violating U.S. Department of Online Communications Statute 39.126—

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    Reminder they give zero fucks about children. They want to spread fascism to the internet for everyone in the name of children, but they have zero issues with elementary schoolers getting gunned down and legalizing child labor. Party of small government btw.

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    I think the current system works best

    Parents should be responsible for what their kids do online. Parental controls do exist.

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    This is the most concerning thing I’ve read today. I don’t understand how we’ve reached this point. If people are concerned about the safety of their children then they need to be more attentive parents. This almost reminds me of that time Apple was going to scan everyone’s photos stored in iCloud in the name of “protecting children” but backed down due to public backlash. Except this somehow is codified into law and lays the roadmap out for other states to do the same. Government mandated online verification systems sounds like a cyberpunk fever dream but I guess the US is slowly working it’s way there.

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      Uhh just to clear up a misunderstanding, Apple and everyone else already scans your photos in the cloud and compares them to a pre-curated hash of known CSAM. What Apple was trying to do was do the scans on-device instead, for photos outbound to Apple’s iCloud. Supposedly, this was to make sure that your photos weren’t directly scanned by Apple themselves.

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      Removed as a protest against the community’s support for campaigns to bring about the deaths of members of marginalized groups, and opposition to private entities working to prevent such campaigns, together with it’s mindless flaming and downvoting of anyone who disagrees.