These bills really feel like the death knell of the open and free internet in the US as we know it
Wouldn’t sites like Lemmy servers be forced to comply, too?
And this is on purpose. The next step is a state intranet accessed by thin clients tied to your ID or face, where you can only say what the state approves for you to say or see what the state approves for you to see.
And finally you won’t be allowed to own your own devices anymore.
Welcome to NK, because that’s what the US is turning into. On that note, kiss your rights goodbye, Americans, because they no longer exist.
Those hosted in the US will be subject to US law, yeah. Those hosted elsewhere, though, can tell the US government to pound sand.
There is a better way. Instead of considering these bills, the Senate Commerce Committee should be focusing on a national consumer privacy bill that would protect ALL internet users, or on banning behavioral advertising that tracks us across the web—again, for users of all ages.
But the bills being considered this week move in the other direction—more information being collected, more surveillance, and less privacy for internet users of all ages.
Acting like more surveillance isn’t the entire point. They always use the “think of the children” excuse with these kinds of censorship bills.
If they actually cared at all, these bills would be getting laughed out of the writer’s room.
They care about the kids until a vote on child marriage comes up
