22 Democrats Sponsor a Bill That Could Censor Abortion Info From the Internet::The Kids Online Safety Act is “a blank check” for Republican AGs to “intimidate any way they can,” a digital civil liberties advocate told Jezebel.

    • @CosmicTurtle
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      431 year ago

      “The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”

      • @spittingimage
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        421 year ago

        That was before the internet was five big websites showing content scraped from the other four.

        • @Siegfried
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          -91 year ago

          I would argue most of internet is already being censored… probably for good reasons.

          • TheMurphy
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            81 year ago

            “Good reasons” for the people in power.

            • floppade [he/him]
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              11 year ago

              In a literal level, this person is not being unreasonable. Facebook moderators and the psychological conditions they face as a result of their work are a good indication of that.

            • @Siegfried
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              11 year ago

              You are right, most of it is probably to keep people in power and the servants in line, but there are also a lot of situations in which we actively ask for censorship. Moderators are needed for a reason. Censorship is our only relatively effective tool to counter disinformation campaigns and fake news. Even search engines censor their results either to avoid lawsuits or to prevent certain situations, like someone asking for suicide methods is redirected to sites telling him why life is worth it.

              I still understand this is a double edged sword and im not sure if the risks involved with compulsory censorship are worth losing our internet freedom, but I do understand this shit is needed on certain situations

    • @[email protected]
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      361 year ago

      Now imagine if they used the law to force Google not to provide any results in a search for abortion. While it may not remove content from the Internet, it effectively removes access to it.

      • /home/pineapplelover
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        This shows we need an open source search engine that anybody can whip up. To all the devs and volunteers out there, please make something like this, if there’s one already, I’ll see if I can contribute to the project.

        • floppade [he/him]
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          11 year ago

          In the meantime, you can use something like ProtonVPN to make sites think you’re not in the US. Google uses your IP address to determine your location and implement regulations based on that. You get better privacy options when it thinks you’re in Europe too.

    • @scottywh
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      41 year ago

      You say that but the internet of today is a far more “sanitized” place than it once was.

    • TheMurphy
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      11 year ago

      Lol, this is very doable and happens in the western world all the time.

      Even propaganda is rampant here.

      Maybe it’s not gone, but it might as well be if 98% of the population can’t find it.