Stop trying to explain for Politicians. Ignorance is just as harmful and evil.
> This entire comment is the definition of FUD.
This would have been true if this was the first bill. But this bill (and variants of it) keep getting proposed again and again. From different and multiple angles. It's not a small political win here they are looking for.
> you think politicians are successfully going to get social media giants to intercept DMs that say bad things about them?
Yes. But you need the Technology there first. Once it's there, it's much easier to pass these things.
> Or this is the first step to a CPP-esque lockdown on free speech?
Yes. It worked for China. So it might work for us.
> That's fantasy at best and a disturbing level of paranoia at worst.
It's not. The amount of restrictions and surveillance we have today is unprecedented. Things can move fast once the technology is ready and the moment is there to seize.
> This entire comment is the definition of FUD.
This would have been true if this was the first bill. But this bill (and variants of it) keep getting proposed again and again. From different and multiple angles. It's not a small political win here they are looking for.
> you think politicians are successfully going to get social media giants to intercept DMs that say bad things about them?
Yes. But you need the Technology there first. Once it's there, it's much easier to pass these things.
> Or this is the first step to a CPP-esque lockdown on free speech?
Yes. It worked for China. So it might work for us.
> That's fantasy at best and a disturbing level of paranoia at worst.
It's not. The amount of restrictions and surveillance we have today is unprecedented. Things can move fast once the technology is ready and the moment is there to seize.