From an article last Monday: Reason magazine is against it. The EFF hasn't said anything yet. This bill has been reintroduced a few times, so maybe they're not too worried? I assume Snowden would...
From an article last Monday:
Manchin and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) are announcing Monday they have reintroduced their "See Something, Say Something Online Act," which would add provisions to Section 230 requiring companies to report suspicious activity to law enforcement through a new clearinghouse within the Justice Department.
The legislation says any interactive computer service provider—that means social media giants, small blogs, podcast hosting services, app stores, consumer review platforms, independent political forums, crowdfunding and Patreon-style sites, dating apps, newsletter services, and much more—will lose Section 230 protections if they fail to report any known user activity that might be deemed "suspicious."
"Suspicious" content is defined as any post, private message, comment, tag, transaction, or "any other user-generated content or transmission" that government officials later determine "commits, facilitates, incites, promotes, or otherwise assists the commission of a major crime." Major crimes are defined as anything involving violence, domestic, or international terrorism, or a "serious drug offense."
The EFF hasn't said anything yet. This bill has been reintroduced a few times, so maybe they're not too worried?
I assume Snowden would be against it, but he's stopped tweeting. I hope he's okay and actually is taking a break as he says.
From an article last Monday:
Reason magazine is against it.
The EFF hasn't said anything yet. This bill has been reintroduced a few times, so maybe they're not too worried?
I assume Snowden would be against it, but he's stopped tweeting. I hope he's okay and actually is taking a break as he says.