House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN
I am confused. The title say congress passed the bill while the article says the house is the one that passed it (so congress should be next).
Which is it?
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The bill has passed both the Senate and House so now the president just has to sign it.
Which he would gladly do. Very sad
Congress is the combination of the House of Representatives and the Senate. America has a bicameral legislature. (Congress=House of Reps + Senate)
Because this passed the Senate in Feb and the House recently it is correct to say that this bill has passed Congress.
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While this is bullshit, we should be able to weaponize it right back at them - any lies the administration spews (which let’s face it, that’s everything) needs to be reported relentlessly.
Make them feel it!
gulf of america?
Reported to who? The people telling the lies?
The article mentioned requiring a reporting mechanism which must be resolved within 48 hours. Because of the impracticality of the timeframe it went on to assume that anything reported would just be removed.
Yeah that will only be true for the rich and powerful. Ever go to the police as a poor for stalking?
The same way that Facebook can say "no" when you ask them to stop training AI on your data they will just send it to an automated not that will find no issue and deny the takedown but for those that pay I'm sure it will be very effective.
“Flood the zone” benefits both parties when it comes to power grab shit like this. This barely made headlines until it was already passed and it’s too late.
OK so this is meant for revenge porn / stolen photos... but it's written so broadly that it will affect basically any online speech. Great.
it passed. it fucking passed. i don't think people realize what they're about to use this for (or at least they don't fully realize the implications).
And a helluva a lot of Dems voted for it like lemmings…
They all did along with all but two Republicans. Funny how they have no problem working together on stuff like this, but when it comes to anything that helps the American people suddenly there's a ton of manufactured controversy as if we were watching a scripted pro wrestling match.
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Trump himself told the whole nation in his address that he plans to abuse it.
Senate:
Unanimous Support
House:
207 Republicans and 202 Democrats voted Yea
2 Republicans voted No, 0 Democrats
11 from both parties abstained
WTF happened to resisting Trump's fascist agenda? This is blatant controlled opposition
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rumor has it that AOC voted for this
She did. She ‘objected to some of the wording’ but jumped in line like a good little puppet.
Her and Bernie won't acknowledge palestinian defenders in their rallies. Puppets to the bone like all the others, just another form of controlled opposition.
Not a rumor, only 2 house members voted against (both republican).
mfw we can pass a bipartisan spy law no problem but a bipartisan daylight savings law is still too hard.
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They all did, it was 409 vs 2, with 22 not voting:
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll104.xml
And ironically the only two Nays came from Republicans.
censorship is bipartisan, they just want to censor different things
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Oligarchs gonna oligarch.
Isn’t this what the DMCA is for?
Yeah but the DMCA was vaguely reasonable. This is meant to be weaponized.
Meant to be or not, it’s still weaponized.
the DMCA was vaguely reasonable
No it wasn't. It too was MEANT to be weaponized from day one. The difference is that almost all of the people in control of both parties and all mainstream media were in favor, so it got a false veneer of reasonability in coverage.
The DMCA is just as bad as SOPA and PIPA, which was always the intent from the powerful industry groups lobbying for all three bills and the politicians they own.
I think you mean the communications decency act? Most of that has been found to be unconstitutional as will likely be the fate of this bill...
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Good news, now we can report all those christians online that won't shut the fuck up!!
Call it what it is: a censorship law. Apparently the climate of fear that makes people self-censor wasn’t enough.
Watch for a LOT of ‘extreme left’ opinions get taken down and their authors imprisoned.
It won't stop with journalists and authors. They'll be looking in Facebook posts, Reddit comments, Twitter threads, Instagram, etc. And random citizens are going to start disappearing.
They'll want people to know it can happen to anyone, not just the most visible or high profile critics.
And darlen AOC so called progressive voted for this shit.
Politicians are still too afraid of optics, they don't want to be on record as voting against taking down revenge porn. Too many of these bills are written with a good-sounding premise but the details are where they get you.
Yet they are happy to hand the criminal who is actively shooting people another loaded weapon because "optics".
They are the kind of people that say you should stay with a partner that rapes and abuses you because it might make family gatherings weird if you complain.
Fuck those people.
Optics are people's reality. Everyone lives in their own.
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Anyone else hear thunderous applause?
I want off this ride
The ride don't stop until you make it stop.
Remember, America, it's through your inaction that these changes are possible. Really, they should be thanking you for standing aside and letting them remodel the whole government.
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This reminds me of the DNC super donor Ed Buck who would lure in gay black men and kill them by injecting meth into them while raping them.
He managed to do it for years and wasn't until one of the victims survived to be able talk about it that he was sentenced as with every previous body it was said it was a private issue and a sad loss of a friend.
Photos managed to get shared of his racist, rape, death den helping sway the public.
Ed Buck would have loved this bill and its ability to actively scrub his image further.
If it feels like monsters would like something I don't want it.
Wait, US Congress still exists? Certainly wouldn't know it based on how the nation has been governed for the past 4 months.
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The democrats pushed this through for the same reason they've pushed other bills to censor the internet, using piracy or CSAM as excuses. They aren't really trying to protect anyone, they want and need control over the population as much as the republicans do, so that they can maintain the cash flow from corporations that own them. So many people still look at the democrats as an opposition party to the fascists, but that isn't true at all. They work together because they're two sides of the same party. The only thing they're truly concerned with protecting is their own money and power.
Both the democrats and republicans are profoundly evil.
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