Senators Warren & Graham Want To Create New Online Speech Police Commission
Senators Warren & Graham Want To Create New Online Speech Police Commission
The regulation will continue until internet freedom improves, apparently. Last year we wrote about Senator Michael Bennet pushing a terrible “Digital Platform Commission” to be the new internet spe…
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6913131
The proposed Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act by Senators Warren and Graham seeks to create a new federal commission to regulate large tech platforms. However, the bill contains many problematic provisions that threaten free speech and internet freedom. It would require platforms to reveal content moderation policies, provide notice and appeals for all moderation decisions including spam, mitigate "emotional harms" without defining them, and even allow revoking operating licenses for "egregious misconduct." Many organizations have endorsed the bill without carefully considering its negative impacts on free expression. In summary, while well-intentioned, the bill's vague and overbroad regulations threaten to chill online speech rather than effectively protect consumers.
You know it’s not good when it’s bipartisan. I think the key point here is the bill sets a catch-22. If you are a dominant platform, you have to follow our rules. if you try to not be dominant, you violate the rules anyway.
It’s just made to control and censor.