5mo ago

The Senate Passed The TAKE IT DOWN Act, Threatening Free Expression and Due Process

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I'm no legal expert, but isn't posting porn of someone without their consent already covered somewhere in United States Code? Porn sites did quite the purge a few years ago. So I'm wondering what this solves, even if it were worded better.
What is the implication for Lemmy and other federated platforms? Is running a Lemmy instance going to now come with a huge legal risk and moderation requirements that three people with day jobs can't handle?
- I'd imagine this will speed up defederation in some cases, but I've not run into any such material here.
- I wouldn't think it wouldn't be any more of a legal requirement than making sure you keep CSAM off your servers as with current laws, just now with deep fakes too.
  
  It's somewhat more comparable to DMCA takedowns I think.
Cool, now I can report all that religious shit that appears.
I guess it's still gotta go through congress? Call your rep. Adding it to my list of shit to call about.

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