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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Trump Calls On Congress To Pass The “Take It Down” Act—So He Can Censor His Critics

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Trump Calls On Congress To Pass The “Take It Down” Act—So He Can Censor His Critics

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We've opposed the Take It Down Act because it could be easily manipulated to take down lawful content that powerful people simply don't like. Last night, President Trump demonstrated he has a similar view on the bill. He wants to sign the bill into law, then use it to remove content about — him....
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    Trump says a lot of things that, if taken in a certain light, can be NCII. Might be a good idea to flag his posts on all platforms so that they can be further investigated by those platforms if this passes.

    All with the goal to keep NCII off the internet, of course.

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      NCII?

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        From the article:

        While the bill is meant to address a serious problem—the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII)

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          Ah, must have missed that. Thanks.

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          How can the imagery be intimate if it’s non-consensual?

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            Revenge porn

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