Tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/senate-vote-tomorrow-four-internet-bills-one-wrong-direction
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/senate-vote-tomorrow-four-internet-bills-one-wrong-direction
5 Comments
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 38d
Acting like more surveillance isn't the entire point. They always use the "think of the children" excuse with these kinds of censorship bills.
If they actually cared at all, these bills would be getting laughed out of the writer's room.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 38d
They care about the kids until a vote on child marriage comes up
trashboat@piefed.social · 7 pts · 38d
These bills really feel like the death knell of the open and free internet in the US as we know it
Wouldn’t sites like Lemmy servers be forced to comply, too?
AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 38d
Those hosted in the US will be subject to US law, yeah. Those hosted elsewhere, though, can tell the US government to pound sand.
DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf · 4 pts · 38d
And this is on purpose. The next step is a state intranet accessed by thin clients tied to your ID or face, where you can only say what the state approves for you to say or see what the state approves for you to see.
And finally you won't be allowed to own your own devices anymore.
Welcome to NK, because that's what the US is turning into. On that note, kiss your rights goodbye, Americans, because they no longer exist.