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• On the post: Congressional Testimony On Section 230 Was So Wrong That It Should Be Struck From The Record

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2024 @ 12:42pm

  Here’s an idea for congressmen…

  Just. Don’t. Focus. On. Section. 2. 30… …and actually focus on the crimes committed on the web and give harsher penalties for them. It’s not that hard. This is like in order to stop theft in a store is to close that store. Just make the penalties for the crime just harsher.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2024 @ 02:34pm

  Uhhh, the protests weren’t exactly aimed towards Hollywood. It was more so on the legislators that tried rushing through SOPA. But once the Blackout happened, that gave legislators extreme cold feet and its momentum was all but sapped. If something like SOPA can be stopped before, it can be stopped again. The only silver lining is that there hasn’t been anything specifically SOPA-related released… yet. It’ll be a while until we heard more of this “plan.” Until then, keep an eye open.

• On the post: Hollywood Believes The Time Is Ripe To Bring Back SOPA

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2024 @ 02:23pm

  The thing about YouTube is that it’s not the website that’s committing it, it’s its users that do. And even most of the time, copyright strikes are usually false as a result of YouTube’s copyright detection algorithms having a tendency to not recognize the nuisances of fair use and/or expression.

• On the post: Police Chief Hailed As A Hero For Crashing Into A Car While Fleeing The Scene Of A Shooting

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2024 @ 11:06am

  He bravely ran away…

• On the post: Hollywood Believes The Time Is Ripe To Bring Back SOPA

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2024 @ 10:34am

  The issue with SOPA wasn’t that it ensured that copyright issues on platforms have to be blocked, it insured that entire websites have to be blocked. That’s like saying YouTube should be blocked because of its copyright infringements. It was a case of copyright maximalism then and it’s a case of copyright maximalism now. And it’s extremely disappointing that Hollywood has learned nothing.

• On the post: Hollywood Believes The Time Is Ripe To Bring Back SOPA

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2024 @ 10:22am

  It’s been 12 years and Hollywood has learned nothing. Best to keep an eye open.

• On the post: Hillary Clinton Joins The Chorus Of Ignorant Pundits Insisting Section 230 Must Go

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2024 @ 02:52pm

  There’s a difference between disagreeing with your spouse and undercutting your spouse’s greatest accomplishment because… FOMO?

• On the post: Hillary Clinton Joins The Chorus Of Ignorant Pundits Insisting Section 230 Must Go

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2024 @ 12:55pm

  Once, again… ITS UNDER THE SAUCE.

  What’s particularly baffling and ironic about Hillary’s statements is that her Bill Clinton’s administration was the one that created Section 230 in the first place. So, she is actively trying to undermine not just the greatest innovative transformation of the internet, but her own husband’s legacy. To quote South Park, “GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!”

• On the post: California State Senator Pushes Bill To Remove Anonymity From Anyone Who Is Influential Online

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2024 @ 10:57am

  Doesn’t really matter if it’s left or right-wing, a bad idea is still a bad idea.

• On the post: California State Senator Pushes Bill To Remove Anonymity From Anyone Who Is Influential Online

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2024 @ 09:57am

  Mr. Padilla, I have a question…

  Does… does he not know that some of those users of 25,000 engagements (whatever that means) are protesters, activists, journalists, people of minorities, politicians, LGBTQ people, and many, many other communities? Does he even know that doxxing is a thing? Doesn’t he know that that is extremely dangerous? Mr. Padilla is spearheading a bill that would coerce online companies to essentially spy on these individuals against their consent. That is messed up.

• On the post: 10th Circuit Appeals Court Says 68 Days Of Pole Camera Surveillance Doesn’t Violate 4th Amendment

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2024 @ 08:18pm

  I dunno, sounds like you’re doing that, McCarthyist.

• On the post: 10th Circuit Appeals Court Says 68 Days Of Pole Camera Surveillance Doesn’t Violate 4th Amendment

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2024 @ 08:16pm

  Judge: “Now 68 days of pole camera surveillance is A-okay. But 69 days… oooh! Now that is pushing it!”

• On the post: Will Nevada Kill End-To-End Encryption Next Week?

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2024 @ 09:59am

  On the second thought, let’s not go to Las Vegas. Tis a silly place.

• On the post: Senator Durbin Petulantly Promises To Destroy The Open Internet If He Doesn’t Get His Bad ‘Save The Children’ Internet Bill Passed

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2024 @ 01:11pm

  So a Dunt.

• On the post: Senator Durbin Petulantly Promises To Destroy The Open Internet If He Doesn’t Get His Bad ‘Save The Children’ Internet Bill Passed

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2024 @ 10:15am

  Durbin to rename his committee board to the “Committee of Echo Chambers.”

• On the post: Once Again, Google Caves To Political Pressure And Supports Questionable STOP CSAM Law

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2024 @ 08:10am

  Mate, we just answered you. Quit asking this question or we’ll label you as spam.

• On the post: Once Again, Google Caves To Political Pressure And Supports Questionable STOP CSAM Law

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2024 @ 08:06am

  👀

  Excuse me, wat?

• On the post: Once Again, Google Caves To Political Pressure And Supports Questionable STOP CSAM Law

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2024 @ 05:23pm

  SOPA and PIPA were also set in stone, and yet a massive coalition effort was able to defeat that. We have a saying around here: “If you give it up, then you will lose; but if you fight it, you’ll might lose. That’s a realistic approach for all things considered. What isn’t is proclaiming that we’re doomed and the only thing we can do is to lay down and remain in a fetal position.

• On the post: Once Again, Google Caves To Political Pressure And Supports Questionable STOP CSAM Law

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2024 @ 04:58pm

  Please don’t take my word as gospel. Speculation is just that: speculation. It’s just what I think is happening at the present moment and how that will affect the bill moving forward. Things could still change. Nothing is set in stone.

• On the post: Once Again, Google Caves To Political Pressure And Supports Questionable STOP CSAM Law

  

  Cat_Daddy ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2024 @ 04:38pm

  Alright. Out of the Four horsemen of the Digital-Apocalypse (KOSA, EARN IT, the TikTok Ban, this one), the Stop CSAM act has the least going for it. Unlike KOSA, stop CSAM only has a measly five cosponsors at the moment; unlike EARN IT, it does not have a House Companion; and unlike the TikTok Ban, Stop CSAM has been languishing for months and I’d argue has had the least amount of progress, despite coming out of the judiciary. All that Stop CSAM is a near half-dozen of sponsors and the blessing of Google and Meta, but that’s about it. The Stop CSAM is probably the least likely to become law. At least in my speculation.

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