The Trump lawsuit refers to the "Community Decency Act," which does not exist

[Nevilledog]

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Preston Byrne
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Jul 7, 2021
The Trump lawsuit challenging Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act refers to the "Community Decency Act," which does not exist
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Preston Byrne
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The complaint alleges that the 104th Congress passed this law in 1996 with a view to encouraging Facebook, which did not exist, and Zuck, who was 12 years old, to unconstitutionally censor Donald Trump - 24 years in the future
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9:22 AM · Jul 7, 2021

Kraken 2.0 shit right here

[Klaralven]

1. Communications Decency Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Decency_Act#Section_230

47 U.S. Code § 230 - Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230

[Nevilledog]

7. It's right in their filing they call it the "Community Decency Act"

They can't even get that right.

[WHITT]

2. Judges Really Need

to start sanctioning this bullshit.

[former9thward]

14. Sanctioning what?

The suit says "Community" instead of "Communications"? Do you think a judge would issue sanctions over a typo? Do you know how many typos there are in every suit that is filed every day?

[WHITT]

21. Mislabeling Is Just Icing On The Cake

The entire premise is not the basis for a lawsuit.

[former9thward]

22. The thread is about a typo.

That is what the OP is about. The OP says nothing about the merit of the suit.

[11 Bravo]

24. The suit alleges that a statute enacted in 1996 was done so expressly for the purpose ...

of enabling an individual who was then 12 years old to employ an entity which didn't exist at the time to unconstitutionally censor Donald Trump over two decades in the future. All of this is from the OP.

Now, do you really have any questions about "the merit of the suit"?

[WHITT]

25. Therefore, I Cannot Point Out The Frivolity?

1) The underlying federal statute SPECIFICALLY requires ALL litigation to be filed in Cali, but the case was filed in Florida. It's the improper venue.

2) "Congress shall make no law..."

Only a government entity can even potentially invoke censorship. There is no constitutional right to own a facebook, twitter, or youtube account.

Judges should be sanctioning these knowingly frivolous filings.

[niyad]

26. The difference between "community" and "communication" is not a typo. It is

stupidity.

[SergeStorms]

3. TFG is.....

nuttier than squirrel shit. They just make stuff up and expect everyone to believe it. I guess his brain-dead followers eat it up, but everyone else knows he's a hopeless mental degenerate.

[leftieNanner]

4. Oh Lordy!

That's some seriously crazy shit right there!

Another Trump University Law School graduate wrote this.

Whew.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Look at the idiot attorneys who filed this lawsuit

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[GoCubsGo]

10. He's scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Not surprising, as no decent lawyers would ever want to become involved with such a disgusting con artist. Not to mention, who'd want to represent an asshole who has a reputation for not paying anyone?

[Midnight Writer]

11. You gets what you pays for.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. They must be at the library downloading forms from Nolo.

https://www.nolo.com/

Which is fine. Gideon v. Wainwright started out as a handwritten petition.

John Coale doesn't need the money. Check out his address on Google maps.

[progressoid]

13. Husband of Greta Van Susteren

double barf.

[Lovie777]

8. shithole is like a cornered cat and will. ..

do what is necessary to survive without hesitation even if it means death and destruction.

[MissMillie]

9. How many lawyers is it now...

...that have filed blatantly false claims in court? Rudy's license has been suspended. Powell and Wood are both facing sanctions.

Now these folks.

I hope they got paid up-front.

[former9thward]

15. Courts do not think typos are "blatantly false claims."

They see them everyday in almost all legal paperwork.

[Harker]

12. Either he thinks he'll live forever...

or his goal is to die a free man with innumerable court filings in the works.

[czarjak]

16. Apprentice Syndrome has no known cure.

[ashredux]

17. At this level, and the very ACT itself is amateur hour!

[Starfury]

18. LOL, autocorrect strikes again (nt)

[dianaredwing]

19. what kind of lawyer

would file such a suit? TFG is not smart enough to come up with all those words.

[Jarqui]

20. How does a guy who brags about grabbing women by the pussy

get protection under any "Community Decency Act"?

Because he got a Golden Shower after?

What about the other accusations of sexual assault?

I'm sure we could come up with a long list ...

[Azathoth]

23. That's actually an interesting argument

They're arguing that the Good Samiritan immunity provision of the Communications Decency Act was an end-run around the Constitution that attempts to encourage private companies to enforce censorship policies that Congress couldn't directly enact.

Now here's the rub: the Communications Decency Act was passed by a Republican Congress, so that's not a completely invalid read of the Congress' motives. Plenty of conservatives back then were looking for all kinds of ways to censor anything they found pornographic or immoral on the new-fangled intertubes machine. Eventually, after 9/11, they hit on using anti-terror laws to shut down payment processors. But before they found that chokepoint, they were definitely casting around for ways to censor for the Lord. Encouraging private companies to do their dirty work for them would have been uniquely appealing to them.

Trump is basically attacking the motives of the pre-Trump conservative base.