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Azathoth

(4,677 posts)
23. That's actually an interesting argument
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 06:19 PM
Jul 2021

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.

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Communications Decency Act Klaralven Jul 2021 #1
It's right in their filing they call it the "Community Decency Act" Nevilledog Jul 2021 #7
Judges Really Need WHITT Jul 2021 #2
Sanctioning what? former9thward Jul 2021 #14
Mislabeling Is Just Icing On The Cake WHITT Jul 2021 #21
The thread is about a typo. former9thward Jul 2021 #22
The suit alleges that a statute enacted in 1996 was done so expressly for the purpose ... 11 Bravo Jul 2021 #24
Therefore, I Cannot Point Out The Frivolity? WHITT Jul 2021 #25
The difference between "community" and "communication" is not a typo. It is niyad Jul 2021 #26
TFG is..... SergeStorms Jul 2021 #3
Oh Lordy! leftieNanner Jul 2021 #4
Look at the idiot attorneys who filed this lawsuit LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #5
He's scraping the bottom of the barrel. GoCubsGo Jul 2021 #10
You gets what you pays for. Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #11
They must be at the library downloading forms from Nolo. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 #6
Husband of Greta Van Susteren progressoid Jul 2021 #13
shithole is like a cornered cat and will. .. Lovie777 Jul 2021 #8
How many lawyers is it now... MissMillie Jul 2021 #9
Courts do not think typos are "blatantly false claims." former9thward Jul 2021 #15
Either he thinks he'll live forever... Harker Jul 2021 #12
Apprentice Syndrome has no known cure. czarjak Jul 2021 #16
At this level, and the very ACT itself is amateur hour! ashredux Jul 2021 #17
LOL, autocorrect strikes again (nt) Starfury Jul 2021 #18
what kind of lawyer dianaredwing Jul 2021 #19
How does a guy who brags about grabbing women by the pussy Jarqui Jul 2021 #20
That's actually an interesting argument Azathoth Jul 2021 #23
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