OK so this is meant for revenge porn / stolen photos... but it's written so broadly that it will affect basically any online speech. Great.
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
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it passed. it fucking passed. i don't think people realize what they're about to use this for (or at least they don't fully realize the implications).
And a helluva a lot of Dems voted for it like lemmings…
They all did along with all but two Republicans. Funny how they have no problem working together on stuff like this, but when it comes to anything that helps the American people suddenly there's a ton of manufactured controversy as if we were watching a scripted pro wrestling match.
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Senate:
Unanimous Support
House:
207 Republicans and 202 Democrats voted Yea
2 Republicans voted No, 0 Democrats
11 from both parties abstained
WTF happened to resisting Trump's fascist agenda? This is blatant controlled opposition
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Trump himself told the whole nation in his address that he plans to abuse it.
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Call it what it is: a censorship law. Apparently the climate of fear that makes people self-censor wasn’t enough.
Watch for a LOT of ‘extreme left’ opinions get taken down and their authors imprisoned.
It won't stop with journalists and authors. They'll be looking in Facebook posts, Reddit comments, Twitter threads, Instagram, etc. And random citizens are going to start disappearing.
They'll want people to know it can happen to anyone, not just the most visible or high profile critics.
And darlen AOC so called progressive voted for this shit.
Politicians are still too afraid of optics, they don't want to be on record as voting against taking down revenge porn. Too many of these bills are written with a good-sounding premise but the details are where they get you.
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Another step closer to achieving his Nazi wet dream.
While this is bullshit, we should be able to weaponize it right back at them - any lies the administration spews (which let’s face it, that’s everything) needs to be reported relentlessly.
Make them feel it!
Reported to who? The people telling the lies?
The article mentioned requiring a reporting mechanism which must be resolved within 48 hours. Because of the impracticality of the timeframe it went on to assume that anything reported would just be removed.
Yeah that will only be true for the rich and powerful. Ever go to the police as a poor for stalking?
The same way that Facebook can say "no" when you ask them to stop training AI on your data they will just send it to an automated not that will find no issue and deny the takedown but for those that pay I'm sure it will be very effective.
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The democrats pushed this through for the same reason they've pushed other bills to censor the internet, using piracy or CSAM as excuses. They aren't really trying to protect anyone, they want and need control over the population as much as the republicans do, so that they can maintain the cash flow from corporations that own them. So many people still look at the democrats as an opposition party to the fascists, but that isn't true at all. They work together because they're two sides of the same party. The only thing they're truly concerned with protecting is their own money and power.
Both the democrats and republicans are profoundly evil.
Republicans pass legislation through the two houses of Congress they entirely control, a Republican president signs it.
You: "The Democrats pushed this through."
It passed 409-2 and the 2 no votes were Republican.
Senate was unanimous.
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https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/119-2025/h104
Two republicans voted no. Every Dem who voted, voted yes.
We may not be able to say they stopped it, but I think it's reasonable to want them to try to.
Your comment sounds pretty fucking stupid considering every single democrats who voted, voted yes. Now get that boot out of your mouth, you're embarrassing yourself.
This reminds me of the DNC super donor Ed Buck who would lure in gay black men and kill them by injecting meth into them while raping them.
He managed to do it for years and wasn't until one of the victims survived to be able talk about it that he was sentenced as with every previous body it was said it was a private issue and a sad loss of a friend.
Photos managed to get shared of his racist, rape, death den helping sway the public.
Ed Buck would have loved this bill and its ability to actively scrub his image further.
If it feels like monsters would like something I don't want it.
rumor has it that AOC voted for this
Not a rumor, only 2 house members voted against (both republican).
mfw we can pass a bipartisan spy law no problem but a bipartisan daylight savings law is still too hard.
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She did. She ‘objected to some of the wording’ but jumped in line like a good little puppet.
Her and Bernie won't acknowledge palestinian defenders in their rallies. Puppets to the bone like all the others, just another form of controlled opposition.
They all did, it was 409 vs 2, with 22 not voting:
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll104.xml
And ironically the only two Nays came from Republicans.
censorship is bipartisan, they just want to censor different things
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Anyone else hear thunderous applause?
Why the fuck did all the democrats vote Yes for this
Fascism is an integration of government and corporations. Democrats are officially just the other side of the coin after this. 100% one party in the country. The longer any politician fights under the banner of Republican or Democrat the longer they want this system to continue.
I'm so done with them. Primary all of them.
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“Flood the zone” benefits both parties when it comes to power grab shit like this. This barely made headlines until it was already passed and it’s too late.
Good news, now we can report all those christians online that won't shut the fuck up!!
Wait, US Congress still exists? Certainly wouldn't know it based on how the nation has been governed for the past 4 months.
They exist for the important work of censoring critics.
American decline is happening at a much faster pace than I anticipated.
If you don't own a gun, now is the time.
House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN
I am confused. The title say congress passed the bill while the article says the house is the one that passed it (so congress should be next).
Which is it?
Congress is the combination of the House of Representatives and the Senate. America has a bicameral legislature. (Congress=House of Reps + Senate)
Because this passed the Senate in Feb and the House recently it is correct to say that this bill has passed Congress.
The bill has passed both the Senate and House so now the president just has to sign it.
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Oligarchs gonna oligarch.
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