Trump Calls On Congress To Pass The “Take It Down” Act—So He Can Censor His Critics. - eviltoast

We’ve opposed the Take It Down Act because it could be easily manipulated to take down lawful content that powerful people simply don’t like. Last night, President Trump demonstrated he has a similar view on the bill. He wants to sign the bill into law, then use it to remove content about — him. And he won’t be the only powerful person to do so.

  • proper@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Here’s what Trump said to a joint session of Congress:

    “The Senate just passed the Take It Down Act… Once it passes the House, I look forward to signing that bill into law. And I’m going to use that bill for myself too if you don’t mind, because nobody gets treated worse than I do online, nobody.”

    • Nay@feddit.nl
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      10 hours ago

      Yeah… With trump the black and white letter of the law doesn’t matter… I think I’m just being naive. 😭