April 2nd = Just found out this was an April Fool's Joke and that's good news.:)
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Just what we need. More Big Brother.
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Just what we need. More Big Brother.
....... it looks as if Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-ouchebag Censor) — is seeking to strike a another serious blow against free speech on the internet.
At issue is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which says that hosts — everyone from Google to Facebook to humble little Popehat — is only liable for the content they create, not for the content that others (for instance, thread and forum commenters) put on the internet. It's not an exaggeration to say that this protection is the legal backbone of the modern internet — without it, no site could afford to allow anonymous users or commenters, topics of discussion would be strictly limited by liability-adverse legal teams, and the internet would be a less robust, interesting, and free place.
Apparently Lieberman is about to offer a bill eliminating it.
More @ Popehat
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