The internet takeover thread

[Okeefenokee]

One central place for any news specifically regarding the increased efforts around the world to restrict and control what information is spread online.

[Zlaxer]

Link my article here

[Okeefenokee]

https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/31/demo ... ans-leaked

Here's how Warner is suggesting we deal:

Mandatory location verification. The paper suggests forcing social media platforms to authenticate and disclose the geographic origin of all user accounts or posts.

Mandatory identity verification: The paper suggests forcing social media and tech platforms to authenticate user identities and only allow "authentic" accounts ("inauthentic accounts not only pose threats to our democratic process...but undermine the integrity of digital markets"), with "failure to appropriately address inauthentic account activity" punishable as "a violation of both SEC disclosure rules and/or Section 5 of the [Federal Trade Commission] Act."

Define popular tech as "essential facilities." These would be subject to all sorts of heightened rules and controls, says the paper, offering Google Maps as an example of the kinds of apps or platforms that might count. "The law would not mandate that a dominant provider offer the serve for free," writes Warner. "Rather, it would be required to offer it on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms" provided by the government.

Other proposals include more disclosure requirements for online political speech, more spending to counter supposed cybersecurity threats, more funding for the Federal Trade Commission, a requirement that companies' algorithms can be audited by the feds (and this data shared with universities and others), and a requirement of "interoperability between dominant platforms."

The paper also suggests making it a rule that tech platforms above a certain size must turn over internal data and processes to "independent public interest researchers" so they can identify potential "public health/addiction effects, anticompetitive behavior, radicalization," scams, "user propagated misinformation," and harassment—data that could be used to "inform actions by regulators or Congress."

[pineapplemike]

yeah this thread needs a good OP, there are tons of stories floating around. tommy robinson banned on instagram and a bunch of libertarians banned on twitter i think

[Zlaxer]

@Okee - Thanks!

[Okeefenokee]

We've all seen individual cases of efforts to restrict information online.

Even liberals making animated war videos are writing in their video descriptions that they know ahead of time that their videos will be suppressed.

Europe is presenting a good example of what's coming. Laws are being pushed through to severely restrict the ability to spread information online.

Styx covers it regularly, but it's not the most followed over here because we already assume they won't allow contrarian views.

I think it was Bannon that said, "did you think they would just give up?"

The more they lose, the more drastic they will get.

We can see it coming with how they are labeling all of these walk away videos as a Russian plot.

Remember when #releasethememo happened?

That was what happened when twitter shut down traffic over the memo by claiming it was all a Russian plot.

Now they are claiming the #walkaway trend is another Russian plot. Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube are already taking down the videos.

They aren't going to just give up. I think we're gonna see more and more drastic attempts to reign in communication.

[Speaker to Animals]

It will blow up in their faces. People will resent that and turn against globalism even more.

[Okeefenokee]

[Okeefenokee]

He was talking about it just a few days before it happened.

[Okeefenokee]

Facebook won't ban Infowars in its fake-news purge — a site that says 9/11 was staged and the moon landing was fake

Jul. 13, 2018, 4:52 AM

Facebook suggested Infowars published "analysis" and said banning pages would erode freedom of speech.

https://www.businessinsider.com/faceboo ... rge-2018-7