House Energy and Commerce
Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) have released the Section 230
Sunset Act, which would end
Section 230 of the
Communications Decency Act.
This bill would be a disaster for millions of interactive computer services, including websites, e-commerce stores, and other small businesses. Section 230 protects platforms like eBay, YouTube, X, Truth Social, Rumble from liability claims over content posted by users. The ability of people to post reels on Facebook or product offerings on eBay would end. The protection Section 230 provides from a swarm of trial lawyers filing grievance lawsuits looking to squeeze dollars out of social media platforms is essential to a functioning interactive internet.
While millions of websites would be effectively forced to become one-way communications tools, denying hundreds of millions of people in America the ability to post a product for sale or voice an opinion to an audience that chooses to follow them, some big tech companies like Microsoft, which has little investment in interactive platforms, would benefit as their competitors' business models were effectively Destroyed.
🇺🇸⚡️- Robert O’Neill, the US Navy SEAL who shot and killed Osama bin Laden during Operation Neptune Spear, comments on Sneako’s rant about making the entire world Muslim.
📝 🇺🇸 📖 During the American revolutionary period, one of the most common practices among patriots, activists, and revolutionaries was wearing disguises or covering faces to prevent themselves from being identified. This wasn't because they were cowardly; it was because during moments of heated political action, one must prioritize self-preservation.
1. The Boston Tea Party: Roughly 100-150 activists from the Sons of Liberty—led by Sam Adams, dressed up their faces to look like Mohawk Indians and dump tens of thousands of pounds of tea into the Boston harbor.
2. Stamp Act Protests (1765): In Boston and other ports, Sons of Liberty members blackened their faces with charcoal or wore masks while hanging effigies of tax collectors (e.g., Andrew Oliver) and destroying stamped paper.
3. Boston Non-Importation Agreement Enforcement (1768–1770): Patriots disguised themselves to intimidate merchants violating boycotts of British goods. Nighttime raids often involved face paint or masks to ...