New Bill

[TheLastSacrifice]

There's a new bill going through the US Congress that will allow the US government to scan your online messages and emails. We feel it's important for our members to be informed of threats to free speech and the EARN IT Act, if passed into law, it could be used to take down smaller platforms or websites with little or no reason including this website. This is an obvious overreach by the US government that already abuses it power as is and it shouldn't stand.

Okay so what does anyone plan to do about it?

 

[Despondent]

Is this in regards to our website or to websites in general?

 

[MartyByrde]

I think the US government has been reading emails, texts and listening to phone calls, at least since the Patriot Act was passed after 9/11. Not that they cared much about privacy before that act was passed.

 

[a.n.kirillov]

Now with COVID they are cracking down heavily in Europe as well.

They are going nuts right now.

 

[mesohappy]

Light my drawers on fire..And run around chanting Om Mani Padme Hum.

 

[Brick In The Wall]

I think the US government has been reading emails, texts and listening to phone calls, at least since the Patriot Act was passed after 9/11. Not that they cared much about privacy before that act was passed.

I'm glad I'm not the only one saying this. I guess this new bill is just another extension of the powers they've already been abusing. I hope it doesn't pass, but even if it doesn't pass we're just delaying the inevitable.