RED ALERT!! All Hands on Deck, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!!! The House Will Vote on Tuesday To Shut Down Sites Like Voat!! (whatever)

submitted ago by bdmthrfkr

This bill is being voted on in the House which will be the death of our beloved Voat, we cannot allow this to happen, WRITE, EMAIL and CALL your Congressman!!!

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s1693/summary

If this law passes all (((they))) have to do to shut down ANY site is to False Flag sex trafficking and the Feds will move on the site's owners; namely our beloved @puttitout. This must be stopped at all costs!

edit: Here is what alerted me to the problem: https://kek.gg/i/4g7_mf.png

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Thisismyvoatusername ago

You’ve provided a link to a bill in the Senate and that I can tell it hasn’t moved since last Fall. You have provided a chan image saying the House is voting on Tuesday, but clearly they would need to be voting on either a House bill or a bill that already passed the Senate. Are you at all sure of your information?

bdmthrfkr ago

Actually I haven't looked up what happened to this in the Senate, it may have already passed or it may still be in committee. I only linked to this article because it explains the bill in a concise manner.

The stuff from full-chan, while I haven't had a chance to verify it myself (there is a bit of a news blackout on this bill) I do believe simply because C!Odemonkey (the Admin) confirmed it. You actually have me dead to rights on this but even if the vote isn't on Tuesday this is a bill which they are trying desperately to pass. Maybe you can take a look and find this out?

Thisismyvoatusername ago

Cool. I’ll try to do a little research on it later today.

bdmthrfkr ago

Thanks, I'm busy here in the comments trying to rally the troops or I would go look myself.

Thisismyvoatusername ago

I see a bunch of committee meetings, but no scheduled votes for Tuesday: https://www.house.gov/legislative-activity/2018-02-27

bdmthrfkr ago

FINALLY I found something, but it wasn't easy.

On February 21, 2018, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) issued a press release stating that her bill, H.R. 1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA)[20], will be put on the House floor the week of February 26, 2018.[21] According to Congresswoman Wagner, the bill is expected to be considered with an amendment from Congresswoman Mimi Walters (R-CA) that includes victim-centered provisions from SESTA.[22] Like SESTA, the FOSTA-SESTA package would clarify that section 230 of the CDA does not prevent states and victims of sex trafficking from pursuing a course of action against interactive computer service providers, such as Backpage.[23] Congresswoman Wagner stated that she believes that "[o]nline trafficking is flourishing because there are no serious, legal consequences" for websites that profit from sex trafficking and that the "FOSTA-SESTA package will finally give prosecutors the tools they need to protect their communities and give victims a pathway to justice."[24]

It's called "Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA)" in the House. The fact that so little information is available for such a sweeping change to the regulation of the internet is a massive red flag in and of itself. Keep checking the house calendar though, if the vote isn't for Tuesday as originally stated it will be soon.

t: fucking wkipaedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Enabling_Sex_Traffickers_Act

Thisismyvoatusername ago

Excellent. Good find. Thanks.

bdmthrfkr ago

You too!

Thisismyvoatusername ago

So far I’ve determined the Senate bill was added to the calendar for the Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology on January 10 but no subsequent action has yet occurred. I’ll see if I can find the House’s calendar to see what is scheduled for Tuesday. Whatever it is cannot be the Senate bill, though.