A literal new 'SOPA' exists now.

2026-05-01 03:26 UTC

So, these pricks aren’t even hiding their intentions now, literally naming a new censorship bill, ‘SOPA,’ thinking people forgot about that failed 2012 bill that would’ve destroyed the web as we know it had it passed. Greeeat…

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@EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 2026-05-01 04:01

They’re getting ready for civil unrest because they see a Great Depression on the horizon. Thank Trump and the Iran war for that. It’s going to take years for them to get global oil production back up and in the meantime they have no answer to a large population under increasing economic strain.

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@A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2026-05-01 06:09

>To prevent the exploSive growth of child predators on certain digital platforms by defaulting to certain privacy and security settings for child users OK, that capital S isn't a big mistake, but can't they properly proofread their shit? It seems telling of how thought through it is - not. Also, this is a typical gish gallop argument: you need to first establish the "explosive" growth argument before moving on. I doubt it.

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@mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-01 17:34

The internet is real life and children are real people. You can't make them pretend it doesn't exist until they're old enough to blame.

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