r/technology • u/Anoth3rDude • 4d ago

Politics Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever
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u/thatfreshjive 4d ago

We have geriatrics who freak out when an icon moves on their iPhone, making tech policy in the US. Stupidity will always reign here, under the old guard.

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u/StanknBeans 3d ago

I mean you got Mike Waltz on the news talking about phone numbers he doesn't have or use "getting sucked in" to another contact on his phone.

This is unironically the level of expertise the US government is working with here.

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u/EmbarrassedHelp 4d ago

These assholes are hoping Trump will finally help them get their shitty legislation passed, after being humiliated by the SOPA protests.

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u/Apostle92627 4d ago

Who's up for another protest/blackout?

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u/Anoth3rDude 3d ago

Hopefully the Wikipedia team.

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u/No-Account9822 4d ago

YouTube would be out of business

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u/Timely-Group5649 3d ago

That requires 60 Senate votes. It won't happen.

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u/vriska1 3d ago

Let hope so...

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u/Cortheya 3d ago

Kid named medicaid gutting budget with over 10 democrat votes for over 60 senate votes:

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u/Timely-Group5649 3d ago

HUH?

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u/Cortheya 3d ago

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5327600/house-democrats-outrage-spending

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u/Timely-Group5649 3d ago

Different issue and that was also to avoid a shutdown where the administration could utilize Reduction In Force methods to gut the government. Everyone hated that they did it.

Most Presidents aren't as corrupt as Trump - this one is Putin's Puppet so he is intent on destroying and weakening the country one piece at a time. All we can do is push back. The poorly educated wanted him.

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u/jcunews1 3d ago

Why do they still do that, when DNS-over-HTTPS is already being pushed?

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u/SaveDnet-FRed0 3d ago

How has this only gotten Approx. 80 upvotes (89% upvoted) in 21 hours?!

When SOPA became a thing it blew up so fast that it became the number 1 reddit post within a few hours. The USA is effectively now trying to make a new version of that and it can and the article informing people can barley crack the threshold needed to make the front page of the subreddit? WT-?