• @djsoren19
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    357 months ago

    Yeah, that’s America for you. Even after reading it I’m still a little confused and distrustful. Everything that it’s saying seems good and rational, so why on earth are any Republicans backing it? Have they been tricked into passing an actual good law that is broadly popular? Have they managed to sneak in some insane line promising Meta a right to my first-born’s soul?

    • @Asidonhopo@lemmy.worldOP
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      117 months ago

      I heard about it on a somewhat right-leaning youtube channel, China Uncensored - the host was surprised it was bipartisan as well. Honestly that channel has been the only reporting I’ve seen on it despite how important it is, and I wonder why Pres. Biden and Democrats in general aren’t more vocal about the bill considering how widely popular it would be.

      Around 3:00 in this video if you want to see: https://youtu.be/RqaqGXI1KVY

      • @Hacksaw@lemmy.ca
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        157 months ago

        Democrats CAN’T publicize their good for society bills until AFTER they pass. If they do the MAGAs will just turn it into a partisan issue and it’ll never make it through. Look at the border bill!

        As long as they keep it quiet, MAGAs stay quiet and uninformed, this lets the rest of the house function reasonably and bipartisan bills are possible.

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        7 months ago

        Eh, there’s been a bunch of these attempts that have failed, so I’m not gonna criticize Biden too harshly for not counting his chickens before they’ve hatched. You’re certainly right about the Dems optics issues though, this is the third in a string of huge wins regarding regulation of the tech sector, and it feels like I’ve only seen chatter about it on Lemmy.

        • @Asidonhopo@lemmy.worldOP
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          37 months ago

          Maybe they keep it quiet to prevent too much industry push-back? Even that doesn’t really make sense, industry is definitely aware of what this bill would mean.

          Maybe they plan on letting it die in committee and are keeping it quiet to prevent consumer awareness of the bill’s existence - it would certainly be a very popular piece of legislation if it was more widely known.

          • @djsoren19
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            37 months ago

            Well it can’t die in committee, it passed the House. The Senate has shown themselves to be significantly more intelligent and willing to function as a governing body, even if they still have their share of crazies. I wouldn’t be surprised if this moved as quickly as the TikTok ban bill did into law now that it’s passed the biggest hurdle.

            • @Asidonhopo@lemmy.worldOP
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              27 months ago

              Is that how it works? I assumed the Senate had a situation where bills sometimes don’t get voted on as well. This is good news!

        • @nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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          7 months ago

          Trading orphans for food would be a nice fallback, if I ever get sick of my kid, and a bit peckish at the same time.

      • @djsoren19
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        57 months ago

        I mean, technically both bills do, in that they’re both protecting American’s data. One does it by preventing adversarial foreign interests, the other does it by curtailing adversarial domestic interests.