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Meanwhile, US national security officials are recommending the FCC block an undersea cable that would link the US and Hong Kong, citing Chinese espionage risks: https://t.co/V8dSXNMahX — PolitiTweet.org

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Cannot make this up: Trump has signed a bill condemning China’s conduct in Xinjiang, the very same day that Bolton comes out saying Trump privately praised Xi over Xinjiang. https://t.co/a684durMIC https://t.co/ILVoESqupJ — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@dibartz This seems very on brand for you — PolitiTweet.org

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Bolton argues what many cybersecurity experts have long feared: That Trump’s approach to Huawei was ultimately more about trade, and by extension, his own reelection, than about security: https://t.co/a684durMIC https://t.co/JnrKcNE9Ei — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LaMonicaBuzz: Section 230 Lite? @b_fung has the story about what DOJ proposal could mean for Big Tech. https://t.co/GsegMPLuvm — PolitiTweet.org

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In this latest proposal, though, DOJ skips over the idea of a committee and calls for just writing the concept directly into the legislation. — PolitiTweet.org

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Compare this to the EARN IT Act, which envisioned a new committee that would create “best practices” for the industry to “earn” back the protections it enjoys under 230. Silicon Valley feared this committee would make banning encryption a “best practice." — PolitiTweet.org

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And it seems that DOJ would like “bad faith” to cover conduct that makes it harder for law enforcement to get content "in a comprehensible, readable and usable format” — which seems pretty clearly a reference to **encryption.** https://t.co/oEst7Mzh4u — PolitiTweet.org

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But where the latter two complain about “good faith” curation as a matter of political speech, DOJ’s proposal focuses more on creating a “bad faith” exception to 230 rooted in willful ignorance of illegal content. https://t.co/PaQp3QZ1jh — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

A key theme in the DOJ proposal is that platforms should not be eligible for 230 immunity if they’re operating in “bad faith.” This theme — critiquing 230’s Good Samaritan provision — also appears in Sen. Hawley’s bill today and Trump’s executive order. — PolitiTweet.org

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On a call with reporters today, Facebook’s Nick Clegg responded by arguing changes to 230 will chill speech: https://t.co/BjftGDOEGo — PolitiTweet.org

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TL;DR DOJ wants new limits placed on how and when platforms can invoke 230. Under the proposal, the industry couldn’t claim immunity for things like user-posted terrorist content or child abuse material. Or for civil cases by federal agencies, or against antitrust complaints. — PolitiTweet.org

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DOJ is out today with a sweeping series of policy recommendations for changing Section 230, the 1996 law that’s shielded tech platforms from much litigation. Here’s the list of proposals: https://t.co/xrN0wEUfv3 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Can today just… slow down — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maustermuhle: Elections board director Alice Miller says the Vote4DC app was a big problem, and may have accounted for many absentee ba… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ceciliakang Likewise!! — PolitiTweet.org

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Zoom now says it’s extending end-to-end encryption to all users, including those on its free tier, after backlash over a plan that limited E2E encryption to paid users: https://t.co/oVoVUUmqZW — PolitiTweet.org

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@ceciliakang 🥺 — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh man, Mika and Joe are on the repeal 230 train https://t.co/BNXfL7rQn6 — PolitiTweet.org

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T-Mobile is blaming yesterday’s network outage on one of its third-party fiber vendors: https://t.co/YJ78aVJbPP https://t.co/ssGM84LIFm — PolitiTweet.org

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After today’s reports of Sprint layoffs, T-Mobile says its launching a one-year push to hire 5,000 new workers: https://t.co/8Tv7t5gWs9 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

This episode is going to keep coming back to haunt Google, whether it wants to drop it or not — PolitiTweet.org

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@KarlBode @stopthecap Doesn’t the initial statement refer to removing the ability of the entire *site* to monetize with Google, not de-monetizing a particular page on that site? I can see your explanation making sense if by “removed” they really meant “limited” or “constrained.” — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

This a thread worth reading about a thread worth reading 👇 — PolitiTweet.org

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But I still don’t quite understand how to square these two statements https://t.co/B66YB32zEA — PolitiTweet.org

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Google's getting some pushback in the replies to this: https://t.co/FocnGcSZYf https://t.co/LSfd97yxdo — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TaylorLorenz: Nearly every social media platform has transformed into a free for all for kids calling out their classmates for racism h… — PolitiTweet.org

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NBC seems to have updated its story on Google and The Federalist, but the update appears to break the lede https://t.co/84m1XLIT1q — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ScottNover: To clarify, Google says The Federalist will be de-monetized, but there's a short window between judgement and action, so it… — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh yikes — PolitiTweet.org