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1. _fat_s+ia[view] [source] 2024-12-16 18:19:12
>>buro9+(OP)
It's insane that they never carved out any provisions for "non big-tech".

I feel like the whole time this was being argued and passed, everyone in power just considered the internet to be the major social media sites and never considered that a single person or smaller group will run a site.

IMO I think that you're going to get two groups of poeple emerge from this. One group will just shut down their sites to avoid running a fowl of the rules and the other group will go the "go fuck yourself" route and continue to host anonymously.

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2. Toucan+de[view] [source] 2024-12-16 18:44:05
>>_fat_s+ia
> I feel like the whole time this was being argued and passed, everyone in power just considered the internet to be the major social media sites and never considered that a single person or smaller group will run a site.

Does this shock you? I don't recall a time in memory where a politician discussing technology was at best, cringe and at worst, completely incompetent and factually wrong.

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3. mulmen+bg[view] [source] 2024-12-16 18:55:44
>>Toucan+de
Off the top of my head Oregon Senator Ron Wyden. I’m sure there are others. Millennials are in office now.
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4. WarOnP+8k[view] [source] 2024-12-16 19:17:17
>>mulmen+bg
> Off the top of my head Oregon Senator Ron Wyden. I’m sure there are others

If we exclude politicians whose tech awareness is curated by lobbyists, Ron Wyden may be the entire list.

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5. mulmen+fu[view] [source] 2024-12-16 20:14:54
>>WarOnP+8k
Ok, did you perform this audit of all US politicians? Or are you just spreading FUD?
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6. WarOnP+hD[view] [source] 2024-12-16 21:11:49
>>mulmen+fu
I don't think FUD is on the table at this stage in the discussion. And I'm not sure why you chose a confrontational stance for your question.

But for an answer, I've done what folks do - spent decades carefully listening to legislators (and judges!) reveal their expertise in the fields I work and interact with.

Ron Wyden aside, authentic technical competency from legislators is so uncommon it stand out. Glaringly. What technical acumen we do get pretty much always rhymes with lobbyists talking points.

I expect my perspective to be boringly familiar here.

And AFAIK, we don't have any other Ron Wydens serving in Congress or coming onboard.

That is, someone with the basic technical understanding to foresee reasonable downstream consequences of the laws they vote on. Not someone with a minimal technical awareness that was crafted to be a lobbyists tool.

I will be genuinely grateful if someone would correct me here.

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