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took a peek at the groupings of posts on bluesky over the past 48 hours
December 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
took a peek at the groupings of posts on bluesky over the past 48 hours
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If they stopped sucking they wouldn't get challenged.
CNN: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If they stopped sucking they wouldn't get challenged.
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Remember, without Section 230, we wouldn't have small business websites or platforms like Bluesky, Mastodon, Newgrounds, and Art Fight. There wouldn't even be a Tales from the Horrorweb series anymore. Think about it.
December 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Remember, without Section 230, we wouldn't have small business websites or platforms like Bluesky, Mastodon, Newgrounds, and Art Fight. There wouldn't even be a Tales from the Horrorweb series anymore. Think about it.
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Democrats forcing TikTok to be sold to billionaire Trump supporters will be dwarfed as an own goal if section 230 is repealed. Imagine it becoming legal for Trump to sue a social media app where a post criticizes him.
He’s already sued everyone within limits of current laws.
He’s already sued everyone within limits of current laws.
Section 230 Faces Repeal. Support The Coverage That’s Been Getting It Right All Along.
Yesterday, Rep. Harriet Hageman released her bill to repeal Section 230. She’s calling it “reform,” but make no mistake—it’s a repeal, and I’ll explain why below. The …
www.techdirt.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Democrats forcing TikTok to be sold to billionaire Trump supporters will be dwarfed as an own goal if section 230 is repealed. Imagine it becoming legal for Trump to sue a social media app where a post criticizes him.
He’s already sued everyone within limits of current laws.
He’s already sued everyone within limits of current laws.
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@friesein.bsky.social
Fries has an important call to action over on his Twitter feed re:
Both parties are trying to ram through dangerous legislation during holidays that radically transforms the internet.
If Section 230 is repealed, every site on the 'net becomes motivated to self-censor,
Fries has an important call to action over on his Twitter feed re:
Both parties are trying to ram through dangerous legislation during holidays that radically transforms the internet.
If Section 230 is repealed, every site on the 'net becomes motivated to self-censor,
December 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@friesein.bsky.social
Fries has an important call to action over on his Twitter feed re:
Both parties are trying to ram through dangerous legislation during holidays that radically transforms the internet.
If Section 230 is repealed, every site on the 'net becomes motivated to self-censor,
Fries has an important call to action over on his Twitter feed re:
Both parties are trying to ram through dangerous legislation during holidays that radically transforms the internet.
If Section 230 is repealed, every site on the 'net becomes motivated to self-censor,
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Senators Want To Hold The Open Internet Hostage, Demand Zuckerberg Write The Ransom Note
Not this shit again. A bipartisan group of the most anti-internet Senators around have released their latest version of a plan to “sunset Section 230.” We went over this last year when they floated the same…
Not this shit again. A bipartisan group of the most anti-internet Senators around have released their latest version of a plan to “sunset Section 230.” We went over this last year when they floated the same…
Senators Want To Hold The Open Internet Hostage, Demand Zuckerberg Write The Ransom Note
Not this shit again. A bipartisan group of the most anti-internet Senators around have released their latest version of a plan to “sunset Section 230.” We went over this last year when they floated the same idea: they have no actual plan for how to make sure the open internet can continue. Instead, their “plan” is to put a gun to the head of the open internet and say they’re going to shoot it… unless Meta gives them a different alternative.
www.techdirt.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Senators Want To Hold The Open Internet Hostage, Demand Zuckerberg Write The Ransom Note
Not this shit again. A bipartisan group of the most anti-internet Senators around have released their latest version of a plan to “sunset Section 230.” We went over this last year when they floated the same…
Not this shit again. A bipartisan group of the most anti-internet Senators around have released their latest version of a plan to “sunset Section 230.” We went over this last year when they floated the same…
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Fediverse Report 147 - this week's #fediverse news:
Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he […]
Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he […]
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December 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Fediverse Report 147 - this week's #fediverse news:
Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he […]
Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he […]
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South Carolina has just prefiled a bill that requires your internet provider to block "material harmful to minors" by default.
You would have to call your ISP, undergo age-verification and pay a fee to remove it.
www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
You would have to call your ISP, undergo age-verification and pay a fee to remove it.
www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
December 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
South Carolina has just prefiled a bill that requires your internet provider to block "material harmful to minors" by default.
You would have to call your ISP, undergo age-verification and pay a fee to remove it.
www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
You would have to call your ISP, undergo age-verification and pay a fee to remove it.
www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
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Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.
Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.
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Hi Senator, excuse me for jumping in, but... while I agree with you that this is really damaging, I couldn't help but notice YOU VOTED FOR THE FREAKING BILL THAT GAVE TRUMP THIS POWER (which some of us warned you not to do).
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Hi Senator, excuse me for jumping in, but... while I agree with you that this is really damaging, I couldn't help but notice YOU VOTED FOR THE FREAKING BILL THAT GAVE TRUMP THIS POWER (which some of us warned you not to do).
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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In a world without Section 230:
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
In a world without Section 230:
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
😩 Big Tech companies everyone hates would win. Giants like Meta and Google have armies of lawyers to navigate compliance
😩 Alternative platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon would likely shut down, along with Wikipedia, review sites, how-to resources, small forums, etc
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someone could do the funniest thing rn
As both the House & Senate look to repeal Section 230, I'm curious who they think should be held liable for the comments they've left open on the Epstein photo dump...? Them? Dropbox?
Do they have a trust & safety team watching the comments?
Do they have a trust & safety team watching the comments?
absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
December 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
someone could do the funniest thing rn
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As both the House & Senate look to repeal Section 230, I'm curious who they think should be held liable for the comments they've left open on the Epstein photo dump...? Them? Dropbox?
Do they have a trust & safety team watching the comments?
Do they have a trust & safety team watching the comments?
absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
As both the House & Senate look to repeal Section 230, I'm curious who they think should be held liable for the comments they've left open on the Epstein photo dump...? Them? Dropbox?
Do they have a trust & safety team watching the comments?
Do they have a trust & safety team watching the comments?
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Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
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NEW: They kept saying they were gonna do it and now they've done it
A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230.
No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech.
We can't let this happen. Share & take action
www.badinternetbills.com
A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230.
No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech.
We can't let this happen. Share & take action
www.badinternetbills.com
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
www.badinternetbills.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NEW: They kept saying they were gonna do it and now they've done it
A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230.
No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech.
We can't let this happen. Share & take action
www.badinternetbills.com
A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230.
No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech.
We can't let this happen. Share & take action
www.badinternetbills.com
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bsky users: "we need to REGULATE tech companies more"
bluesky: *complies with government mandated tech regulation in order to avoid being shut down*
bsky users: "they're enshittifying the app!!!"
bluesky: *complies with government mandated tech regulation in order to avoid being shut down*
bsky users: "they're enshittifying the app!!!"
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
bsky users: "we need to REGULATE tech companies more"
bluesky: *complies with government mandated tech regulation in order to avoid being shut down*
bsky users: "they're enshittifying the app!!!"
bluesky: *complies with government mandated tech regulation in order to avoid being shut down*
bsky users: "they're enshittifying the app!!!"
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Section 230 Faces Repeal. Support The Coverage That’s Been Getting It Right All Along.
Yesterday, Rep. Harriet Hageman released her bill to repeal Section 230. She's calling it "reform," but make no mistake—it's a repeal, and I'll explain why below. The law turns 30 in February, and there's a very…
Yesterday, Rep. Harriet Hageman released her bill to repeal Section 230. She's calling it "reform," but make no mistake—it's a repeal, and I'll explain why below. The law turns 30 in February, and there's a very…
Section 230 Faces Repeal. Support The Coverage That’s Been Getting It Right All Along.
Yesterday, Rep. Harriet Hageman released her bill to repeal Section 230. She's calling it "reform," but make no mistake—it's a repeal, and I'll explain why below. The law turns 30 in February, and there's a very real chance this could be its last anniversary. Which is why we're running Techdirt's fundraising campaign right now, offering our very first commemorative coin…
www.techdirt.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Section 230 Faces Repeal. Support The Coverage That’s Been Getting It Right All Along.
Yesterday, Rep. Harriet Hageman released her bill to repeal Section 230. She's calling it "reform," but make no mistake—it's a repeal, and I'll explain why below. The law turns 30 in February, and there's a very…
Yesterday, Rep. Harriet Hageman released her bill to repeal Section 230. She's calling it "reform," but make no mistake—it's a repeal, and I'll explain why below. The law turns 30 in February, and there's a very…
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Hi.
You're talking to me on a platform that was created based on a paper I wrote talking about how to solve a bunch of these problems.
There's more to come...
You're talking to me on a platform that was created based on a paper I wrote talking about how to solve a bunch of these problems.
There's more to come...
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hi.
You're talking to me on a platform that was created based on a paper I wrote talking about how to solve a bunch of these problems.
There's more to come...
You're talking to me on a platform that was created based on a paper I wrote talking about how to solve a bunch of these problems.
There's more to come...
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Yep. And I can say from personal experience that several experts within the tech justice space have patiently sat and explained to CCDH why this is
a) not true, and
b) a position that endangers human rights
and each time they have been like "great points, thanks" and then kept pushing the lie
a) not true, and
b) a position that endangers human rights
and each time they have been like "great points, thanks" and then kept pushing the lie
I see this argument made all the time and it's embarrassing for CCDH to keep making it, because it's a lie. Section 230, what they're talking about, does not give anyone a "get out of jail free" card. It simply puts the liability on the party who actually engaged in the violative behavior.
"Without checks and balances, [social media companies] have become a little bit tyrannical, very arrogant, and completely dismissive of their impact on our society."
Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @kpbssandiego.bsky.social ⤵️
https://bit.ly/48Xjtdl
Our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social in @kpbssandiego.bsky.social ⤵️
https://bit.ly/48Xjtdl
December 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Yep. And I can say from personal experience that several experts within the tech justice space have patiently sat and explained to CCDH why this is
a) not true, and
b) a position that endangers human rights
and each time they have been like "great points, thanks" and then kept pushing the lie
a) not true, and
b) a position that endangers human rights
and each time they have been like "great points, thanks" and then kept pushing the lie
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like his complaint is literally that there are people who believe in things, believe those things are right, and believe in those things regardless of whether they are popular.
December 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
like his complaint is literally that there are people who believe in things, believe those things are right, and believe in those things regardless of whether they are popular.
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Today I am once again making loads of new Bluesky friends by insisting on one of my most sincerely held beliefs that makes way too many people fucking furious: that teenagers are autonomous beings who are not their parents' property and who possess independent volition and interiority
December 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Today I am once again making loads of new Bluesky friends by insisting on one of my most sincerely held beliefs that makes way too many people fucking furious: that teenagers are autonomous beings who are not their parents' property and who possess independent volition and interiority
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Not trying to call out Tony & Devin here, but they are (somewhat confidently) reinforcing a very common, but exactly wrong myth about Section 230 and being a "publisher." Let's use this as an opportunity to do some educating around Section 230 and the idea of being "a publisher."
December 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Not trying to call out Tony & Devin here, but they are (somewhat confidently) reinforcing a very common, but exactly wrong myth about Section 230 and being a "publisher." Let's use this as an opportunity to do some educating around Section 230 and the idea of being "a publisher."
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Hi Senator. Glad you're posting to Bluesky. But kinda weird that you're trying to kill Section 230 at the same time which would make it very difficult for Bluesky to exist. Maybe think through that a bit more carefully?
What possible use could there be to adding these two bozos to that conversation? More gangster gong show? Just what Ukraine needs, right? So shaming for U.S.
s2.washingtonpost.com/461627e/693c...
s2.washingtonpost.com/461627e/693c...
Secret meetings between FBI and Ukraine negotiator spark concern
FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, have met with Ukraine’s top delegate amid a U.S. pressure campaign on Kyiv to trade land for peace.
s2.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hi Senator. Glad you're posting to Bluesky. But kinda weird that you're trying to kill Section 230 at the same time which would make it very difficult for Bluesky to exist. Maybe think through that a bit more carefully?
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A couple of bad court opinions. Which held that if you didn't moderate, you didn't have publisher liability. But if you did moderate, you had publisher liability.
So the choice was either don't moderate, or moderate but assume the risk of legal exposure if you missed anything at all.
So the choice was either don't moderate, or moderate but assume the risk of legal exposure if you missed anything at all.
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A couple of bad court opinions. Which held that if you didn't moderate, you didn't have publisher liability. But if you did moderate, you had publisher liability.
So the choice was either don't moderate, or moderate but assume the risk of legal exposure if you missed anything at all.
So the choice was either don't moderate, or moderate but assume the risk of legal exposure if you missed anything at all.
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Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.