I don't think it would have that much impact through.

in the middle of a mid term so not yet lol

depends on how close i can get to them during the campaign

I'm hanging around places like this hoping to get enough people on a common proposal to make a mass campaign.

from the grassroots.

yea

I think waiting for the miderm campaigns is probably too late.

Unless we want the dems making the legislation.

we do have sane dems oddly enough

And considering how close they seem to be pushing censorship, I don't really trust them.

we just have to highlight them

Yeah, but the leadership and the think tanks aren't.

i know

thats the main problem

Media matters and Shareblue are the ones really pushing the fake news angle.

I think we need to get ahead of them.

def

its a matter of how

I was highly skeptical about the massive mainstream push to keep net neutrality. A friend of mine who was a lawyer told me that it would give more regulation control to the gov't, and from what I had seen, it seemed to be that way. I'm still undecided on the whole net neutrality thing.

They *will* pass legislation if the get power. And I'd bet it would be outright fascistic (in the true definition--government and corporations colluding to seize collective power through censorship and law)

I think the internet bill of rights should mirror our bill of rights in the way, but adopted to use for internet.
Right to free exchange of ideas without being isolation or prosecution
Right to free expression without fearing for your life
Right to free speech without the fear of censorship
Right to creative enterprise without the fear of being coarse, intimidated, or shutdown
Right to own your own wealth without loosing it due to third parties
Right to free press without fear of being coarse, intimidated, or blackmailed

I mean i could start posting publicly tomorrow about something but idk what kinda impact that might have

It needs work, but something like that.

without*

on the first one

@Termer I like Pai's stance actually. It's a good philosophy but the NN legislation as written and passed was a huge power grab that could be too easily abused.

Thanks Lagomaster.

@Lagomaster24 please @ me.

isolated or persecuted*

Also, look into the Internet Bill of Rights proposed by AT&T. calling for an internet bill of rights will certainly be conflated with their proposal.

Basically we hammer it down so there is no wiggle room for misinterruptation by the social media, government, and mainstream news.

also look at the post I made earlier from KiA.

We have to keep moving, we can't stagnate due to fear of getting it wrong.

@Timcast What is your opinion on the internet bill of rights idea? Should we allow regulation which off-chance government can use regulations to control what we see, say, or do? Or should we go towards creating a bill of rights that could allow us to form a agreement with the government and social media corporations that they will allow us these rights, if they infringe upon these rights, they become open to being held accountable to the laws of the nation?

Yeah. We're really late to the punch. Really late.

And Warner is already drafted up what he wants to do to fight 'fake news.' Very scary stuff from a privacy standpoint.

The bill of rights for internet in my opinion should in some way allow us to hold social media and government accountable when they infringe upon the right agreed upon. They won't loose control of their websites and corporations, but they will be held accountable if they infringe our rights.

If you wanted to name it, it depends on who you're presenting it to

I really think regulations isn't the way to go.

For example if you were aiming a press release at the public you could call it a universal shitposting license

In congress you could probably call it something like the Anti Censorship Bill