Democrat Bill Would Eliminate Freedom of Speech Online

Democrats are taking steps to eliminate freedom of speech online with a new proposed bill ostensibly aimed at preventing Russian from influencing the 2018 mid-term elections.

The bill, which is filled with Orwellian content that would affect every single person in the United States, contains a host of proposals that would give the government control over what is said on online platforms throughout the country. The “Regulation of Social Media and Technology Firms” was drafted by Democratic Senator Mark Warner, and is eerily similar to the recent GDPR data protection program that EU recently adopted.

The proposals contained in this bill range from scary to downright unrealistic. The first one, which is mandatory location verification, would force social media platforms to disclose the geographical location of all users. It is coupled with mandatory identity verification, which would require social media websites and tech platforms to authenticate each user. If a company fails to comply with these regulations, it could be sanctioned by the Federal Trade Commission, which would have new powers to audit company algorithms and even share the data with “independent public interest researchers” who would be tasked with identifying “public health and/or addiction effects, anti-competitive behavior, radicalization, scams, users propagated misinformation and harassment.” These independent public interest researchers would then pass their findings on to Congress, where the information would be used to make laws governing internet usage.

Another scary proposal would make platforms legally liable for claims such as defamation, invasion of privacy, false light, etc. This proposal, which closely mimics the GDPR regulations in the EU, would allow individuals to sue a website for negative use of their private information. If an individual were to win such a lawsuit, the website in question would either need to take down the data in question or face massive fines and/or even asset confiscation.

The suggestion that companies would have to label their bots or face penalties clearly shows Sen. Warner and other backers don’t really understand how the internet works. Naturally, there is no word from the senator on how companies could carry out such a feat. Additionally, there is also no mention in the proposed bill of how the Federal Trade Commission would audit company algorithms and share the data it collects. The FTC currently does not have the infrastructure in place to carry out such a task. However, that has not stopped Sen. Warner from promoting the bill and even including language that would define popular tech companies as “essential facilities” that would be bound by additional restrictions and controls, including specific controls related to any online political speech.

While the bill is being promoted as an attempt to protect the American public from “Russian operatives” on social media websites, it is clear that those behind the bill are intent on stifling platforms that have been helping the conservative cause.

Sen. Warner is not the only Democrat who is eager to take out online websites that don’t agree with his point of view. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy recently made news by calling for Infowars and other sites like it to be totally banned from the internet, stating that the survival of democracy depends on obliterating these websites.

Allowing the government to restrict what can be said online is a dangerous move. Republicans must be vigilant in defending free speech in every environment. This must now include speech online — because that’s where the left is attacking next.

~ Conservative Zone


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48 responses to “Democrat Bill Would Eliminate Freedom of Speech Online”

  1. The Democrat/Leftist agenda:

    -endorses eliminating Free Speech
    – endorses physically attacking Conservatives & Christians
    – endorses Open Borders/Sanctuary Cities
    – endorses allowing illegal aliens to vote.
    – endorses BLM
    – endorses Occupy Wall Street
    – endorses MS-13
    – endorses ANTIFA
    – endorses outlawing Christianity
    – endorses shoving their homosexual agenda down our throats.
    – endorses CAIR
    – endorses The Muslim Brotherhood
    – endorses Sharia Law
    -endorses rewriting history
    -endorses destroying the constitution
    – endorses Inverted virtue
    – endorses Disarming you
    – endorses Social chaos
    – endorses killing Babies
    – endorses Genital confusion
    – endorses Social/economic warfare
    – endorses redistributing your wealth
    – endorses raising your Taxes
    – endorses Weaponizing government agencies
    – endorses a Fascist/Socialist/Islamic World Government

        • What are you basing this outburst of your Opinion on ? No, really I would like to know how you got so angry. Like exactly what are you worried about or what happened to you ?

    • If it weren’t for President Obama we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set up a whole sequence of events which are still unfolding today including Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation. President Obama is responsible for that. It was he who tasked us to do that intelligence community assessment in the first place. CLAPPER’S OWN CONFESSION
      AMERICANS WE HAVE TO TAKE BACK OUR AMERICA FROM THE EVIL CRIMINAL ACTS OF DEMOCRATS………………………..TO SOLVE AMERICAS PROBLEMS MAKE THIS CHOICE WE THE PEOPLE’ HAVE THE POWER OF OUR VOICES AND OUR VOTES, TO VOTE OUT THE ENTIRE LYING,CORRUPT, TREASONOUS DEMOCRAT PARTY COME NOV 2018, VOTE TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN AND TO END ALL CORRUPTIONS IN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT

      • AMEN Ms Brenda. Well stated and unfortunately true. It seems that a Democrat get elected and goes to DC ,becomes a mindless puppet of the Socialist Party and forgets the people “back home” that put them in that place of prestige and power.

        • John you can’t just SAY that . That is just an Opinion. You are supposed to then lay out the examples. Seems to me that in a group of 200 or 300 men and women there would be a mix of people , some excellent some pretty good, some rotten , mostly ordinary okay sincere people. Not all Socialists or all mindless puppets,etc. Myself I think keeping any large group of people organized and on task is more like herding cats. Actually I sort of count on it that they will all tangle each other up , both parties, so they equal out and do less damage.

      • Brenda, please take your meds – – do they have mental health facilities in Texas? Get real, the Russian investigation began when suspicious activities appeared on not only the intel reports in America, but also to our allies in NATO. Then Papadopolis bragged to an Australian official that the Trump campaign had all the stolen DNC emails and the Australian official, being a US ally, reported this to the CIA. Carter Page had been already deemed “compromised” even by the Russians, long before Trump got the GOP nomination. What Obama did, though, brilliantly, is make sure the criminals in the Trump campaign could not bury it or hide it in other ways. Dems may have some corruption, but who is the lying, corrupt politicians today – – including at least half a dozen of Trump campaign who have already admitted their guilt? Expect Trump to face several charges of “obstruction of justice” because he never does things quietly, and brags about his misuse of power.

        • You clearly need a new tinfoil hat. Whew, a living, breathing? character straight out of the zombie apocalypse.

      • But Brenda a whole lot of the Cabinet guys chosen by Mr. Trump have been tossed out because of their own corruptions as they took advantage of their positions for personal gain – at public expense, They don’t look any better to me than any other of the swamp dwellers that were already there , well they do act a little more privileged.
        I do agree we have the power of our voices and maybe our votes but maybe you could or would lay out the ” evil criminal acts ” ? I’m not too clear on that part

    • You just posted Barrack Obama’s resume? The Democrats demand we worship him, the FBI, DOJ, and CIA commit crimes and cover ups of crimes or him.

    • You are 100 percent right & the worst part is the Liberals will vote for the Socialists that will destroy the country & back the above listed hate groups & Constitutional rights violations.

    • CCB I see some of your points and also a bunch that are rather a far reach. and some that are incorrect. While I can agree w some parts ; as a whole the list seems pretty alarmist. and that’s not even replying to the initial pack of misinterpretation of the article about eliminating free speech online. That is a whole ‘nother issue of kettles of fish. there is A.Jones and other warping aspects in that screed. Could folks calm down a little so we can figure out how our Nation is going to act ?

  2. That senator is a disgrace to the constitution. Democrats now are truly the communism party. Traitors to America. Time to arrest everyone who votes for this bill. Bill Warner, you are no matter than the Muslims that are trying to take over America. Obama used the pen to destroy America so let president Trump use the pen to arrest everyone who goes against America. .

    • Pj – Democrats are not the Communist party. Come on, that’s silly. Senator Warner has been presented to you in a deceptive light by the article that was slanted to alarm you. Check out his record . I think you will see he has been pretty mild and middle. You can also relax about the Muslims taking over the country. Our church is near a mosque and it’s easy to see that mostly they are shy and want to live in a safe place to raise their children. It is true that in all of them total there is probably a misguided terrorist or two but those are extremists. Actually in all religions it is the extremists that make the problems. There is no way the Muslims are taking over the country. They just want to be let alone to figure out how to live in our complicated country. That’s actually what I am doing ,and so is my 8 yr old, and we were born and raised here. There have been a ton of changes, too many too fast It all makes me nervous but I am not going to get stampeded into a fear passion, Take a moment to weigh the evidence. the real evidence, not the flaming blowhard rant evidence. I think it is easy to get carried away by fear. I’m trying to keep some sense of proportion . Will anyone remember what we got all worked up about today in 20 years ?

  3. Getting the gov involved in any kind of censoring is very scary. We already saw that the FBI, supposedly our premier agency, used what they knew was a fake dossier to “wire tap” political opponents and then use that info to destroy their opponents. We already hear the left screaming that “hate speech” is not protected under free speech. We already see the left trying to determine what is acceptable and what should be a criminal offense. The problem is WHO gets to decide what is acceptable and what is not.

  4. We must vote Senator Warner and everybody out who attempts to interfere with free speech. Let’s vote Republican in November and help our Constitution to be protected.

    • WE HAVE THE POWER TO VOTE
      If it weren’t for President Obama we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set up a whole sequence of events which are still unfolding today including Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation. President Obama is responsible for that. It was he who tasked us to do that intelligence community assessment in the first place. CLAPPER’S OWN CONFESSION
      AMERICANS WE HAVE TO TAKE BACK OUR AMERICA FROM THE EVIL CRIMINAL ACTS OF DEMOCRATS………………………..TO SOLVE AMERICAS PROBLEMS MAKE THIS CHOICE WE THE PEOPLE’ HAVE THE POWER OF OUR VOICES AND OUR VOTES, TO VOTE OUT THE ENTIRE LYING,CORRUPT, TREASONOUS DEMOCRAT PARTY COME NOV 2018, VOTE TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN AND TO END ALL CORRUPTIONS IN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT

    • The first amendment protects free speech the media type used to convey speech is not relevant to exercising this right.

      The liberals have always tried to use the fact a new means form of technology was created as an excuse to circumvent peoples rights.

      In the past when phones came into existence they actually felt they could WIRETAP anyone without a warrant because “PHONES DID NOT EXIST IN THE TIME THE CONSTITUTION WAS WRITTEN” as if new technology somehow invalidated the right.

      It took a court ruling that stated free speech protections apply to all forms of communication regardless of if they existed when the constitution was written or not as any means of communication regardless of the technology used was still conveying SPEECH.

      The hypocrisy is they feel that liberals and ANTI TRUMP groups should be allowed to spout anything including death threats and its PROTECTED speech while anyone stating actual facts that contradict the liberals agenda or the lies they spouted is instantly guilty of “hate speech” regardless of what they said simply because it did not PROMOTE the liberals agenda.

      Their infiltration into controlling social media that has now began censoring for POLITICAL CORRECTNESS even when they violate their own terms of service to do so is their attempt to stop the flow of information they do not want people to know.

      This BILL is just an attempt to protect themselves for the censorship they have already started doing once someone with enough money takes them to court over their violation of the rights of their customers.

      Remember the mainstream media blatantly lied about a photo of a child they used to try to blame Trump for on the border issue then they screamed it was HATE SPEECH when they were called out on the lie even the father came forward on alternative media and called them out on their lies about his family and child. Yet they still act as if telling the truth was HATE SPEECH simply because it contradicted their lies.

      • Totally easy to stop FB. Close yr acct. Stop taking their free junk . Stop taking their slant on the world you see. Why live in their world ? Somehow we got along w/out it for a long time Take yr own life back 🙂

  5. The democRATS are hollering about brennan’s free speech being takingtaken away? What the heck do they think they are doing to us Christians. TAKING AWAY OUR FREE SPEECH….

  6. The democrats are trying to turn America into a socialism now!!! They’re not even waiting until elections!!! We’ve got to STOP THEM NOW BEFORE WE HAVE NO RIGHTS AT ALL!!!

  7. We have recently seen that Free Speech is not Protected for anyone who challenges the LEFT. The insidious route to destroy the First Amendment is thru the Internet & thru the Fake Media, aka “Enemy of the State”.
    Once the DEMS & RINOS have silenced all the Real Americans, then there will be no Need for a First Amendment.
    The Only thing that will save Our Great Country, will be the Second Amendment, so Pray that every Household is armed & ready to fight.

  8. Facebook is blocking sharing of articles from this site. More examples of censorship. Does anyone know how counter the false claims of the Libs who are falsely complaining.

  9. I wish people would quit calling them Democrats because they definitely are not democratic, far from it. Several years ago I started calling them Commieonazicrats because that is a term that far more accurately describes them. They behave like commies and Nazis and fascists. Only the names are different. If it walks like a duck and looks like a duck and quacks like a duck then obviously it is a duck.

  10. ANOTHER GARBAGE PEDELER FROM THE DUMBORAT CLOSET! WARNER IS ONE OF THE NA SAYERS ON EVERYTHING GOOD AND ENJOYS EVERYTHING BAD FOR THE COUNTRY! HE HAS BEEN THERE TOO LONG! ” TERM LIMITS NEEDED HERE”!

    • Wasn’t that kinda why people risked their lives on Woden ships to come to this count. English tyranny in general. The Kings’ arm reached all the way to the Colonies and tried to tax and regulate the colonists into to submission to the King. All printed documents had to meet the Kings’ approval. Congressman have taken the role of “only we know what is best for you”. The regulation of speech in any way, shape of form is a direct violation of our Constitution. Either recall this clown OR be sure to vote him out of office. 1984 was only off by a few decades but written by a visionary.

  11. AFTER READING THE MESSAGES HERE, CONTACT EVERYONE THAT YOU KNOW, AND HAVE THEM SEE WHATS REALLY GOING ON IN WASHINGTON D.C, AGAINST OUR FREEDOM OF FREE SPEECH.

  12. I was blocked from sharing this article. I did a work around and posted part of it: The “Regulation of Social Media and Technology Firms” was drafted by Democratic Senator Mark Warner, and is eerily similar to the recent GDPR data protection program that EU recently adopted.

    • Pat B . I think it is a good thing that US would adopt the GDPR standards. They do it to protect their people from the expanding powers of the info gatherers who are busily figuring out how to package and sell the parts of your life. While I think that privacy is mostly gone already it’s still important to at least resist . Actually US was a bit late in getting a handle on freedom of information gathering

  13. The liberal democrats won’t be happy until every conservative and Christian no longer has a voice or a say in the constant free speech debate. I have to hope this #walkaway movement continues to grow, and of course the liberal claim it’s a Russia plot to infiltrate the mid-term elections. The Russians are the bad guy in every scenario they dream up. But, funny… that they remained tight lip about the sale of 20% of US uranium to Russia and never batted an eye. Funny, how that works out, huh? And they are doing this under the guise of “saving” democracy. Let me ask you is question, are the democrats pushing for more freedom and liberty or are they pushing for more power and control through rules, regulation, new laws and taxes? I believe President Trump is trying to give Americans more freedom and liberty. I also believe Hillary was the last piece of the socialist puzzle, which of course has enraged politicians, the media and Hollywood.

  14. How long before the Democrats (aka – the New Communist Party) start demanding the roundup of all conservatives, and anyone who still believes in the Constitution as written?
    People are being duped into believing that the Democrats are “For The People”…they never have been, and never will be.
    They want to be able to track down anyone who speaks out against their socialism/communism agenda, and just like in Hitler’s Gemany, or Stalin’s Russia, those people (and in some cases, their entire families) were arrested, taken away, and never heard from again. Anybody who questioned their whereabouts, were eituer beaten, or arrested themselves.
    THAT is what the, so called, Democrats want for us.
    Get the word out to everyone you know…a vote for a Democrat, is a vote for universal slavery!

  15. Mark Warner ought to be arrested for being a totalitarian dictator. The commie can take his bill and shove it up his backside. If these people love socialism and communism they should move to a place that already has it. Oh wait they don’t want this for themselves it’s for everyone else you know the little people.

  16. Facebook won’t let me post this article to my Friends because of content it deems Offensive. The 74 people who got to post it should be congratulated. Is your post still up? and there you have it, the Tolerant Left with the Tolerant FB are afraid of the truth of Free Speech unless its John Brennen “losing” his.

  17. WELL Sen Mark Warner a useless drunkard is dumber that shite.
    Let us see this bill of his would have to pass the US Senate….never happen
    But let us say it did pass the 100 morons in the Senate has to go to the House
    Doubt the house would take it up but just for the sake that the 435 assholes in the house approved it, it then goes to POTUS for signature.
    Do you really think POTUS would sign this.
    HELL NO
    Warner and the rest of the demorats and rhinos are asking for a revolution which will entail hanging all 3 branches of the government starting with these liberal socialist/commie demorats and rhinos.
    Shite we are going to need lots of rope.
    I am going to start a go fund me page for rope….

  18. Senator Mark Warner this bill is unenforceable
    a piece of garbage and you sir should be ashamed
    of yourself for bringing up such a piece of garbage.
    Just what we need another bill that does nothing a
    follows the steps that limit free speech and movement
    on the internet. IN the name of protecting the United States from
    Russia. You Sir should not be in congress and be a Pooper Scooper
    picking up Poop.

  19. In the DumboRATs view FREE SPEECH would be only that that goes along with THEIR TWISTED IDEAS, anything that is PROAMERICAN AND SAID BY PATRIOTIC AMERICANS would not be allowed. The Mudller has not found anything, in over a years WHITCH HUNT, that confirms that the Russians helped PRESIDENT TRUMP to win the 2016 election.
    RUSSIA DID NOT MAKE ME VOTE FOR TRUMP, KILLERY DID

  20. The NAZI Party Of Hitlers’ Still Live It A Party Of Lairs Thieves Murders And Baby Killers And If You Disagree With Them They Try to Silance You Take Away Your Weapons Any Body Who Votes For Them Needs A Head Exam

  21. There is only one solution to this problem. If you want the freedom to say what you want on the internet or anywhere else, you must get out and vote for Republicans. If you want the government to punish you for something you said on the internet, then vote for Democrats. This is a referendum on your God given freedoms. What the Democrats are preaching is communism with a different name. They must be taught a lesson that they can’t introduce communism mainstream into the USA. The media is on their side. The media will be impacted in that the media will be told what the news is and what can be said or not said.

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