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This could be the end of much of the fediverse, especially the more left-leaning parts.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah we need to upvote this one for more general discussion. From what I'm reading if Trump gets his way on this one then the fediverse will essentially be able to be crippled by frivolous lawsuits from anyone who dislikes the speech on the platform and essentially make running it impossible within the US. And of course there's some tech-illiterate grandpas on the Democrats side who fundamentally misunderstand (or willfully and with a stuffed wallet) this legislation and will work with the GOP to end free speech online.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Just makes it that much more important to host instances outside the US, and to conceal your location if you run such a website from within the US. I'd say I can't believe they'd be this stupid, but I'm coming to believe a lot of uncomfortable truths lately.