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'''"Now might be a good time to call your Senator and let them know that as good as this bill may sound from its title, its actual impact will be a total disaster.
& Pressure Trump not to sign it.'''
DOJ Tells Congress SESTA/FOSTA Will Make It MORE DIFFICULT To Catch Traffickers; House Votes For It Anyway
As we've been discussing, this afternoon, the House voted both on Rep. Mimi Walters' bad amendment to attach SESTA to FOSTA, and then on the combined bill -- and both sailed through Congress. Somewhat incredibly, this happened even though the Justice Department weighed in with a last minute letter saying that the language in the combined SESTA/FOSTA is so poorly drafted that it would actually make it more difficult to prosecute sex traffickers, and also calling into question whether or not the bill was even Constitutional.
...As noted last week, bringing the amendment to the floor without having it go through the House Judiciary Committee (as is supposed to happen), seemed to be the House's way of washing its hands of the bill, and tossing the issue back to the Senate. But rushing through a bill with huge implications is no way to make law. As Rep. Lofgren noted on the floor:
>The justice department says in this letter that they believe any revision to define “participation in a venture” is unnecessary and in fact that the new language would impact prosecutions by effectively creating additional elements in fact they say the amendment will make it harder to prosecute…There’s a thing we get told in law school: Bad cases make bad law. One of the ways to avoid that is to have the committee process work through it. That didn’t happen....
And thus, Walters' amendment prevailed 308 to 107 and then the combined (terrible) bill sailed through the whole House 388 to 25. Kudos the to the 25 Representatives who actually understand how CDA 230 works and why this bill is so bad, but it's depressing to think that it was just 25.
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techdirt.com/articles/20180227/15314039324/doj-tells-congress-sesta-fosta-will-make-it-more-difficult-to-catch-traffickers-house-votes-it-anyway.shtml
More sauce:
House Vote on FOSTA is a Win for Censorship
eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/house-vote-fosta-win-censorship
5:47pm H.Amdt.526 On agreeing to the Walters, Mimi amendment (A002) Agreed to by recorded vote: 308 - 107 (Roll no. 90).
Action By: House of Representatives
freedomworks.org/content/key-vote-no-walters-amendment-allow-states-and-victims-fight-online-sex-trafficking-act-hr
Freedom Works=Digital Bill of Rights
freedomworks.org/issue/digital-bill-rights
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2018/02/congress-probably-will-ruin-section-230-this-week-sestafosta-updates.htm
unclevladdi.blogspot.com/2018/02/moron-government-to-make-reporting.html
unclevladdi.blogspot.com/2018/02/moron-government-to-make-reporting.html
Urgent: I Need You To Call Your Representative And Stop Online Sex Trafficking
elijahrising.org/fosta-sesta/
Washington D.C. – NetChoice is concerned by reports of plans to amend the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA) to adopt problematic and controversial provisions of the Senate bill, “Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act” (SESTA).
netchoice.org/netchoice-concerned-by-last-minute-fosta-amendment-reports/
Washington D.C. – NetChoice is concerned by reports of plans to amend the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA) to adopt problematic and controversial provisions of the Senate bill, “Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act” (SESTA).
ccp.care/2018/02/22/fosta-would-be-a-disaster-for-online-communities/
One Bad Bill + One Good Bill = One Big Step Backward for the Internet
epeak.in/2018/02/23/one-bad-bill-one-good-bill-one-big-step-backward-for-the-internet/
congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1865/
govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2018/h91