Interesting to note here: getting preteens to confusedly call Congress with threats of self harm and questions like “what is Congress” with a push notification is not the best plan
After this staffer asked a caller to give their name to record their message, the young caller asked if they could leave their comment without giving out their information. The senior staffer recalled explaining that protecting the caller’s private information was exactly the point of the legislation they were calling about.
No, every other platform is free to violate your privacy and serve you up propaganda from domestic/foreign misinformation campaigns without any repercussions. If this bill addressed that in some way I would likely support it.
But this is about China, specifically. Russian bot/click farms and homegrown manipulation of social media platforms are a much more apparent and immediate issue that has already played a significantly role in the destruction of Democracy and accountability in this country.
