Sen. Durbin To Introduce Bill Sanctioning Companies That Don't Protect Human Rights Abroad; But What About At Home?
from the the-two-step-shuffle dept
Senator Dick Durbin is introducing legislation to sanction companies that don't take "reasonable steps" to protect the human rights of people abroad. This is obviously targeted at companies doing business in places like China, where famously, government officials have used US technologies as well as worked with US-based companies to censor the internet and spy on citizens.While I can understand the reasoning behind such a bill, my question is why is this limited to abroad? Here in the US, AT&T eagerly helped the administration in spying on users with no warrant and no official process (even allowing private info to be passed on with just a post-it note request). And what about efforts by US lawmakers to put in place third party liability -- similar to that which is used in China to censor the internet -- on copyright issues? Shouldn't there be sanctions for that as well?
Sanctioning companies that help regimes violate human and civil rights is perfectly reasonable -- but Durbin is kidding himself if he thinks this sort of thing only happens outside of the US. Let's clean things up at home first.
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HAHAHAHA
YA know they really must think the world is a bunch a retards yet they do stuff like this which affirms my belief that evolution doesn't always work out for a species.
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Re: HAHAHAHA
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Picking his battle
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I see you are still under the illusion that anyone in any law making capacity in your country actually cares about regular people. That train left the station a long time ago, and ain't comin' back. In fact, once the Republicans get back into power, look for it to get even worse (as if that even seems possible).
You guys are on the decline, and the sad thing, is you voted for all this. Sad.
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ERA Memories
As a budget cutting measure it would have been great because it would have shut down all junkets to anywhere.
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dumbest post ever?
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"Internet companies that fail to take "reasonable steps" to safeguard human rights in foreign countries could face sanctions under a forthcoming bill by Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.)."
Yes, God forbid that Mike dare to compare international internet policies with domestic internet policies. Shame on him.
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Secondary liability is how China stifles civil rights online. Are you claiming otherwise? Because that would be news...
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But, but, but...
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Sanctioning Who?
US politicians like to try telling other countries how to behave, even though the the other countries' behavior is perfectly acceptable by their own standards.
Once again, Mike nails it on the head - clean up you own back yard before you try to clean up someone else's.
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Fix things at home first?
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oldthinkers unnewspeak
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Re: oldthinkers unnewspeak
–verb (used with object)
6.
to authorize, approve, or allow: an expression now sanctioned by educated usage.
7.
to ratify or confirm: to sanction a law.
8.
to impose a sanction on; penalize, esp. by way of discipline.
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In other news: Sun rises in the east.
*yawn*
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