It would give the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don't like, with President Trump himself saying that he would use the law to censor his critics. The bill passed the Senate in February, and it now heads to the president's desk.

Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, giving the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don’t like. President Trump himself has said that he would use the law to censor his critics. The bill passed the Senate in February, and it now heads to the president’s desk.

  • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    96·
    3 days ago

    House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN

    I am confused. The title say congress passed the bill while the article says the house is the one that passed it (so congress should be next).

    Which is it?

    • FireTower@lemmy.world
      37·
      3 days ago

      Congress is the combination of the House of Representatives and the Senate. America has a bicameral legislature. (Congress=House of Reps + Senate)

      Because this passed the Senate in Feb and the House recently it is correct to say that this bill has passed Congress.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3·
      3 days ago

      Literally the most basic of basic civics… Depressing.

      Congress is our legislators. Our Congress is “bicameral”. It is broken down into two houses: the Senate (upper house of Congress), and the House of Representatives (lower house of Congress).

      People often use “Congress” as a shorthand for the House of Representatives (but only when they also mention the Senate to make the distinction. Or at least some sort of context making it clear they mean the House).

      However, technically, “Congress” includes both houses.

      Nobody refers to the Senate alone as “Congress,” and if they do, they’re doing it wrong and likely causing all sorts of confusion.