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Where am I going to get my imitation crab meat and mutual masturbation now?
Correct!People are making jokes of this but this is not a good thing. Do you know what section 230 of the communications decency act is? It essentially protects the internet that we have today and not some censored version of it. These pieces of shit in congress just strung together idiotic legislation that has the potential for high censorship because "FOSTA" is too vague and you can see it by the mass removal of multiple sections that have nothing to do with selling sex.
You would have to be an idiot to be for this bill unless you like your internet like China has. Gross overreach by government using children as the decoys.
the government is not making them remove personals- the new law making sites liable for sex trafficking is what scared Craigslist to VOLUNTARILY end it.
And because sites like Craigslist and Reddit became such huge sources of sex trafficking, it was in their best interest to ban it. Motivated moreso to retain advertisers than a moral imperative, but sometimes capitalism can work in the public's interest.
lol@"government should not have any say in this".
Where am I going to get my imitation crab meat and mutual masturbation now?
We ended up meeting up and it let to 3rd base. Wasn't awkward or anything (if anything, if i knew she was into that then it would of happened much sooner). I still see her and nothing is weird, just two adults that share a common interest.Go on...
The government just made it harder for law enforcement to track traffickers. Taking down the ads only hurts the people being exploited not the people doing the exploiting.the government is not making them remove personals- the new law making sites liable for sex trafficking is what scared Craigslist to VOLUNTARILY end it.
And because sites like Craigslist and Reddit became such huge sources of sex trafficking, it was in their best interest to ban it. Motivated moreso to retain advertisers than a moral imperative, but sometimes capitalism can work in the public's interest.
lol@"government should not have any say in this".
Damn, that's going to hurt my best friend's sister-in-law's business. Half the time she didn't even fuck the guys she met off of there.. she's met them outside the hotel, take half the money, give them a non working hotel room key, then split.
I'm always amused by "straight" guys who only like other "straight" men and dislike gay men.Where am I going to get my imitation crab meat and mutual masturbation now?
this bill changes nothing in regards to prosecution of participants in prostitution. It merely holds the site advertising the service vulnerable to civil liability.This is all great, but police power is granted to the states, not Congress. 10th Amendment. This is a Congressional overreach and I assume the Feds base it here on the power to regulate interstate commerce (which is what they laughably employed to justify Obamacare, of which justice Roberts shit on. Seriously how did a "constitutional expert" such as Barack Obama whore himself out for that fiction. And this isn't a partisan thing. See the Patriot Act
Government should have a say in this, but it has to be state government
When I say, "cuckservative," I'm specifically referred to those old limp-dicks in Washington.
Only Here for Attachments said:Oh, and I had no clue that the way to defeat childhood trauma and negative feedback loops was healthy eating and exercise! So next time my parents say I'm a retarded failure I should just start doing pushups and show them!
Sounds like those limp-dicks in Washington would fuck your girl while you sobbed in the corner.
I saw this yesterday, and wondered, "Are the print newspapers subject to the same liability?"I can't be the only loser who saw this
US Congress just passed HR 1865, "FOSTA", seeking to subject websites to criminal and civil liability when third parties (users) misuse online personals unlawfully.
Any tool or service can be misused. We can't take such risk without jeopardizing all our other services, so we are regretfully taking craigslist personals offline. Hopefully we can bring them back some day.
To the millions of spouses, partners, and couples who met through craigslist, we wish you every happiness!
this bill changes nothing in regards to prosecution of participants in prostitution. It merely holds the site advertising the service vulnerable to civil liability.
I dont actually support this bill, merely arguing against the knee-jerk anti-government reactions to it.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1865
Its very poorly worded and open to abuse.
(Sec. 3) The bill amends the federal criminal code to add a new section that imposes penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both—on a person who, using a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service (or attempts or conspires to do so) to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person.
Additionally, it establishes enhanced penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 25 years, or both—for a person who commits the offense in one of the following aggravating circumstances: (1) promotes or facilitates the prostitution of five or more persons, or (2) acts with reckless disregard that such conduct contributes to sex trafficking.