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TDLR: is a bill written under the guise of stopping sex trafficking, has stripped away the protection of section 230 of the Communications act of 1934 which means companies that run web services will soon be responsible for the actions of their users, even if they are unaware of them, to the point of criminal charges that could result in up to 25 years in prison. This seems possibly to apply retroactively, meaning websites could be punished for stuff their users did, before this became a law.
Craigslist has removed their personals section,
https://www.craigslist.org/about/FOSTA
Reddit purging anything that might get them in trouble.
EFF.org:
Frankenstein Bill Combines the Worst of SESTA and FOSTA. Tell Your Representative to Reject New Version of H.R. 1865.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/fosta-would-be-disaster-online-communities
Lifted from "imgur.com/gallery/LJAeNVY"
Craigslist has removed their personals section,
https://www.craigslist.org/about/FOSTA
Reddit purging anything that might get them in trouble.
EFF.org:
Frankenstein Bill Combines the Worst of SESTA and FOSTA. Tell Your Representative to Reject New Version of H.R. 1865.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/fosta-would-be-disaster-online-communities
Lifted from "imgur.com/gallery/LJAeNVY"
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