• MuinteoirSaoirse [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    4 hours ago

    “RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP”

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-freedom-of-speech-and-ending-federal-censorship/

    This is largely the no-more moderating hate speech order, but this bit is pretty sweeping: “The Attorney General, in consultation with the heads of executive departments and agencies, shall investigate the activities of the Federal Government over the last 4 years that are inconsistent with the purposes and policies of this order and prepare a report to be submitted to the President, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, with recommendations for appropriate remedial actions to be taken based on the findings of the report.”

    The Attorney General’s office is going to be busy as hell keeping up with all these wide-scale audits of Biden’s regime that pretty much every order calls for. Altogether, these orders point to sweeping retaliation within the fed for the past four years, and an explicit threat to get in line for the next four. Not unexpected, of course.

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 hours ago

      Bit idea: we just spam “crakkker house” nonstop on White House social media, then sue the government when we get banned for comically large amounts of money.

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      3 hours ago

      How are platforms supposed to comply with this while simultaneously complying with other countries requirement to moderate that content?

      • Redcuban1959 [any]@hexbear.net
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        3 hours ago

        I think in the EU, Venezuela, Brazil and Australia, the banned posts are hidden but if you use an USA vpn you can see the removed posts. Idk how long this will last though.