[covidiots / law] WARNING: Psychic damage within.

What- and this is not remotely in jest- in the shining, shimmering, splendid fuck is this?

I cannot understand a single fucking word of that reply but to that first tweet... yes..? that's how free speech works?

Justin “Hoops” McElroy on Twitter

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Wow you're not wrong. But if you didn't know the laws/concepts discussed , it looks so 'right' that I have to wonder if it's deliberate information to confuse people.

huh

Like, my law school trained brain registers it as 'lawyer speak'. But it's utterly, bewilderingly wrong.

this is the sort of thing you show to lawyers if you want to make them cry

every copyright lawyer I know, in particular, had a visceral reaction to that second part

(and the tech policy people are probably on their third shot)

The first tweet's stupid enough, but the second is just

This. Literally this.

THE CONSERVATIVES GOT RID OF THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE UNDER REAGAN! OH MY GOD.

and it would have never applied to the internet anyway

and had nothing to do with copyright

or the visa program

I'm also very ????? at the decision to compare a work visa to slavery in general, especially when a lot of the arguments I keep seeing are "well there's a backlog of applications for citizenship from the program due to immigration quotas."

Like, yes, that's shitty (and arguably racist), but I guarantee you the defining elements of "slavery" do not involve "it takes a long time for you to get a green card"

especially since not only does the program exist with protections that bar the employer from abusing you in any number of ways (including financial), but they can't even get you deported if you report them for it. In fact you're legally protected from deportation while the investigation is underway. You can also just, y'know, quit.

And work for someone else.

not really an option under slavery

and I have even less of an idea what the hell any of that has to do with youtube moderation

I know. I know all of this. But holy shit, trying to invoke the Fairness Doctrine in the first place, even when you're doing it TOTALLY wrong... holy fuck.

I'm guessing they're also trying to invoke Section 230 and just

completely whiffed

they'd be wrong even if they succeeded, but STILL

The whole thing's just one massive onion of failure

I...

those are words