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The EARN IT Act

Posted by FluffyCottonCandy15 - February 12th, 2022


I'm sorry if I sound like I'm fearmongering, but I can't leave this unaddressed. The EARN IT Act is an American proposed legislation that seeks to amend Section 230. Section 230 states "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." If this legislation were to pass, websites would be able to censor whatever they want, leading to the web as we know it to become a former shell of what it once was, and that isn't even going into all of the negative effects that the EARN IT Act could initiate.


Don't think this just affects the US; most big websites, including Newgrounds, are based there, so even if you were to live elsewhere, you would still witness the effects of the EARN IT Act.


A Twitter thread filled with resources I find will be linked here. Thank you so much for taking the time to read through this whole thing, your patience is greatly appreciated! :)


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Yeah, I've been trying to get the word out on the news and forum posts as well:
https://enigma2me.newgrounds.com/news/post/1252363
https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1495342

Thank you so much for the resources!

@FluffyCottonCandy15 No problem. The more awareness the better.