Tom
An Old Friend
FOSTA
H.R.1865 - Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
H.R.1865 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
The implications of FOSTA.
Specifically, FOSTA setting precedence that restricts 3rd party links on websites. Right now, its geared to prevent sex trafficking but it may 'pave the way' for the government to dictate all website content.
It may come to a point where nobody can post an image, video or hyperlink on any website they do not personally own or control.
There is always someone, somewhere that takes offense at anything.
Essentially, the government is trying to take away your "Right To Click".
Its attempting to dictate your own personal moral standards.
Once they have control of the content you are 'allowed to see' the next step is taking control of the comments you are 'allowed' to make.
One day, the internet may become one-way information only.
No more forums, no more facebook, no more twitter, no more comment streams.
FOSTA in and of itself is a good thing but it sets us up for even more governmental control of our own personal preferences. Watch and see...
I think there will be a lot of websites revising their privacy policy.
Right now the law is looking at sex traffic. It could get distorted and start looking at copyright infringement. Then you might see the death of forums and comment streams.
Where it becomes a problem is in the Community Forums where hyperlinking is done using BBCode or HTML markup.
When FOSTA establishes effectiveness, it allows other similar content responsibility laws to be made that could affect any content.
H.R.1865 - Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
H.R.1865 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
The implications of FOSTA.
Specifically, FOSTA setting precedence that restricts 3rd party links on websites. Right now, its geared to prevent sex trafficking but it may 'pave the way' for the government to dictate all website content.
It may come to a point where nobody can post an image, video or hyperlink on any website they do not personally own or control.
There is always someone, somewhere that takes offense at anything.
Essentially, the government is trying to take away your "Right To Click".
Its attempting to dictate your own personal moral standards.
Once they have control of the content you are 'allowed to see' the next step is taking control of the comments you are 'allowed' to make.
One day, the internet may become one-way information only.
No more forums, no more facebook, no more twitter, no more comment streams.
FOSTA in and of itself is a good thing but it sets us up for even more governmental control of our own personal preferences. Watch and see...
I think there will be a lot of websites revising their privacy policy.
Right now the law is looking at sex traffic. It could get distorted and start looking at copyright infringement. Then you might see the death of forums and comment streams.
Where it becomes a problem is in the Community Forums where hyperlinking is done using BBCode or HTML markup.
FOSTA changes that. It holds the website responsible for the 3rd party links. Right now, not a problem because Alien Soup is not trafficking sex sites. But...AlienSoup.com has no control over any external websites therefore clicking any link which results in you visiting an external website will result in this privacy policy no longer applying and AlienSoup.com cannot be held responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites.
When FOSTA establishes effectiveness, it allows other similar content responsibility laws to be made that could affect any content.