Although it is important that we question everything we read, it is just as important that we do not let the government control what we read.
Thanks to unprecedented advances in technology, people are able to access information at rates and levels that would have been unimaginable even a couple decades ago. We can store information that would have taken entire libraries to fill in times past on devices no bigger than our hands today, and transmit it faster than anyone could have dreamed of. This has made it possible for ordinary people to not just find news, but disseminate it as well.
The downside of this is that since everybody can share news, anybody can, leading to misleading and even outright false stories spreading. Even worse, this gives the busybodies in Washington a pretext to exert their control over alternative media.
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Thank you very much Congress of the United States! Now we know not to believe a single$#%&!@*thing said by the government nor the mainstream media. The only sources we can trust now or Al Jazeera and RT News. You have successfully jumped out of the kettle and Into the Fire congratulations.
The Government is playing with fire on this one. I hate false news, but I also don’t want the government involved in altering the first amendment. This is a slippery slope, be VERY careful.
Didn’t they pass and repeal libel laws for this?
To those who say this act is Obama’s fault you do realize Republicans control house and Senate. This says Congress passes act. Obama’s has no control over Congress for a while.
The first statement was this is Obama’s fault but unfortunately for the initial writer Obama isn’t in Congress
The first statement was this is Obama’s fault but unfortunately for the initial writer Obama isn’t in Congress
And it is Obama’s fault yet it looks like a bipartisan bill. Presented by a Republicans and sponsored by five more and 8 Republicans.sorry you can’t blame Obama for everything ….
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 390 – 30. 390 yeas hate to tell you. But alot of Republicans are on board
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 390 – 30. You can’t blame any one person with it passing this close to unanimous. Both parties voted for this heavily. And with Congress and Senate stated objective of obstructing Obama. You can’t even blame him.
This is double plus ungood