Faking the Future? California's Defending Democracy from Democracy
California's Governor Gavin Newsom signed the "Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024" to "combat" deepfake election content (once called free speech under the First).
Only 17 days ago, I wrote 'The Criminal Regime Ramps Up Attacks on America's Freedoms'—a sign of panic, or confidence that the Sovietization of America is complete, allowing them to move toward the Stalinization of our land? I fear the latter is the case—and today they're already bragging about 'taking action to address the use of deepfakes and other deceptive digitally generated or altered content in election campaigns,' just after Hillary spoke openly about imprisoning people for speech Democrats deem misinformation.
Seems coordinated, like all their attacks on our freedoms. Curious to see who else would come out in favor of eliminating freedom of speech today.
The Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024 clashes with the First Amendment's protection of free speech.
1. Content-Based Regulation of Speech
The Act regulates "materially deceptive content" related to elections, which inherently involves political speech—the most protected form of speech under the First Amendment. They don’t give a fuck about the most cheerished foundation of the America’s freedoms.
2. Overbreadth and Chilling Effect
Terms like "materially deceptive content" include satire, parody, or minor alterations that are not intended to deceive.
The broad scope of that Stalinist “bill” would for sure lead to the suppression of legitimate political discourse and expression.
The fear of legal repercussions, another damn attack on our collective psyche will have chilling effect on free expression. Once the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. This is their goal, not fucking ‘taking action to address the use of deepfakes’, but to make us sheep, and to slaughter us if we disobey.
3. Prior Restraint
The Californian Stalin’s “bill” is requiring platforms to remove or label content within a short timeframe; it’s a form of prior restraint.
Prior restraint is highly disfavored under the First Amendment, as it suppresses speech before it occurs and without adequate procedural safeguards.
4. Vagueness and Ambiguity
Terms like "materially deceptive content" makes the Judge Roy Bean the expemplarey legal schoolar. WTF is "materially deceptive content"? Gavin Newsom is a Nazi wannabe moron? If he’s a Stalinist wannabe moron the first statement is for sure a "materially deceptive content.” Am I going to jail now?
Vague laws like that pile of Sovietized garbage leads to Gestapo-like arbitrary or discriminatory enforcement, which is unconstitutional.
Individuals and platforms may not know what content is permissible, leading to over-censorship to avoid potential liability.
5. Conflict with Section 230 Protections
The Nazi wannabe’s bill holds large online platforms accountable for user-generated content, requiring them to act as gatekeepers BUT
This conflicts with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides immunity to online platforms from liability for user content. Those censorious idiots do not give a fuck about any of the laws of the land. One day they needed one pile of garbage to showel down our throats, the next, another pile of Nazi dung, all while “protecting the democracy.”
6. George Carlin Act: Down with the Satire and Parody
The Act does exempt satire and parody, but the distinctions are not be clear-cut.
Legitimate satire or parody could be mislabeled or removed, infringing on artistic and expressive freedoms protected by the First Amendment.
7. Potential for Government Overreach
The Act allows candidates, elected officials, and government attorneys to seek injunctive relief, which could and WILL be used to suppress unfavorable speech, silencing critics or opposing viewpoints under the guise of combating deception, triple damned deceptive psychopaths.
Conclusion
The Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, while requiring platforms to block or remove certain content preemptively, embodies characteristics of prior restraint, offering an exception to the rule. This is allowable in the Biden-Harris-Newsom Twilight Zone of Sovietized America.
For everything else, there's Pfizer to punish us all (poison us) if we rebel.
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Those who desperately need jailing are in the Military Industrial Complex, Deep State and DNC especially the human clone Hilary Clinton.
Thanks to Project Mockingbird, all the MSM has become Amerika's version of Pravda.
The Sovietization of the USSA (already a fait accompli) will inevitably lead to Stalinization and the destruction of the USA.