Another #Goosestep toward full-on #authoritarianism !
This Bill Would Fine Social Media Companies $5 Million Every Day for Not Fighting '#Terrorism'
The #StopHateAct wants social media platforms to report their #moderation policies and outcomes to the government. And it’s not the only #censorial measure Rep. #JoshGottheimer wants.
Matthew Petti | 7.24.2025 5:25 PM
"The idea that the federal government even talked to social media platforms about their moderation was a major scandal. After the Twitter Files leak revealed that the Biden administration was privately leaning on one platform to suppress "misinformation," the courts blocked officials from communicating with social media companies for several months on free speech grounds.
"A bipartisan bill, however, would make it mandatory for social media companies to work with the federal government. The Stopping Terrorists Online Presence and Holding Accountable Tech Entities (STOP HATE) Act would require companies to provide triennial reports on their moderation policies—and violations they catch—to the U.S. attorney general.
"The bill requires companies to issue specific policies for groups the federal government designates as terrorists and the director of national intelligence to also begin reporting on terrorist usage of social media. Companies would be fined $5 million per day that they fail to comply.
"Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D–N.J.) and Don Bacon (R–Neb.) had first proposed the bill in November 2023. It died in committee at the time. Gottheimer and Bacon announced that they would be reintroducing the bill at a press conference on Wednesday alongside Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
" 'There is no reason why anyone, especially terrorists or anyone online, should access social media platforms to promote radical, hate-filled violence,' Gottheimer said at the press conference. He cited supportive social media comments about the May 2025 murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, and the AI platform Grok's sudden decision to declare itself 'MechaHitler' earlier this month.
"#Meta, the company that runs #Facebook and #Instagram, is already known to have a list of 'dangerous individuals and organizations' banned from the platform. When the list was leaked to The Intercept in 2021, it included around 1,000 entries taken straight from the U.S. government's foreign terrorist list, as well as various foreign and domestic entries sourced to private think tanks."
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Trump and Musk Unlikely to Fund $625 Million World Cup Security Bill
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Trump and Musk Unlikely to Fund $625 Million World Cup Security Bill
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9to5 Mac: PSA: Avoid faking your Spotify Wrapped results if you’re in Congress. “[U.S. Representative Josh] Gottheimer’s X account posted. ‘Fun fact: My first ever concert was at Meadowlands to see The Boss!’ But it turns out there was an even more fun fact! Despite New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen topping Gottheimer’s top five songs played on Spotify, the screenshot showing […]
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Meet the Democratic Counterrevolution’s Self-Appointed Leader by #RyanGrim 2019
https://theintercept.com/2019/05/08/josh-gottheimer-democrats-yemen/
#JoshGottheimerNJ #JoshGottheimer fucking loonie!
Re: The censure of #RashidaTlaib
Where's your condemnation of #JoshGottheimer (d-#NJ), #BrianMast (Republican), and the rest of the #racist, #AntiArab, #Islamophobic and #antiPalestinian kooks in the House?!!!
FUCK YOU!
https://www.businessinsider.com/sinema-manchin-clarence-thomas-vacations-harlan-crow-megadonor-republican-2023-4 GOP megadonor #HarlanCrow has been secretly funding lavish vacations for #ClarenceThomasCorruption & his wife #SeditionistGinniThomas
But he's also given thousands to Democrats who've stymied the party's agenda at various times.
They include #JoeManchinSenatorForSale & #GrifterKyrstenSinema as well as corrupt Reps. #JoshGottheimer & #HenryCiellar
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