Note that this bill hasn't passed or survived constituional challenges that are all but certain to happen if it does.
The bill aims to block more than abortion: Provisions would outlaw providing information over the internet or phone about how to obtain an abortion. It would also make it illegal to host a website or “[provide] an internet service” with information that is “reasonably likely to be used for an abortion” and directed at pregnant people in the state.
Legal scholars say the proposal is likely a harbinger of other state measures, which may restrict communication and speech as they seek to curtail abortion. The June proposal, S. 1373, is modeled off a blueprint created by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), an antiabortion group, and designed to be replicated by lawmakers across the country.
“These are not going to be one-offs,” said Michele Goodwin, the director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at the University of California at Irvine Law School. “These are going to be laws that spread like wildfire through states that have shown hostility to abortion.”
Accelerate
But some tech lobbyists say the industry needs to be proactive and prepared to fight bills with communications restrictions that may have complicated ramifications for companies.
The tech lobby isn't fighting for free speech. They are fighting for their own place as a censor.
Democrats are already considering new data privacy proposals to protect reproductive health data and other digital trails that could be used to prosecute people seeking abortion.
MFW Dems end up 4D chessed into protecting the privavy dissidents
She’s anticipating that tech companies and their trade associations will be ramping up their lobbying efforts at the state level, especially early next year, when many states resume their legislative calendars.
Of course they will. Perhaps we can offer a trade. They can keep abortion info available in exchange for broader free speech protections.
Note that this bill hasn't passed or survived constituional challenges that are all but certain to happen if it does.
Accelerate
The tech lobby isn't fighting for free speech. They are fighting for their own place as a censor.
MFW Dems end up 4D chessed into protecting the privavy dissidents
Of course they will. Perhaps we can offer a trade. They can keep abortion info available in exchange for broader free speech protections.