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Re:State bill would let you sue social media giants for poli... by apple_innocent on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:38PM (#25806202)
The Ars Technica article has better information, including a links to the draft bill.

FWIW, here's a thread for the Ars article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25806151

Interesting that he has set the threshhold at 1 million users. How many websites are over that threshhold. Would this incentivise more small websites. Are small websites better than large ones.

They are considering something similar (or not) in Poland:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55678502

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Re:State bill would let you sue social media giants for poli... by boomboomsubban on Saturday January 16, 2021 @06:01PM (#25806342)
>Interesting that he has set the threshhold at 1 million users. How many websites are over that threshhold. Would this incentivise more small websites

I find it funny that if everyone in the state was a user of a platform, they would be immune from the law.

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Re:State bill would let you sue social media giants for poli... by apple_innocent on Saturday January 16, 2021 @06:06PM (#25806373)
Perhaps this is why America's enacted laws have so often been drafted by lobbyists. Politicians might lack competency at drafting legislation.
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