Yup, as someone who loosely follows streamer drama, this is kinda based.

sure, but that's not what this is doing. it doesn't say they'll be held accountable. it just places a high barrier to entry.

i understand the sentiment behind it, but I don't think this will be effective at curtailing disinformation. it would, however, be a very useful tool for controlling online speech. especially with a government that has so much control over its universities.

If we held news accountable for misinformation then fox and all the other fascist networks wouldn’t even exist.

Yeah, I think if it's more about policing the misinformation influencers spread, then I can calm down a bit, although it still makes me nervous to think about the government picking and choosing what a person with a crowd can say.

For now, it's making sure influencers don't spread anti-vax bullshit, but what if tomorrow it's no talking about Palestine?

Even then, medical professionals themselves can fall to propaganda and spread lies, so we can't use a single person as an arbiter of truth.

Yeah I gotta agree with you on this, there's a frankly insane amount of pull these people have in society and as we saw during the pandemic not only did it cause people to endanger their own health, but those of others around them.

There's a lot of nuance to be discussed and Republicans shouldn't be in the room at all when it is, but yeah this is objectively true. We used to have laws regulating the news for a reason.

main focus here should be the word “influencers”

So, anyone: got it.