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They're trying to ban posting about abortion online

2025/5/15
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Power User with Taylor Lorenz

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通过深入探讨互联网文化和政治,Taylor Lorenz 为听众提供了对在线世界的深刻分析。
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Taylor Lorenz: 我认为政府对网络言论的审查非常可怕,它不仅危及公众获取重要的医疗保健信息,更侵犯了我们自由表达的权利。德克萨斯州提出的HB5510法案尤其令人担忧,它试图将在线讨论堕胎定为犯罪,这意味着仅仅在社交媒体上分享关于堕胎药的信息或表达对生殖权利的支持,就可能面临巨额罚款甚至逮捕。这项法律的影响范围极广,它不仅针对个人言论,还试图控制整个互联网上关于堕胎的讨论,这无疑是对言论自由的严重威胁。我们需要警惕这种审查制度的蔓延,并积极采取行动来保护我们在线表达的权利。 Jennifer Pintsoff: 作为电子前沿基金会(EFF)的律师,我深感德克萨斯州HB5510法案对数字公民自由的威胁。这项法案试图通过限制甚至禁止在线分享关于堕胎的信息,来达到阻止人们获取堕胎服务的目的。它不仅针对发布信息的个人,还包括社交媒体平台、网站托管服务等所有相关实体,这使得任何与在线堕胎信息相关联的人都可能面临法律诉讼的风险。更令人担忧的是,该法案采用了“赏金法”的模式,鼓励私人公民互相举报,并对举报成功者给予高额奖励,这无疑加剧了社会的分裂和不信任感。这项法律不仅侵犯了言论自由,还对司法体系构成了挑战,因为它试图阻止法院对该法案的合宪性进行审查。我们必须认识到,这项法律的影响远不止于德克萨斯州,它可能成为其他州甚至联邦政府效仿的蓝本,从而对整个国家的言论自由造成威胁。

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Texas's HB 5510 is a dangerous bill that seeks to criminalize speech about abortion online. It works as a bounty law, allowing private citizens to sue anyone who posts or shares information about abortion online for $100,000 per violation. This will likely lead to self-censorship and restrict access to vital healthcare information.
  • HB 5510 is a bounty law with a minimum penalty of $100,000 per violation
  • It targets not only individuals but also online platforms and service providers
  • The law's broad scope chills speech and incentivizes over-censorship

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Imagine messaging a friend on Snapchat about how to get abortion pills, or tweeting about reproductive rights and getting fined hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's only part of what a proposed law in Texas that seeks to criminalize discussing abortion online aims to do. It's called HB5510, and it would essentially criminalize speech about abortion in emails, on websites, in social media posts, and even private messages.

Jennifer Pinsof senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non profit that fights for digital civil liberties, and she's been tracking the proposed law. She joined me to talk about) how the law will work, why other states might try to replicate it, and how this will affect you even if you don’t live in Texas. 

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Jessica Valenti's piece on the law's other dangers that we mentioned in this episode is here: https://jessica.substack.com/p/texas-sb-2880-abortion-travel

If you’ve had your abortion-related content taken down, shadow-banned, or otherwise suppressed by Big Tech platforms, tell us your story here: https://www.eff.org/pages/stop-censoring-abortion

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For more information on EFF’s work, visit EFF.orgFor digital security and privacy tips for those seeking or providing an abortion, visit https://www.eff.org/issues/reproductive-rights