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title: "# "Lawmakers in Congress are under fire from digital rights…"
date: 2020-12-22
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# # "Lawmakers in Congress are under fire from digital rights…

*December 22, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/21/atrocious-congress-crams-language-criminalize-online-streaming-meme-sharing-5500](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/21/atrocious-congress-crams-language-criminalize-online-streaming-meme-sharing-5500){target="_blank"}\#
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\"Lawmakers in Congress are under fire from digital rights campaigners for embedding three controversial changes to online copyright and trademark laws into the must-pass \$2.3 trillion legislative package---which includes a \$1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and a \$900 billion Covid-19 relief bill---that could receive floor votes in the House and Senate as early as Monday evening.\
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The punitive provisions crammed into the enormous bill (pdf), warned Evan Greer of the digital rights group Fight for the Future, \"threaten ordinary Internet users with up to \$30,000 in fines for engaging in everyday activity such as downloading an image and re-uploading it\... \[or\] sharing memes.\"\"\
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[https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/21/atrocious-congress-crams-language-criminalize-online-streaming-meme-sharing-5500](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/21/atrocious-congress-crams-language-criminalize-online-streaming-meme-sharing-5500){target="_blank"}\#
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