Texas Shooting Another Reason to Repeal Section 230 of Title 47 of the U.S. Code.
Uvalde gunman threatened rapes and school shootings on social media app Yubo in weeks leading up to the massacre, users say.
Multiple users reported him to no effect.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/27/us/yubo-app-salvador-ramos-threats-invs/index.html
Perhaps such platforms should be required to have a link to a new federal law enforcement agency as a means of reporting such threats, since it's been made apparent over and over that internet platforms aren't capable of doing that.
I said a "new federal law enforcement agency" because otherwise... well, do you really think the Uvalde police department would have followed-up in a timely fashion. They couldn't even go after the gunman for an hour AFTER they arrived at the scene.
Or the FBI? Look how they bungled 9/11.
We need a new department under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice whose mandate is to immediately follow-up on such threats. Not gather information for prosecution in the event a crime is later committed but to act upon information so as to PREVENT a crime from being committed.
And the laws need to be changed so that MAKING such threats is a crime that WILL be punished.
If the Uvalde gunman was reported and ARRESTED for making the rape and murder threats, 19 children and their two teachers would be alive today.
Multiple users reported him to no effect.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/27/us/yubo-app-salvador-ramos-threats-invs/index.html
Perhaps such platforms should be required to have a link to a new federal law enforcement agency as a means of reporting such threats, since it's been made apparent over and over that internet platforms aren't capable of doing that.
I said a "new federal law enforcement agency" because otherwise... well, do you really think the Uvalde police department would have followed-up in a timely fashion. They couldn't even go after the gunman for an hour AFTER they arrived at the scene.
Or the FBI? Look how they bungled 9/11.
We need a new department under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice whose mandate is to immediately follow-up on such threats. Not gather information for prosecution in the event a crime is later committed but to act upon information so as to PREVENT a crime from being committed.
And the laws need to be changed so that MAKING such threats is a crime that WILL be punished.
If the Uvalde gunman was reported and ARRESTED for making the rape and murder threats, 19 children and their two teachers would be alive today.
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