The list of "myths" Sen. Tillis released to accompany the bill stands out to us. In particular, Tillis lists the concern that it is a "filtering mandate that will chill free speech and harm users" as a myth, and he cites the existence of CC's metadata as support for his position.
Creative Commons is strongly opposed to mandatory content filtering measures. And we particularly object to having our work and our name used to imply support for a measure that undermines free expression which CC seeks to protect....
Limitations and exceptions are a crucial feature of a copyright system that truly serves the public, and filter mandates fail to respect them. Because of this, licensing metadata should not be used as a mandatory upload filter-and especially not CC license data. We do not support or endorse the measures in this bill, and we object to having our name used to imply otherwise.
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