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»How the puts us all at risk: are spreading from states to Congress, and the future of online speech could hang in the balance.« platformer.news/p/how-the-kids

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Help to stop the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA):

act.eff.org/action/tell-congre

“We don’t live in a country where there is a consensus about what is harmful to children, so how could the government determine what’s appropriate for every kid?”

Hat tip:
@parkermolloy

Op-ed:
teenvogue.com/story/kids-onlin

#lgbtq #kidsonlinesafetyact #censorship #privacy #legislation #congress #activism #kosa

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sowth :debian: · @sowth
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What does everyone think of ?

Section 9 seems interesting. They want to create an online age verification system.

Text - S.1409 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Kids Online Safety Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress congress.gov/bill/118th-congre

#kidsonlinesafetyact #kosa

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They are taking a "consumer protection" angle to this.

It appears that they wish to make providers liable for the actions of others online. It isn't clear to me what reasonable steps they would like someone to take to meet a duty of care.

#kidsonlinesafetyact #section230

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RT @evan_greer
THREAD: There has been a fair amount of discussion about how, even with the changes, the (or ) would be weaponized against LGBTQ+ folks & especially queer and trans youth.

But there's another huge problem with the bill: it would censor abortion content.

#kidsonlinesafetyact #kosa

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teresawprice · @teresawprice
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RT @evan_greer@twitter.com

THREAD: There has been a fair amount of discussion about how, even with the changes, the (or ) would be weaponized against LGBTQ+ folks & especially queer and trans youth.

But there's another huge problem with the bill: it would censor abortion content.

🐦🔗: twitter.com/evan_greer/status/

#kidsonlinesafetyact #KOSA

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Evan Greer 🏳️‍⚧️ · @evangreer
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Sorry to link to the but I did a long thread there about how (the deeply misguided ) is a major threat to online access to information, fundraising and organizing.

Congressional leaders are deciding like RIGHT NOW what bills go into the package. Anyone who can please reach out to oppose and support actually good bills like , , and .

twitter.com/evan_greer/status/

#ADPPA #AICOA #OAMA #omnibus #abortion #kidsonlinesafetyact #KOSA #birdsite

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