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Young People Should Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act (US-specific) (www.eff.org)

submitted 1 year ago by jdp23@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/1163015

EFF writes:

KOSA has laudable goals, but it also presents significant unintended consequences that threaten the privacy, safety, and access to information rights of young people and adults alike. Teenagers already understand that this sweeping legislation is more about censorship than safety. Now we just need to make sure Congress does, as well.

Take action! If you're in the US, Use EFF's page to Tell Congress: KOSA Will Censor the Internet But Won't Help Kids

And please help get the word out! Four ways to hep:

Cross-post this link to communities and magazines where it's on-topic

Upvote and share the other links in !bad_internet_bills@lemmy.sdf.org

If you're on Mastodon, check out the #KOSA hashtag and boost the posts you see there

Tell your friends on other social networks as well.

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[-] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago

Any time I hear "kids online" or "kids safety act" I immediately know it's vile ass shit being pushed through.

[-] jdp23@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah really. Think of the children!!!!

[-] lemzinger75@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No doubt - these bill names are chosen deliberately to not only deceive the public about the intentions, but also elicit an emotional reaction by those who read it. It's absolutely sickening.

this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023

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