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The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids”::The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that allows for a wide range of government penalties for online speech, could soon be passed by Congress. If that happens, the access we have to information may be forever changed. KOSA will make state prosecutors and federal bureaucrats the final arbiters...

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[-] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 83 points 1 year ago

I just love how America has become the political symbol for "the worst of both worlds". I just love living with no privacy with random freedoms infringed, and also where any random person could decide to gun me down in the street with no great difficulties.

[-] bappity@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Pretty funny how "the land of the free" is basically the opposite of what it claims to be.

[-] FreezerBurn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well, what’s even worse is the phrase “ The Land of the Free” isn’t free… it’s trademarked by a tofu or soy company. Go capitalism.

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