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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.

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 year ago

Its always to protect kids when privacy and freedom is cut away...

I hate kids.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

I don't hate kids, but instead those that use them as props. They don't even want to protect them from the right things.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As somebody who has been used as a prop when I was a kid or in retrospect to when I was a kid I very much agree. People who use children as props for these types of arguments are disgusting and despicable people, it is incredibly dehumanizing and demeaning to use somebody who can't stand up for themselves as a prop to win your own stupid argument.

It's never the kid's fault in it though, you shouldn't blame them personally, the people who claim to be helping them are actually hurting them by attempting to use them to further a narrative.

[-] Ebsku@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago

Proctecting kids is only an excuse they don't even protect them

[-] SevFTW@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

Except when you try to protect them from having a closed casket funeral because their bullet riddled bodies can only be identified by their sneakers

[-] motorheadkusanagi@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

Protect them by making them smarter, not by stripping away our constitutional rights.

[-] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

but education is bad for those in power. so are your rights.

[-] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

weird how those who keep claiming “protect the kids!” really just want to control everything you do and spy on you. and then they keep getting busted for things like pedophelia, child molestation, chid sex trafficking, and possessing child porn?

weird, huh?

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Well they're experts on everything awful, and they project that everyone else is doing it too. The law isn't enforced on them, so it's alright.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

~~The U.S. Government~~ Conservatives Want to Control Online Speech to "Protect Kids"

FIFY

[-] buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago

A Bipartisan Coalition of Conservatives (Democrats) and Fascists (Republicans) Want to Control Online Speech to "Protect Kids"

[-] blackbird@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

Yep, UK are trying to do the same, also Conservatives! 👎

[-] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

If they wanted to protect kids they’d have a long list of better options.

Gun control Better funding for education Mental health services Improvements to adoption/foster care systems

The list goes on. We’ve been shown the government only cares about kids until they’re born. So until those things are fixed, I’m going to assume it’s not really about the kids, and more about stripping our rights away.

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

and I want to know your credit card details to check for data leaks #trustMe

[-] glockenspiel@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It is always Blumenthal behind these anti-internet and anti-free speech bills. Always. He was behind the last few attempts under other names as well.

[-] DrGunjah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

EU trying to kill E2E encryption for citizens while explicitly excluding companies and politicians is not exactly better. To protect the kids, of course.

[-] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Seems like the powerful and wealthy are done with letting us plebs having a go at this new medium. Can't let regular people influence society can they?

[-] Daaric@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

"Can you tell in one sentence or less, why is America the greatest country in the world?"

[-] Marxine@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

"It's got, huuuu(5 minutes pass)uuuuhhhh, MUH FREEDOM"

[-] Pointtwogo@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

im scared of this (I'm 14 and live in US)

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