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...

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…

  • Kungolicious@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 years 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.

  • DrGunjah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years 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.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years 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.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

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

  • glockenspiel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years 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.