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

submitted 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago

Yeah really. Think of the children!!!!

[-] lemzinger75@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months 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.

[-] LiesSlander@beehaw.org 13 points 11 months ago

I get that the EFF has to say this bill has "laudable goals" for political reasons, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Protecting children is a typical excuse for broad expansion of State power, and this is no different. Don't be fooled, and remember it's the democrats who are trying to push this through. Both major political parties in the US are enemies to personal autonomy, one is just more subtle about it. Liberation will never come from within the ruling power structure.

[-] SoManyChoices@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago

Mostly, the “laudable goals” language is to shut down the think of the children argument because everyone knows this isn’t really about that.

If they started off denigrating the bill without acknowledging the stated intent, you end up with the nonsense of my favorite radio commercial of the moment. I don’t even remember what it’s for but the following exchange cracks me up.

A: Think of the children.

B: The children aren’t what’s important right now.

A: Fine. Forget the children.

B: No. That’s worse.

….

[-] UsernameLost@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

As usual, the title of the bill has absolutely nothing to do with the contents of it.

this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023

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