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HLMenckenFan to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids”

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The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids”

www.eff.org

HLMenckenFan to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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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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  • @randon31415@lemmy.world
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    60•2 years ago

    Not the US government, republicans and one random house dem that seems to hate technology.

    • @knyuqlr@lemmy.world
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      42•2 years ago

      The bill has 21 Democrats as cosponsors (22 Republicans). Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1409/cosponsors

      • @Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
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        21•2 years ago

        oMg boTh sIdeS aRe nOt tHe sAmE… except for when it comes to eroding freedoms

    • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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      13•2 years ago

      Not the US government, republicans and one random house dem that seems to hate technology.

      Whose the Dem?

      • @RustyShackleford@lemmy.world
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        12•2 years ago

        Blumenthal, of course.

        • @Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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          2•2 years ago

          Why do say of course?

          • MiscreantMouse
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            He’s always the one giving a ‘bipartisan’ veneer to these awful bills. Here’s one trying to end encryption, which he co-sponsored with Lindsey Graham

            • @Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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              1•2 years ago

              WTF then he isn’t a Democrat if he co authoring bills with Graham.

        • @Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
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          12•2 years ago

          What about the other 20?

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