Young People Should Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act
www.eff.org
Next week, Congress plans to move a bill forward that is opposed by dozens of organizations, digital rights protectors, LGBTQ+ activists, and human rights defenders: the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). As we’ve written before, KOSA would lead to censorship and privacy invasions for all social media...

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:

  1. Cross-post this link to communities and magazines where it’s on-topic
  2. Upvote and share the other links in !bad_internet_bills@lemmy.sdf.org
  3. If you’re on Mastodon, check out the #KOSA hashtag and boost the posts you see there
  4. Tell your friends on other social networks as well.
  • PenguinJuice@kbin.social
    37·
    1 year ago

    Any time I hear “kids online” or “kids safety act” I immediately know it’s vile ass shit being pushed through.

    • zinger@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year 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.