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Stop KOSA. Why the KOSA Bill is Dangerous and Should be Rejected (www.stopkosa.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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KOSA is a bill that aims to protect children online but it would do so in harmful ways. First, it would pressure platforms to install content filters that would censor large amounts of content, including important suicide prevention and LGBTQ+ support resources. Content filters have a history of overblocking important information. Second, KOSA would ramp up online surveillance of all users by expanding age verification and parental monitoring tools. These tools are unnecessarily invasive and pose risks to young people trying to escape abuse. Over 90 rights groups agree that KOSA is dangerous and cannot be fixed through amendments. If you value a free and open internet, contact your lawmakers to reject KOSA.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I was online as a child. It's normal. Get used to it. Quit trying to break the Internet over it. Kids aren't delicate little flowers. No one's head exploded over seeing Lenna's nipple. (Not their big head, anyway…)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was, too, but agree with me or disagree, the intern back then wasn't as bad as it is right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe so, but that's not because of the availability of porn, gore, or shady characters to chat with, all of which were already plentiful in the '90s. It's because of things like money-sucking video games targeted at kids, and unless I'm mistaken, KOSA does exactly diddly squat about it.