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The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids” (www.eff.org)

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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...

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[-] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago

Its always to protect kids when privacy and freedom is cut away...

I hate kids.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Except when you try to protect them from having a closed casket funeral because their bullet riddled bodies can only be identified by their sneakers

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