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I know it's usually an excuse to pass surveillance legislation but I don't see how this bill even remotely promotes that. As far as I can see, it ensures platforms don't push algorithmic manipulation on kids and it requires platforms to offer better default privacy settings for kids' accounts.
Meanwhile the EFF and ACLU (usual suspects) are pushing a garbage narrative of baseless excuses. One has to wonder about their reasoning.
I trust the reliable and reputable experts of laws of EFF (literally founded to protect digital freedoms) and the ACLU (literally founded to protect the liberties that America tries to stop) then some random person thinking more laws is better.
The ACLU has always been a joke. As for the EFF, I used to like them but they've been playing partisan politics lately and no longer focus on privacy and digital rights. Much like Mozilla, they've become some pseudo-NGO and that makes their opinions completely worthless.