https://act.eff.org/action/call-congress-to-stop-kosa
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would censor the internet and would make government officials the arbiters of what young people can see online. It will likely lead to age verification, handing more power, and private data, to third-party identity verification companies like Clear or ID.me. The government should not have the power to decide what topics are "safe" online for young people, and to force services to remove and block access to anything that might be considered unsafe for children. This isn’t safety—it’s censorship.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/federal-oversight-board-recommends-reforms-section-702-fisa-protect
Says federal agents should have to obtain approval from a judge to search data for an American’s communications.
https://www.them.us/story/parents-of-trans-kids-letter-kids-online-safety-act
The letter pleads for Congress to abandon the "deeply flawed" Kids Online Safety Act.
https://www.them.us/story/parents-of-trans-kids-letter-kids-online-safety-act
The letter pleads for Congress to abandon the "deeply flawed" Kids Online Safety Act.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/senator-appears-suggest-bipartisan-bill-will-censor-transgender-conten-rcna103479
The Kids Online Safety Act, aimed at protecting children from harmful online content, has been endorsed by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, as well as by President Joe Biden.
https://mashable.com/article/kids-online-safety-act-would-target-trans-content-says-marsha-blackburn
"There's this giant censorship machine that also is privacy invasive."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/protecting-kids-social-media-act-terrible-alternative-kosa
While this bill is technically an alternative to the Kids Online Safety Act, it is a bad one. As we’ve said before, no one should have to hand over their driver’s license just to access free websites. Having to hand over that driver’s license to a government program doesn’t solve the problem. The world envisioned by the authors of this bill is one where everyone has less power to speak out and access information online, and we must oppose it.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/protecting-kids-social-media-act-terrible-alternative-kosa
While this bill is technically an alternative to the Kids Online Safety Act, it is a bad one. As we’ve said before, no one should have to hand over their driver’s license just to access free websites. Having to hand over that driver’s license to a government program doesn’t solve the problem. The world envisioned by the authors of this bill is one where everyone has less power to speak out and access information online, and we must oppose it.
https://buttondown.email/charliejane/archive/the-internet-is-about-to-get-a-lot-worse/
We've all watched in horror as red states have banned books in schools and libraries. We've seen teachers fired merely for reading a book about gender...
https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/kosa
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