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@lemmy.sdf.orghttps://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://buttondown.email/charliejane/archive/the-internet-is-about-to-get-a-lot-worse/
https://reason.com/2023/08/09/a-ham-handed-bill-attacks-the-first-amendment-in-the-name-of-protecting-minors-from-online-harm/
The Kids Online Safety Act imposes a "duty of care" that would compromise anonymous speech and restrict access to constitutionally protected content.
It's now "KOSA and other Bad Internet BIlls", because it seems as if the focus is likely to be on KOSA.
And, I replaced the images so that they're not focused on the (late-July) week of action. The icon is from Why we need to openly protest KOSA on Five Nights at Freddy's Wiki, used by permission.
https://newrepublic.com/article/174786/republicans-fooling-democrats-kids-online-safety
A bill before Congress would help the far right advance its ideological war—but Democrats apparently haven’t noticed or don’t care.
https://newrepublic.com/article/174786/republicans-fooling-democrats-kids-online-safety
A bill before Congress would help the far right advance its ideological war—but Democrats apparently haven’t noticed or don’t care.
https://www.platformer.news/p/how-the-kids-online-safety-act-puts
Anti-speech laws are spreading from states to Congress, and the future of online speech could hang in the balance
https://www.platformer.news/p/how-the-kids-online-safety-act-puts
Anti-speech laws are spreading from states to Congress, and the future of online speech could hang in the balance
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/26/pass-it-pass-it-pass-it-pass-it-pass-it-the-president-says-about-a-bill-the-gop-says-will-be-useful-to-silence-lgbtq-voices/
Well, this is not surprising, but unfortunate. With the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to be debated in a Congressional hearing on Thursday, the White House had President Joe Biden come out and give…
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/ndaa-no-place-sweeping-internet-legislation-stop-csam-act
The STOP CSAM Act of 2023 would undermine services offering end-to-end encryption and push internet companies to take down lawful user speech. This dangerous bill would threaten security and free speech on the internet—but incredibly, it may pass Congress without even being seriously debated. Some lawmakers are seeking to attach this dangerous proposal to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the “must-pass” military budget bill.