"If lawmakers picture under-13 social media use as a bunch of kids lying about their age and sneaking onto apps behind their parents’ backs, they’ve got it wrong. Serious studies that have looked at this all find the opposite: most under-13 use is out in the open, with parents’ knowledge, and often with their direct help."

#JoeMullin, 2026

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/congress-wants-hand-your-parenting-big-tech

Supporters of #B416 need to read this.

#SocialMedia #EFF

Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting to Big Tech

Lawmakers in Washington are once again focusing on kids, screens, and mental health. But according to Congress, Big Tech is somehow both the problem and the solution. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing today on “examining the effect of technology on America’s youth.” Witnesses warned...

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From #JoeMullin at @eff: "KOSA [Kids Online Safety Act] has so much bipartisan support is because both #Democrats and #Republicans are in favor of censoring opposing viewpoints and are 'assuming the censorship will go their way.'"
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/18/more-people-realizing-kosa-is-a-1st-amendment-nightmare/

#Censorship #FirstAmendment #KOSA #USPolitics

More People Realizing KOSA Is A 1st Amendment Nightmare

We’ve covered the many problems of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) for years now (this is the second Congress it has been introduced in), and it appears that more and more people are realizing th…

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