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The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online.

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The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online. - Lemmy.world

The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online.::Congress has resurrected the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that would increase surveillance and restrict access to information in the name of protecting children online. KOSA was introduced in 2022 but failed to gain traction, and today its authors, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and…

Aug 27, 2023 at 10:00amWeb
Show threadCookieJarObserverAug 27, 2023
Kids in general are a danger to our rights.
Show threadilmagicoAug 27, 2023
Not sure if I understand your comment, or if it’s sarcasm … but did you forget you were once a kid? Were you a danger?
Show threadultimate_questionAug 27, 2023
It’s a joke
Show threadCethinAug 27, 2023
People using “won’t someone please think of the children” arguments causes our rights to become restricted. The comment is a joke about this.
Show threadilmagicoAug 27, 2023
Thank you! Unfortunately I’ve seen enough people actually thinking this way without joking, that I can never be sure anymore
Show threadTheOSINTguyAug 27, 2023
If this passes I could see Tor usage and VPN uses rising. Not to also mention something like this would be hard to enforce and would face some backlash.
Show threaddemletAug 27, 2023
They plan to make VPNs illegal.
Show threadDarkDiamondKAug 27, 2023
I already said the internet seven seas, I don’t mind breaking another law
Show threadinfyrinAug 27, 2023
At this point, everyone is breaking the law online already. It’s just a matter of the level.
Show threadSteeveAug 27, 2023
I once pretended to be over 18 on a… website
Show threadilmagicoAug 27, 2023
Is that actually in the bill, or are you just saying this could be the next move?
Show threaddemletAug 27, 2023
More like a next move. If I remember correctly, there was language in the TikTok bill a while back that would have effectively made using a VPN illegal. Maybe I’m misremembering that. I have no doubt there are people who want to make it happen.
Show threadPetter1Aug 27, 2023
Companies relay on VPN to allow remote work while protecting their IP. But maybe it’s only about VPN to/from foreign servers.
Show threadMrHandAug 27, 2023
What makes you think they aren’t going to come after that too? The whole point is for elites to retain narrative control and bring the whole internet their grip so Donald Trump types never get elected again.
Show threadtwackAug 27, 2023

Donald trump was never elected by the people in the first place, and he abused a ridiculous system created to fluff up the power of states with comparatively few people living in them. When that didn’t work the second time around, he started a misinformation campaign and flat out attempted to undermine the democracy our nation is built upon in multiple ways.

Including him in your comment destroys your otherwise excellent point, because the Donald is exactly the type of person that would abuse this system to censor information he didn’t like.

Show threadBarterClubAug 27, 2023
Made an easy way to tell congress. resist.bot/petitions/PEOUQE
Concerns about KOSA: Protect Online Safety without Compromising Rights

Text SIGN PEOUQE to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Show threadSendMePhotosAug 27, 2023
What is this? Is it no longer change.org?
Show threadBarterClubAug 27, 2023
Change.org is a site to sing onto. This one sends your congress letters.
Show threaddemletAug 27, 2023
Save the puppies and kids!
Show threadEricHill78Aug 27, 2023
What ever happened to parental responsibility?
Show threadAagje_D_VogelAug 27, 2023
That’s in the hands of the schools now. /s
Show threadZeronAug 27, 2023
Nothing. Policy makers are just using their “think of the children” defense to constantly push more and more overreaching policy.
Show threadUriel238 [all pronouns]Aug 27, 2023

We gave up on parental responsibility when deregulation, deunionization and Reaganomics forced all adults into the workforce.

Now that we’ve driven families to dysfunction, even CWS is underbudgeted with an impacted caseload. So they’ll let child abuse slide so long as the kid’s not infested with lice and scabies.

Show threadHauiAug 27, 2023
This is so tragic but actually makes sense. happens all around the world as well.
Show threadUriel238 [all pronouns]Aug 27, 2023

Until we have free (tax-paid¹) school lunches and comprehensive child healthcare, until our kids are not commonly impoverished and skipping meals, I don’t buy into protect the children bills. The federal government wants to protect plutocrats and the established hierarchy, and has not two fucks to rub together to give regarding US children.

¹ Our taxes also pay for fields of unused tanks, laser planes, and active camouflage development all of which cost way more than comprensive child welfare programs ever could. And thats before we get into fossil fuel and automotive industry subsidizes. The federal government already is spending grocery money on Funko POP and pogs.

Show threadinfyrinAug 27, 2023

This will not do anything. Kids are typically dumb online, adventurous, but dumb online who’ll do dumb things in unpredictable fashions. It’s like putting all of those plug covers to make sure children don’t pull them off, except they will and do, prompting them to curiously stick a fork into the socket.

That senator is more concerned about what’s online for kids, than how Republicans are actively pushing kids to work jobs that are unsafe for them. Might want to re-evaluate your priorities, dude.

Don’t even get me started how kids have long been able to lie about their age online to get to adulterated content.

Show threadskymtfAug 28, 2023
Whenever the feds say “protect the children” I know they are lying. This bill is dangerous and a danger to multiple communities. If it passes ID checks will become a thing, and guess what. ID checks will likely use Web Environment Integrity to verify if your OS is “secure” before allowing you to scan your ID. This bill is a fuck you to adults, Linux users, and queer people!