Yoko's Asterisk 🏳️‍⚧Sep 3, 2023

This is legit scary. Marsha Blackburn is openly admitting that her bill KOSA will be used to drive trans people off the internet.

But Democrats are lining up to support it, and LGBTQIA+ orgs have dropped their opposition. WTF WTF WTF

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/senator-admits-kids-online-safety?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=994764&post_id=136690186&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Senator Admits "Kids Online Safety Act" Will Target Trans Content Online

The lead sponsor of the "Kids Online Safety Act," known as KOSA, has stated that it will be used to "protect minor children from the transgender in our culture" in an interview released this weekend.

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Show threadYoko's Asterisk 🏳️‍⚧
PS: If you're going to call or write your reps, I would focus heavily on the enforcement mechanism of this bill. It would allow the attorney general of *every single state* to sue over any content they have reason to believe harms kids. This is an open invitation to censorship.
Sep 3, 2023 at 6:41pmWeb
Show threadYoko's Asterisk 🏳️‍⚧Sep 3, 2023

PPS: I wrote a very detailed analysis of the bill here:

https://buttondown.email/charliejane/archive/the-internet-is-about-to-get-a-lot-worse/

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...

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Show threadKay Ohtie 🔜 FWASep 3, 2023
@charliejane This seems like a bill that's incredibly easy to make GOP lawmakers uneasy about by nudging with "what if the AG thinks _your_ content is inappropriate to kids?" Spin it into censorship against them; it's broad enough that it SEEMS like that's an easy stroke when writing or calling even reps in a GOP-owned state.
Show threadRiley S. FaelanSep 3, 2023

@KayOhtie Tell them that a California AG might one day, out of the blue, start thinking that a website promoting gun ownership might cause the mental health problem of wanting guns too eagerly among children.

@charliejane

Show threadKay Ohtie 🔜 FWASep 3, 2023
@riley @charliejane One hopes. It seems like the best case to make in an R-controlled state to lawmakers for right now, fuck
Show threadDavid ConradSep 3, 2023
@charliejane In addition to the other red states you list, I would be concerned about how Kris Kobach, Kansas AG, would use the bill. He's almost as bad as Paxton in my opinion.
Show threadHowToPhil (Phillip R)Sep 3, 2023
@charliejane This could kill ALL adult content online. Even the people who don't care about others, if they like reading smut, they better speak up too
Show threadJoshua A.C. NewmanSep 3, 2023
@charliejane Thank you. I was having a hard time figuring out what to address.
Show threadTormod HalvorsenSep 4, 2023

@charliejane @inthehands

"any content they have reason to believe harm kids" 😧

Not exactly a narrow, legal definition.

Probably no guidelines set about what scientific evidence need to be considered for their "reason" to be valid either.

Straight up fascist cruelty.