The Heritage Foundation loves #KOSA and if your Senator does, you should yell at them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bj2B32R7Fk
#KOSA
"The latest version of KOSA states that the bill would require social media platforms to “remove addictive product features,” give parents more control and oversight of their kids’ social media, create a duty for platforms to mitigate content focused on topics like suicide and disordered eating, and require transparency from social media platforms to share the steps they’re taking to protect children.
Those who are in favor of the bill say it would hold platforms legally accountable if they host harmful content that minors should not view. Opponents said it could inadvertently affect sites that host LGBTQ content. They’re also concerned it could lead to more censorship online.
“Sponsors are claiming—again—that the latest version won’t censor online content. It isn’t true. This bill still sets up a censorship regime disguised as a ‘duty of care,’ and it will do what previous versions threatened: suppress lawful, important speech online, especially for young people,” Joe Mullin, senior policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said in a statement.
However, updates made to the bill help to make its reach less broad and remove attorneys’ general ability to prosecute platforms. It also makes more precise the harm it expects social media and other websites to protect against. This has led to some opponents of the bill changing their stance."
#USA #GOP #SocialMedia #ContentModeration #Censorship #KOSA #FreedomOfSpeech #Section230 #CDA #NannyState
EFF Warns of the Dangers of Internet Censorship Bill, KOSA
One of the ways that lawmakers are seeking to control speech online is through a US bill known as KOSA. EFF explains why it's bad.
https://www.freezenet.ca/eff-warns-of-the-dangers-of-internet-censorship-bill-kosa/
#Censorship #News #Apple #EFF #ElonMusk #Internet #KOSA #US #X
"OTI shares the goal of creating a safer internet for our youth, but KOSA continues to pose risks to free expression and privacy. The legislation augments the federal government’s power to limit access to information online and censor online speech. Specifically, the bill’s “duty of care” provision may incentivize platforms to over-moderate or otherwise suppress access to content that they think the FTC considers to contribute to a mental health disorder like anxiety or depression. This subjective category could cover an expansive range of content, including gun violence, LGBTQ communities, reproductive rights, racial justice, or particular political philosophies. Beyond incentivizing this kind of anticipatory self-censorship, KOSA would hand the FTC a legal tool to actively compel online platforms to shape speech, raising First Amendment and fundamental democratic concerns.
These concerns about chilling effects and enabling government-directed censorship apply to any administration. And they are not theoretical risks. On the contrary, these risks are now heightened, given this administration’s dramatic assault on the FTC’s independence, the effort to use the agency to advance an openly politicized agenda, and numerous efforts across the executive branch to expand surveillance and use federal agencies to punish disfavored speech."
#USA #KOSA #Censorship #Surveillance #ContentModeration #FTC #FirstAmendment #PoliceState
The Kids Online Safety Act Will Make The Internet Worse For Everyone
Don’t Let #Congress Decide What We’re Allowed to Read Online
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is back
To avoid liability, platforms will over-censor. When forums or support groups get deleted, it’s not just teens who lose access—we all do. #KOSA will also push services to adopt invasive #AgeVerification , handing private data to companies like Clear or ID.me.
Lawmakers should reject KOSA. Tell your Senators to vote NO.
#clear #IDme #privacy
https://act.eff.org/action/don-t-let-congress-decide-what-we-re-allowed-to-read-online
The Kids Online Safety Act Will Make the Internet Worse for Everyone
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/kids-online-safety-act-will-make-internet-worse-everyone
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/the-kids-online-safety-act-is-back-with-the-potential-to-change-the-internet/ The thing with a company like Apple "supporting" an awful unconstitutional censorship bill like this (even though they surely know it's bad and painful) is that #FreeSpeech #KOSA
KOSA is back! 🛡️ The Kids Online Safety Act could reshape the internet, aiming to protect children from online harm. Stricter content moderation & age verification may be coming.
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#KOSA #OnlineSafety #Parenting
The Electronic Frontier Foundation raised concerns to California lawmakers about some proposed online safety laws for kids.
They warned that things like age verification, parental controls, and content restrictions could actually harm young people's rights, especially their free speech.
Instead, the EFF recommends a strong privacy law that gives people more control over their data as a smarter, more effective solution.
The #Kids Online Safety Act Will Make the Internet Worse for Everyone
#kosa
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/kids-online-safety-act-will-make-internet-worse-everyone
#KOSA poses a threat to all users, including vulnerable young users, who rely on safe online spaces to access critical information free from government control.
New KOSA. Same text. More problems. The reintroduction of #KOSA threatens to undermine all users’ rights, including kids. Handing more power to this FTC will only make matters worse.
Fight for the Future maintains that #KOSA is a catastrophic attack on human rights. LGTBQ Nation highlights our director, @evangreer 's explanation as to why.
The Kids Online Safety Act is back, with the potential to change the internet
@openrightsgroup you cannot fix what's inherently broken!
#OSA, like #KOSA, #FOSTA & #SESTA before, is #cyberfacist bs and everyone in favour of it should be voted out of office!
Don't take my word for it.
Here's @mmasnick on WTF the Dems are thinking helping this administration unleash a major censorship machine.
US Senators have reintroduced #KOSA today and sadly I expect this to become law invevitably as it gained even more support (from Apple most notably) since it was stalled late last year.
Like I said, this would create more #censorship and chilling of #speech, especiially towards minorities and the marginalized.
https://www.theverge.com/news/666729/kids-online-safety-act-reintroduced
KOSA returns to the Senate, aiming to shield kids online. Updates address censorship concerns from groups like ACLU, and Apple is on board. But will the House pass it this time? #KOSA #OnlineSafety #TechPolicy
The Kids Online Safety Act, a bill imposing sweeping obligations on tech platforms to protect children that use them, has been revived in the Senate after a failed sprint to become law late last year. Read more at @theverge. #KOSA #OnlineSafety #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/Ukwyur
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