“This bill is not about privacy, because it will put private data at risk.

This bill is not about kids’ safety, because it will put their safety at risk.

It is not about parental oversight, because it takes those issues out of the hands of parents.

It is not about helping kids, because it’s going to shield kids from useful information that has literally saved lives.

The Republicans seem to know all this and are embracing it for these reasons. Which leaves a big question open: why are the Democrats supporting it at all?”

The Kids Online Safety Act does nothing to protect kids, and everything to inject the watchful eye of the government further into our lives. When are voters going to stop falling for the same two tricks? None of these bills have anything to do with kids or terrorism. They're all about enabling fascism.

well looks like this is going to get pretty bad...How is it the responsibility of platforms to take care of your children for you? It's not school, it's not daycare, it's the internet. Does the electric company have some moral or legal obligation to keep your children from jamming a fork in the outlet? Does a public beach need staff on hand to keep children from digging dangerously large sand tunnels that could collapse? Is it up to the water company to provide your child with special means of not flooding your basement? If we need this for some reason, why don't we need to force manufacturers to create cars that won't start for under-16's, windows in high buildings that you have to be 18 to open, or headphones that won't get too loud unless you enter your date of birth? This is some Footloose-level bullshit and I just do not get it I guess.

This is so dangerous. Why is he doing this?

isn't this the one where they want to make you upload your drivers license to Facebook

It's almost like democrats are perfectly happy throwing queer people to the wolves.

Both sides of Congress have been saying for years now they are going to regulate big tech. This is one of the few things politicians have bipartisan agreeance on.

Here is the link to the bill text on Congress.gov

More like one is a forest fire and one is a lava flow. Yeah, they're on different levels, but neither of them are livable

Why do politicians have to be such idiots. Rhetorical question, obviously.

If you're in the US, here's a link to contact your Senators. https://www.stopkosa.com/

(3) COVERED PLATFORM.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term “covered platform” means a social media service, social network, online video game (including educational games), messaging application, video streaming service, or an online platform that connects to the internet and that is used, or is reasonably likely to be used, by a minor.

SEC. 3. Duty of care.

(a) Prevention of harm to minors.—A covered platform shall act in the best interests of a user that the platform knows or reasonably should know is a minor by taking reasonable measures in its design and operation of products and services to prevent and mitigate the following:

(1) Consistent with evidence-informed medical information, the following mental health disorders: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and suicidal behaviors.

(6) Predatory, unfair, or deceptive marketing practices, or other financial harms.

Facebook is dead.

SEC. 4. Safeguards for minors.

(a) Safeguards for minors.—

(1) SAFEGUARDS.—A covered platform shall provide an individual that the covered platform knows or reasonably should know is a minor with readily accessible and easy-to-use safeguards to, as applicable—

(A) limit the ability of other individuals to communicate with the minor;

(B) prevent other users, whether registered or not, from viewing the minor’s personal data collected by or shared on the covered platform, in particular restricting public access to personal data;

(C) limit features that increase, sustain, or extend use of the covered platform by the minor, such as automatic playing of media, rewards for time spent on the platform, notifications, and other features that result in compulsive usage of the covered platform by the minor;

(D) control personalized recommendation systems, including the right to—

(i) opt out of such personalized recommendation systems, while still allowing the display of content based on a chronological format; or

(ii) limit types or categories of recommendations from such systems; and

(E) restrict the sharing of the geolocation of the minor and provide notice regarding the tracking of the minor’s geolocation.

If they enacted Sec 4 for adults as well, I'd consider using Facebook again.

But y'know, 'muh harm reduction'.

And people wonder why other people still call him "Sleepy Joe", albeit not out in the open at least 🤷‍♀️

It's almost like democrats are perfectly happy throwing queer people to the wolves.