KOSA and other Bad Internet Bills (US-specific for now)

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Red alert! For the last six months, EFF, Fight for the Future, ACLU, Woodhull Foundation, and dozens of other groups have been sounding the alarm about several #BadInternetBills that have been put forward in Congress. We’ve made it clear that these bills are terrible ideas, but Congress is now considering packaging them together—possibly into must-pass legislation. We're organizing to keep them from sneaking these bad internet bills through.

This community is for news stories, opinion pieces, and action links about these bad internet bills. Please help get the word out!

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Icon originally from Why we need to openly protest KOSA on Five Nights at Freddy's Wiki, used by permission.

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KOSA isn’t designed to help kids. (zephoria.medium.com)

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An excellent article by danah boyd -- about bad internet bills in general, not just KOSA. Some of danah's key points:

These “safety” bills are based on a faulty understanding of children’s mental health.
Bills like KOSA are predicated on the same technological solutionism that makes the logics of the tech industry so infuriating.
Children are dying. They’re in crisis. And we’re not providing them with the support they most need.
Many aspects of the tech industry are toxic. It’s politically prudent to use children. But it doesn’t help children and it doesn’t address the core issues in tech.

If you're in the US, https://stopkosa.com and EFF's page make it easy to contact your Senators and ask them to oppose #KOSA.

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