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The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids” (www.eff.org)
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The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids”::The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that allows for a wide range of government penalties for online speech, could soon be passed by Congress. If that happens, the access we have to information may be forever changed. KOSA will make state prosecutors and federal bureaucrats the final arbiters...

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[–] DrGunjah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EU trying to kill E2E encryption for citizens while explicitly excluding companies and politicians is not exactly better. To protect the kids, of course.

[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Seems like the powerful and wealthy are done with letting us plebs having a go at this new medium. Can't let regular people influence society can they?