How the Kids Online Safety Act puts us all at risk (www.platformer.news)

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Anti-speech laws are spreading from states to Congress, and the future of online speech could hang in the balance

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[-] waspentalive@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

In the article one of the items of information was that the state would not be the one to enforce the law, that, instead this law gives citizens the ability to sue over a business's failure to comply. This takes a criminal offense with it's level of proof "To a reasonable doubt" and tries it in a civil court where the level of proof is lower. "a preponderance of evidence"

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