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1. Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 03:09:24 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

   REDALERT: The Senate is likely to vote on the Kids Online Safety Act (#KOSA) this week. This internet censorship bill will impact everyone who uses social media. Tell your representatives to vote no today. #THREAD https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/congress-amended-kosa-its-still-censorship-bill

   • Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 03:09:51 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

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     We heard from thousands of young people who don’t support KOSA: it will censor the internet but won't help them. Here's how KOSA is likely to harm young people, in their own words.
     https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/thousands-young-people-told-us-why-kids-online-safety-act-will-be-harmful-minors

   • Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 03:10:13 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

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     We’ve analyzed KOSA at length. Our analysis on KOSA’s potential harmful consequences is based on our history of watching internet regulations harm marginalized communities and voices. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/analyzing-kosas-constitutional-problems-depth

   • Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 03:11:13 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

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     “Paradoxically, what KOSA does is it removes the ability for teens and children to find information when they are experiencing the very sort of health problems and other problems that KOSA is trying to address,” EFF’s Aaron Mackey told NPR. https://www.npr.org/2024/02/18/1232301930/how-tech-companies-would-be-affected-by-the-kids-online-safety-act

   • Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 09:25:52 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

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     KOSA would let government decide what information can be shared online, would still require websites, apps & platforms to filter & block legal speech, and probably would still result in age verification requirements, EFF’s Jason Kelley told The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24073878/kids-online-safety-act-new-senate-support

   • Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 09:26:19 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

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     We must recognize and fight legislation like KOSA that’s pushing us to cede our power, privacy, and control over our health care and free expression, EFF’s Erica Portnoy writes in The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/voices/erica-portnoy-upholding-privacy

   • Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 01:52:09 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

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     “KOSA is ambiguous enough that different administrations could censor content all along the political spectrum, from guns to vaccines to transgender issues to abortions,” EFF’s
     India McKinney told The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/23/24204702/kosa-quick-vote-senate-floor-schumer-blumenthal-blackburn

   • The Gym Nerd (thegymnerd@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 04:10:45 JST The Gym Nerd

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     @eff the thing with online age verification is, that it's almost always designed as online identification and almost never intended to protect children.