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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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[–] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

weird how those who keep claiming “protect the kids!” really just want to control everything you do and spy on you. and then they keep getting busted for things like pedophelia, child molestation, chid sex trafficking, and possessing child porn?

weird, huh?

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Well they're experts on everything awful, and they project that everyone else is doing it too. The law isn't enforced on them, so it's alright.