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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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[-] motorheadkusanagi@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

Protect them by making them smarter, not by stripping away our constitutional rights.

[-] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

but education is bad for those in power. so are your rights.

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