The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online.::Congress has resurrected the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that would increase surveillance and restrict access to information in the name of protecting children online. KOSA was introduced in 2022 but failed to gain traction, and today its authors, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and…

    • ilmagico@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      13
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Not sure if I understand your comment, or if it’s sarcasm … but did you forget you were once a kid? Were you a danger? Edit: instead of downvoting could you please explain what you mean? I truly don’t understand the comment

      • Cethin
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        16
        ·
        1 year ago

        People using “won’t someone please think of the children” arguments causes our rights to become restricted. The comment is a joke about this.

        • ilmagico@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          8
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          Thank you! Unfortunately I’ve seen enough people unironically saying stuff like this, that I can never be sure anymore