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The Internet Is About to Get a Lot Worse (US focused) (buttondown.email)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Charlie Jane Anders discusses KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act).

If you're in the US, https://www.stopkosa.com/ makes it easy to contact your Senators and ask them to oppose KOSA.

"A new bill called the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, is sailing towards passage in the Senate with bipartisa>n support. Among other things, this bill would give the attorney general of every state, including red states, the right to sue Internet platforms if they allow any content that is deemed harmful to minors. This clause is so vaguely defined that attorneys general can absolutely claim that queer content violates it — and they don't even need to win these lawsuits in order to prevail. They might not even need to file a lawsuit, in fact. The mere threat of an expensive, grueling legal battle will be enough to make almost every Internet platform begin to scrub anything related to queer people.

The right wing Heritage Foundation has already stated publicly that the GOP will use this provision to remove any discussions of trans or queer lives from the Internet. They're salivating over the prospect.

And yep, I did say this bill has bipartisan support. Many Democrats have already signed on as co-sponsors. And President Joe Biden has urged lawmakers to pass this bill in the strongest possible terms."

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

This is exactly the bullshit policy Biden sticks his dick into everytime. I really don't want to hate the guy but what a fucking idiot.

Biden being anything but conservative lite is just the fucking truth.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

From my outside perspective the whole democratic party is conservative lite.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Oh it's pretty obvious with an internal perspective too as long as you don't fall for their propaganda about being to the left and instead look at their policies

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's because of what they named the bill I reckon but it's still bullshit like "citizens united" or "the patriot act" aka not what the bills intent is

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Did Biden introduce this bill or vote on it?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Vocalized support in favor of it and asked for it to be passed, so it seems. About as far as he can go until it's on his desk, so it's understandable to expect he would sign it if it does.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Biden is the President, head of the executive branch and does not have the power to introduce bills or vote on them.

He can only sign the bill into law or veto the bill.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Looks like he's in full support

"Republicans and Democrats, Unite Against Big Tech Abuses Congress can find common ground on the protection of privacy, competition and American children."

"By Joe Biden"

In the Wall Street journal

https://www.wsj.com/articles/unite-against-big-tech-abuses-social-media-privacy-competition-antitrust-children-algorithm-11673439411?page=1

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Well if it becomes law then he will have. Do you have reason to think he will veto?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

He's a corporate piece of shit. I have to vote for him every time but he's absolutely on the wrong side and if America burns I will consider him like Nero having done nothing but played his fiddle to the tune of the screams of his constituents as he refuses to change things that might upset his benefactors.

Truly a waste of a presidency and a failure of those in power to try and make things better instead of hiding and playing passive line holders to fascists at the gate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is what gets me about conservatives trying to shit on Biden and expecting a rise out of us. Motherfuckers, we know he's mid lmao. Better than the alternative though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Some of my last days on reddit every bad thing I said about Biden triggered some dem true believer to tell me how actually Biden is the most progressive president in history. I get they don't want to acknowledge bidens conservative leaning in fear it might hurt him at the polls. What they dont realize for every one person you're telling don't believe your own eyes you're maybe only keeping one person from straying from party line. But that person you just showed the dems true colors to, for them, you've tainted the party forever.