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- bad_internet_bills@lemmy.sdf.org
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- bad_internet_bills@lemmy.sdf.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/20332183
Fight for the Future writes:
“The controversial and unconstitutional Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is officially dead in the House of Representatives. Reporting indicates that there was significant opposition to the bill within the Republican caucus, and it faced vocal opposition from prominent progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep Maxwell Frost (D-FL).”
Evan Greer:
"KOSA was a poorly written bill that would have made kids less safe. I am so proud of the LGBTQ youth and frontlines advocates who have led the opposition to this dangerous and misguided legislation. It’s good that this unconstitutional censorship bill is dead for now, but I am not breathing a sigh of relief. It’s infuriating that Congress wasted so much time and energy on a deeply flawed and controversial bill while failing to advance real measures to address the harms of Big Tech like privacy, antitrust and algorithmic justice legislation. "
Thanks to everybody who took action ove the last year to stop this bill!
I’m gonna go out on a limb and go with “Can’t give Democrats anything that looks like a conservative win” for $500 Alex.
That and good old reactive contrarianism. Dems say yes, we say no.
Then why did they support it in the Senate?
Cause Senators are generally less reactionary than the house. They can usually afford to play a long game that House members can’t.