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schnurritoM to KOSA and other Bad Internet Bills (US-specific for now)@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 months ago

Americans, Be Warned: Lessons From Reddit’s Chaotic UK Age Verification Rollout

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Americans, Be Warned: Lessons From Reddit’s Chaotic UK Age Verification Rollout

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schnurritoM to KOSA and other Bad Internet Bills (US-specific for now)@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 months ago
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Age verification has officially arrived in the UK thanks to the Online Safety Act (OSA), a UK law requiring online platforms to check that all UK-based users are at least eighteen years old before allowing them to access broad categories of “harmful” content that go far beyond graphic sexual...
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In late 2025, Congress is once again considering KOSA along with a package of other #BadInternetBills internet bills. EFF, Fight for the Future, ACLU, Woodhull Foundation, and dozens of other groups continue been sounding the alarm, and grassroots activisms have joined in to make it it clear that these bills are terrible ideas. Alas, Congress is now considering packaging them together—possibly into must-pass legislation. We’re organizing to keep them from sneaking these bad internet bills through.

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