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The Nexus of PrivacyM to KOSA and other Bad Internet Bills (US-specific for now)English · 3 months ago

The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back

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The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back

www.wired.com

The Nexus of PrivacyM to KOSA and other Bad Internet Bills (US-specific for now)English · 3 months ago
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Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
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    “Age-gated” is downplaying it. This is about being forced to de-anonymize yourself and become forcibly opened to blackmail.

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      It’s the latest brand of surveillance and control under the guise of “Think of the children.”

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    Dumbest shit pushed by the worst people.

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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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