‘Kids Online Safety Act’ is a Trojan Horse For Digital Censorship.::Washington, D.C. - This week, a bipartisan cohort of US Senators unveiled a new version of the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill that aims to impose various restrictions and requirements on tech
Everytime I read a bill with a moniker like this I’m immediately sceptical
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When they say, “It’s for the children”, you can rest assured, it’s not.
It’s okay guys, the party of small government would absolutely never encroach on abusing their powers!
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The consumer choice center is a Washington/ Brussels think tank and lobbying group. They are passionate about free markets and consumer choice and oppose taxes and regulations on things like petroleum products, tobacco, and sugary/fatty foods.
I don’t have an opinion on the “Kids” act, just consider the source.
I love the part of this article where it explains why this may be the case instead of just quoting random people.
I love how it explains what is in the bill
The bill is garbage, but it cracks me up that they think this part is a bad thing:
The bill seeks to … limit developers’ inclusion of personalized recommendation systems, notifications, appearance-altering filters, and in-game purchases for apps used by minors.
Every item on that list has been abused by web/app developers in ways that exploit and/or negatively affect the brains of developing children.
It’s for all users, not just minors, but if not we’d need to have a super complex document-based AI authentication system
Who could have seen this coming?
Simpsons did it best….
…. Won’t someone pleeeease think of the children!
Tale as old as time (yes I know your answer was /sarcastic)