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RT @cobun@twitter.com
NEW from @axios@twitter.com:
Letter opposing Kids Online Safety Act, signed by @ACLU@twitter.com, @glaad@twitter.com, @EFF@twitter.com, @publicknowledge@twitter.com, @ALALibrary@twitter.com, @CenDemTech@twitter.com, @Wikimedia@twitter.com, @TechFreedom@twitter.com, @LGBTTech@twitter.com, @internetsociety@twitter.com, etc.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N60A5KhcXWh19H7ljdDrElW8zrV4KhXJ/view https://twitter.com/ashleyrgold/status/1597242970314797057 https://t.co/HmP2WnlqRq
"I was never taught what warning signs I should be worried about. I had no idea what grooming was or how it worked. I knew I wanted romance and sex, but I didn’t understand how those feelings could be exploited and make me into a target." https://buff.ly/3fYOkOY
"The poorly drafted 'Kids Online Safety Act' would make kids less safe, and would be weaponized to attack LGBTQ+ people and abortion rights." https://buff.ly/3VA6i9S
RT @evan_greer
Congress should pass an actual privacy bill like #ADPPA instead of #KOSA, which literally subjects kids to MORE privacy violations https://twitter.com/OTI/status/1592210225473654784
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"Growing up, my understanding of consent was extremely limited. I was told by my parents that I shouldn’t let anyone touch my underwear area because “it was bad”. Why was it bad? Who knows, I was never told." https://buff.ly/3fYOkOY
We need to make it unacceptable for politicians like Senator Blumenthal (D-CT) to continue using kids & grieving parents as pawns to advance legislation that does more harm than good. It's not okay to use harm to kids to justify legislation that does MORE harm to kids. Let's get this right.
If you want to add your name / make your voice heard against #KOSA you can sign this petition we're hosting @team. Be sure to call your Senators too and tell them to oppose #KOSA / S. 3663. https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/surveillance-doesnt-make-kids-safe
Notably, a lot of LGBTQ groups from red and purple states signed on. These groups understand how right wing AGs and state legislatures will weaponize poorly drafted legislation like #KOSA against marginalized people.
Here's the full letter and list of signers https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2022-11-28-letter-90-lgbtq-and-human-rights-organizations-oppose-kosa
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has been going around claiming there is "no opposition" to #KOSA. This letter should put that lie to rest. Dozens of organizations signed including the #ACLU, GLAAD, GLSEN, National Center for Transgender Equality, Black and Pink, Access Now, American Library Association, The Human Trafficking Prevention Project, Reframe Health and Justice, Woodhull Freedom Foundation, Ranking Digital Rights, #Wikimedia Foundation, #TorProject, and lots more
#KOSA would also weaken the digital security of young people by effectively forcing platforms to conduct identity verification (some 3rd party providers are already chomping at the bit to do this with facial recognition, get your face scanned every time you visit a site) @mmasnick wrote about this: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/08/29/age-verification-providers-say-dont-worry-about-california-design-code-youll-just-have-to-scan-your-face-for-every-website-you-visit/
Online community is a lifeline for many LGBTQ+ teens and young people, especially those with unsupportive or abusive parents. #KOSA would rip that away from them, while subjecting them to further surveillance and invasion. That's prob the point for bill sponsor
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who regularly attacks #transgender kids and teens as part of her speeches. The right wing Heritage Foundation is openly saying this will "stop Big Tech from making kids trans." Barf.
It's not hard to imagine how an AG like #KenPaxton, or the AG of #Arkansas who is currently on a mission to attack #trans and #nonbinary kids, will interpret this new authority. They'll use it to demand that platforms #censor #LGBTQ+ content and ban kids and teens from accessing it.
#KOSA has a lot of the same problems as #SESTA / #FOSTA and the #EARNitAct. It creates broad, poorly defined legal requirements that involve the government in dictating content moderation and content recommendation practices, and then leaves it up to state AGs to enforce.
There have been widespread rumors that Senator Blumenthal (D-CT) and other Dems are pushing hard to include this disastrous bill in the "must pass" omnibus spending package.
That cannot and must not happen. This bill would be weaponized by rightwing AGs to target LGBTQ+ community online.
Here's our press release: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2022-11-28-new-more-than-90-human-rights-and-lgbtq-groups-sign-letter-opposing-kosa
Gonna xpost my #thread from the birdsite to add context.
This letter was led by CDT, EFF, and @team
A child protection organization combining an evidence-based approach to child sexual abuse prevention with its commitment to human rights and sex positivity.