Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
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@mmasnick.bsky.social meh, I'd say it's not even about censorship and control.
I suspect it's about politics, plain and simple, generating talkingpoints for politicians to squawk about to their base.
Without a push to actually pass anything through the Senate, or even on the floor of the House itself, it's just bluster.
Reps get to crow about trying to protect kids online even if they don't have any expectation of actually making law.
