#kosa — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #kosa, aggregated by home.social.
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The House Passed The KIDS Act—The Senate Should Reject It | Electronic Frontier Foundation - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/house-passed-kids-act-senate-should-reject-it
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The House Passed The KIDS Act—The Senate Should Reject It | Electronic Frontier Foundation - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/house-passed-kids-act-senate-should-reject-it
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The House Passed The KIDS Act—The Senate Should Reject It | Electronic Frontier Foundation - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/house-passed-kids-act-senate-should-reject-it
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https://x.com/i/status/2072677640926892363 Stop these out of touch law makers from pushing for ID age verification. #Privacyrights #ageverification #america #kosa #privacyviolations
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https://x.com/i/status/2072677640926892363 Stop these out of touch law makers from pushing for ID age verification. #Privacyrights #ageverification #america #kosa #privacyviolations
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The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online
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The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online
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Aviation weather for Mount Pleasant Regional airport (USA) is “METAR KOSA 081450Z AUTO 20013KT 10SM BKN020 OVC025 28/24 A2997 RMK AO2 P0001 T02780240 60004” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/kosa/en #mountpleasantregionalairport #airport #mountpleasant #usa #kosa #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek vl
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OpenAI’s KOSA Endorsement Is Regulatory Capture With A Smiley Face
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OpenAI’s KOSA Endorsement Is Regulatory Capture With A Smiley Face
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Lobbying Behind Age Verification In Operating Systems | KOSA Push
#ageverification #digitalID #privacyMatters #KOSA #KOSMA #Linux #Android #iphone #iOS #apple
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Lobbying Behind Age Verification In Operating Systems | KOSA Push
#ageverification #digitalID #privacyMatters #KOSA #KOSMA #Linux #Android #iphone #iOS #apple
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Lobbying Behind Age Verification In Operating Systems | KOSA Push
#ageverification #digitalID #privacyMatters #KOSA #KOSMA #Linux #Android #iphone #iOS #apple
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Lobbying Behind Age Verification In Operating Systems | KOSA Push
#ageverification #digitalID #privacyMatters #KOSA #KOSMA #Linux #Android #iphone #iOS #apple
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Lobbying Behind Age Verification In Operating Systems | KOSA Push
#ageverification #digitalID #privacyMatters #KOSA #KOSMA #Linux #Android #iphone #iOS #apple
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#Bipartisan even! #DoublePlusUngood!
Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be #Anonymous Online
The bipartisan push to remove #anonymity from the #Internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented #MassSurveillance and #censorship.
Taylor Lorenz
March 5 2026, 12:20 p.m."In August 2024, the Biden administration hosted hundreds of influencers at the White House for the first-ever Creator Economy Conference. Neera Tanden, a senior Biden adviser, took to the stage and bemoaned anonymity online. The influencers alongside her agreed, pushing the idea that anonymous speech on the internet is harmful, and regulation is needed to force the use of real names on social media. The audience whispered excitedly as those on stage spoke about how proposed laws like the #kidsonlinesafetyact or #KOSA, could unmask every troll.
"This narrative of online safety, particularly in relation to children, has become central to the bipartisan effort to #censor and #deanonymize the internet for everyone. Today, a package of a dozen 'child online safety' bills is moving forward in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The laws, framed as a way to crack down on harmful content and make the internet safer, would force social media companies to enact invasive identity verification measures in order to keep children from accessing online spaces.
"The problem is that there’s no way to reliably verify someone’s age without verifying who they are. A platform cannot magically discern that a user is 16 without collecting identifying information, whether through government documents such as a passport, payment information like a credit card, or other identity-disclosing data. Whether that data is stored by the platform itself or outsourced to a vendor, the result is always the same: A user’s offline identity is forever linked with their online behavior.
"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society. #Whistleblowers exposing #corporate wrongdoing could be tracked and fired, #GovernmentEmployees speaking out about illegal behavior or bad policies could face prosecution, and #activists #OrganizingProtests could be identified and surveilled before ever setting foot on the street.
"Already, the U.S. government is flooding social media platforms with subpoenas seeking to unmask hundreds of anonymously run #AntiICE social media accounts. These laws would make it all the more easier for the government to target and prosecute those who dissent.
Vulnerable members of society will suffer most. #TransPeople under attack from the government could be identified and outed without their consent."Undocumented #immigrants could be cut off from the ability to communicate and connect with advocates. Young people seeking #abortions in states with restrictive laws might no longer have the ability to access information safely and anonymously.
"Not only will a de-anonymized internet be valuable to the government as it seeks to tighten control, it will also make it easier for any #corporation or bad actor to intimidate, #blackmail, or exploit people by leveraging their own data against them."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/al8if#USPol #Orwellian #BigBrother #SurveillanceState #Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou
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#Bipartisan even! #DoublePlusUngood!
Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be #Anonymous Online
The bipartisan push to remove #anonymity from the #Internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented #MassSurveillance and #censorship.
Taylor Lorenz
March 5 2026, 12:20 p.m."In August 2024, the Biden administration hosted hundreds of influencers at the White House for the first-ever Creator Economy Conference. Neera Tanden, a senior Biden adviser, took to the stage and bemoaned anonymity online. The influencers alongside her agreed, pushing the idea that anonymous speech on the internet is harmful, and regulation is needed to force the use of real names on social media. The audience whispered excitedly as those on stage spoke about how proposed laws like the #kidsonlinesafetyact or #KOSA, could unmask every troll.
"This narrative of online safety, particularly in relation to children, has become central to the bipartisan effort to #censor and #deanonymize the internet for everyone. Today, a package of a dozen 'child online safety' bills is moving forward in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The laws, framed as a way to crack down on harmful content and make the internet safer, would force social media companies to enact invasive identity verification measures in order to keep children from accessing online spaces.
"The problem is that there’s no way to reliably verify someone’s age without verifying who they are. A platform cannot magically discern that a user is 16 without collecting identifying information, whether through government documents such as a passport, payment information like a credit card, or other identity-disclosing data. Whether that data is stored by the platform itself or outsourced to a vendor, the result is always the same: A user’s offline identity is forever linked with their online behavior.
"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society. #Whistleblowers exposing #corporate wrongdoing could be tracked and fired, #GovernmentEmployees speaking out about illegal behavior or bad policies could face prosecution, and #activists #OrganizingProtests could be identified and surveilled before ever setting foot on the street.
"Already, the U.S. government is flooding social media platforms with subpoenas seeking to unmask hundreds of anonymously run #AntiICE social media accounts. These laws would make it all the more easier for the government to target and prosecute those who dissent.
Vulnerable members of society will suffer most. #TransPeople under attack from the government could be identified and outed without their consent."Undocumented #immigrants could be cut off from the ability to communicate and connect with advocates. Young people seeking #abortions in states with restrictive laws might no longer have the ability to access information safely and anonymously.
"Not only will a de-anonymized internet be valuable to the government as it seeks to tighten control, it will also make it easier for any #corporation or bad actor to intimidate, #blackmail, or exploit people by leveraging their own data against them."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/al8if#USPol #Orwellian #BigBrother #SurveillanceState #Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou
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Marsha Blackburn Bundles Every Bad Tech Bill Into One, Slaps Trump’s Name On It
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Marsha Blackburn Bundles Every Bad Tech Bill Into One, Slaps Trump’s Name On It
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Congress is trying to push through more internet surveillance/censorship laws this week
Say no to KOSA, say no to internet censorship and call your representatives today!!
This website has more information, a petition, as well as numbers and a script for calling your reps
www.badinternetbills.com
#KOSA #FUCKfosta #FUCKsesta #censorship -
Democrats Should Be Stopping A Lawless President, Not Helping Censor The Internet, Honestly WTF Are They Thinking | Techdirt
The bill, which is a “bi-partisan” bill initially pushed by Democratic Senator Brian Schatz (in partnership with fellow Dem Chris Murphy, along with Republicans Ted Cruz and Katie Britt) is sort of a an attempt to create a “more palatable” version of KOSA, but which is still a censorship bill at its core.
KOSMA reared its ugly head again this morning in a Senate mark-up session and passed through it easily with Democrat support and no debate at all (barely even a mention of it). And even if some of that support may have been superficially pro forma, to move the Senate along so that it could get to addressing the larger issues at hand, any support was still too much support for what this bill proposes to do.
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Democrats Should Be Stopping A Lawless President, Not Helping Censor The Internet, Honestly WTF Are They Thinking | Techdirt
The bill, which is a “bi-partisan” bill initially pushed by Democratic Senator Brian Schatz (in partnership with fellow Dem Chris Murphy, along with Republicans Ted Cruz and Katie Britt) is sort of a an attempt to create a “more palatable” version of KOSA, but which is still a censorship bill at its core.
KOSMA reared its ugly head again this morning in a Senate mark-up session and passed through it easily with Democrat support and no debate at all (barely even a mention of it). And even if some of that support may have been superficially pro forma, to move the Senate along so that it could get to addressing the larger issues at hand, any support was still too much support for what this bill proposes to do.
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Democrats Should Be Stopping A Lawless President, Not Helping Censor The Internet, Honestly WTF Are They Thinking | Techdirt
The bill, which is a “bi-partisan” bill initially pushed by Democratic Senator Brian Schatz (in partnership with fellow Dem Chris Murphy, along with Republicans Ted Cruz and Katie Britt) is sort of a an attempt to create a “more palatable” version of KOSA, but which is still a censorship bill at its core.
KOSMA reared its ugly head again this morning in a Senate mark-up session and passed through it easily with Democrat support and no debate at all (barely even a mention of it). And even if some of that support may have been superficially pro forma, to move the Senate along so that it could get to addressing the larger issues at hand, any support was still too much support for what this bill proposes to do.
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Democrats Should Be Stopping A Lawless President, Not Helping Censor The Internet, Honestly WTF Are They Thinking
#kosma #internet #censorship #kosa #democrats #collaborators #Kidsonline
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Democrats Should Be Stopping A Lawless President, Not Helping Censor The Internet, Honestly WTF Are They Thinking
#kosma #internet #censorship #kosa #democrats #collaborators #Kidsonline
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Democrats Should Be Stopping A Lawless President, Not Helping Censor The Internet, Honestly WTF Are They Thinking
#kosma #internet #censorship #kosa #democrats #collaborators #Kidsonline
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Democrats Should Be Stopping A Lawless President, Not Helping Censor The Internet, Honestly WTF Are They Thinking
#kosma #internet #censorship #kosa #democrats #collaborators #Kidsonline
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Democrats Should Be Stopping A Lawless President, Not Helping Censor The Internet, Honestly WTF Are They Thinking
#kosma #internet #censorship #kosa #democrats #collaborators #Kidsonline
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Why Porn Stars Like Me Are Terrified of VP #KamalaHarris
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-porn-stars-like-me-are-terrified-of-vp-kamala-harris/
#SexWorkIsWork #SexWorkersRights #SESTA #FOSTA #KOSA #Puritanism #AntiPornIdeology #Politics #Conservatism
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Why Porn Stars Like Me Are Terrified of VP #KamalaHarris
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-porn-stars-like-me-are-terrified-of-vp-kamala-harris/
#SexWorkIsWork #SexWorkersRights #SESTA #FOSTA #KOSA #Puritanism #AntiPornIdeology #Politics #Conservatism
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From my life partner @mluria : Just published @CNN ! 📚 What can policymakers learn from research on restrictive parenting and child monitoring? My colleague @aliyabhatia and I @CenDemTech discuss what works (and what doesn’t) in this recent piece:
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From my life partner @mluria : Just published @CNN ! 📚 What can policymakers learn from research on restrictive parenting and child monitoring? My colleague @aliyabhatia and I @CenDemTech discuss what works (and what doesn’t) in this recent piece:
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From my life partner @mluria : Just published @CNN ! 📚 What can policymakers learn from research on restrictive parenting and child monitoring? My colleague @aliyabhatia and I @CenDemTech discuss what works (and what doesn’t) in this recent piece:
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From my life partner @mluria : Just published @CNN ! 📚 What can policymakers learn from research on restrictive parenting and child monitoring? My colleague @aliyabhatia and I @CenDemTech discuss what works (and what doesn’t) in this recent piece:
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@charliejane #KOSA, like #OFSTA and #SESTA, is just #Cyberfacism behind a rotting #Figleaf...
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@charliejane #KOSA, like #OFSTA and #SESTA, is just #Cyberfacism behind a rotting #Figleaf...
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@charliejane #KOSA, like #OFSTA and #SESTA, is just #Cyberfacism behind a rotting #Figleaf...
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From #JoeMullin at @eff: "KOSA [Kids Online Safety Act] has so much bipartisan support is because both #Democrats and #Republicans are in favor of censoring opposing viewpoints and are 'assuming the censorship will go their way.'"
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/18/more-people-realizing-kosa-is-a-1st-amendment-nightmare/ -
From #JoeMullin at @eff: "KOSA [Kids Online Safety Act] has so much bipartisan support is because both #Democrats and #Republicans are in favor of censoring opposing viewpoints and are 'assuming the censorship will go their way.'"
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/18/more-people-realizing-kosa-is-a-1st-amendment-nightmare/ -
From #JoeMullin at @eff: "KOSA [Kids Online Safety Act] has so much bipartisan support is because both #Democrats and #Republicans are in favor of censoring opposing viewpoints and are 'assuming the censorship will go their way.'"
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/18/more-people-realizing-kosa-is-a-1st-amendment-nightmare/ -
From #JoeMullin at @eff: "KOSA [Kids Online Safety Act] has so much bipartisan support is because both #Democrats and #Republicans are in favor of censoring opposing viewpoints and are 'assuming the censorship will go their way.'"
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/18/more-people-realizing-kosa-is-a-1st-amendment-nightmare/ -
From #JoeMullin at @eff: "KOSA [Kids Online Safety Act] has so much bipartisan support is because both #Democrats and #Republicans are in favor of censoring opposing viewpoints and are 'assuming the censorship will go their way.'"
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/18/more-people-realizing-kosa-is-a-1st-amendment-nightmare/ -
Sorry to link to the #birdsite but I did a long thread there about how #KOSA (the deeply misguided #KidsOnlineSafetyAct) is a major threat to online access to #abortion information, fundraising and organizing.
Congressional leaders are deciding like RIGHT NOW what bills go into the #omnibus package. Anyone who can please reach out to oppose #KOSA and support actually good bills like #OAMA, #AICOA, and #ADPPA.
