#kosa — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #kosa, aggregated by home.social.
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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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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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it's more about surveillance than actually protecting children
Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For
#SocilaMedia #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #FreeSpeech #SocialMediaAddiction #TechNews #Privacy #Censorship #BigTech #Section230 #KOSA
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it's more about surveillance than actually protecting children
Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For
#SocilaMedia #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #FreeSpeech #SocialMediaAddiction #TechNews #Privacy #Censorship #BigTech #Section230 #KOSA
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it's more about surveillance than actually protecting children
Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For
#SocilaMedia #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #FreeSpeech #SocialMediaAddiction #TechNews #Privacy #Censorship #BigTech #Section230 #KOSA
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it's more about surveillance than actually protecting children
Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For
#SocilaMedia #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #FreeSpeech #SocialMediaAddiction #TechNews #Privacy #Censorship #BigTech #Section230 #KOSA
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it's more about surveillance than actually protecting children
Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For
#SocilaMedia #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #FreeSpeech #SocialMediaAddiction #TechNews #Privacy #Censorship #BigTech #Section230 #KOSA
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In 2026, artificial intelligence has become the primary instrument of censorship and surveillance. This is not a future prediction. It is the present reality.
Meta has deployed new AI moderation systems that systematically fail to understand context, language nuance, and cultural difference. Legitimate political discourse is removed as hate speech. Genuine threats remain undetected. Satire is flagged as dangerous content. The system is not protecting users. It is enforcing algorithmic censorship.
Simultaneously, the US Congress is advancing KOSA, the Kids Online Safety Act. Under the banner of child protection, this bill effectively ends anonymity online. Age verification mandates tie every comment, every post, every discussion to a verified identity.
The implications are severe:
Governments gain full access to citizens' online activity
Self-censorship becomes the default mode of communication
Political opposition becomes trackable and suppressible
Corporations expand their data extraction capabilities
When every word is tied to your real identity, you stop speaking freely. That is precisely the objective.
Meta has also patented AI systems that allow deceased users to continue posting. Digital corpses repurposed for corporate objectives. The ethical implications alone should trigger global debate. Instead, these technologies are being deployed without public discussion.
The only meaningful resistance is decentralization. Encrypted platforms. User-controlled infrastructure. Digital rights legislation that protects anonymity as a fundamental freedom.
This is not about technology. It is about whether free thought remains possible.
https://newsgroup.site/ai-tsenzura-2026-meta-uriady-kontrol-informatsiya/
#censorship #AI #privacy #KOSA #digitalrights -
In 2026, artificial intelligence has become the primary instrument of censorship and surveillance. This is not a future prediction. It is the present reality.
Meta has deployed new AI moderation systems that systematically fail to understand context, language nuance, and cultural difference. Legitimate political discourse is removed as hate speech. Genuine threats remain undetected. Satire is flagged as dangerous content. The system is not protecting users. It is enforcing algorithmic censorship.
Simultaneously, the US Congress is advancing KOSA, the Kids Online Safety Act. Under the banner of child protection, this bill effectively ends anonymity online. Age verification mandates tie every comment, every post, every discussion to a verified identity.
The implications are severe:
Governments gain full access to citizens' online activity
Self-censorship becomes the default mode of communication
Political opposition becomes trackable and suppressible
Corporations expand their data extraction capabilities
When every word is tied to your real identity, you stop speaking freely. That is precisely the objective.
Meta has also patented AI systems that allow deceased users to continue posting. Digital corpses repurposed for corporate objectives. The ethical implications alone should trigger global debate. Instead, these technologies are being deployed without public discussion.
The only meaningful resistance is decentralization. Encrypted platforms. User-controlled infrastructure. Digital rights legislation that protects anonymity as a fundamental freedom.
This is not about technology. It is about whether free thought remains possible.
https://newsgroup.site/ai-tsenzura-2026-meta-uriady-kontrol-informatsiya/
#censorship #AI #privacy #KOSA #digitalrights -
In 2026, artificial intelligence has become the primary instrument of censorship and surveillance. This is not a future prediction. It is the present reality.
Meta has deployed new AI moderation systems that systematically fail to understand context, language nuance, and cultural difference. Legitimate political discourse is removed as hate speech. Genuine threats remain undetected. Satire is flagged as dangerous content. The system is not protecting users. It is enforcing algorithmic censorship.
Simultaneously, the US Congress is advancing KOSA, the Kids Online Safety Act. Under the banner of child protection, this bill effectively ends anonymity online. Age verification mandates tie every comment, every post, every discussion to a verified identity.
The implications are severe:
Governments gain full access to citizens' online activity
Self-censorship becomes the default mode of communication
Political opposition becomes trackable and suppressible
Corporations expand their data extraction capabilities
When every word is tied to your real identity, you stop speaking freely. That is precisely the objective.
Meta has also patented AI systems that allow deceased users to continue posting. Digital corpses repurposed for corporate objectives. The ethical implications alone should trigger global debate. Instead, these technologies are being deployed without public discussion.
The only meaningful resistance is decentralization. Encrypted platforms. User-controlled infrastructure. Digital rights legislation that protects anonymity as a fundamental freedom.
This is not about technology. It is about whether free thought remains possible.
https://newsgroup.site/ai-tsenzura-2026-meta-uriady-kontrol-informatsiya/
#censorship #AI #privacy #KOSA #digitalrights -
In 2026, artificial intelligence has become the primary instrument of censorship and surveillance. This is not a future prediction. It is the present reality.
Meta has deployed new AI moderation systems that systematically fail to understand context, language nuance, and cultural difference. Legitimate political discourse is removed as hate speech. Genuine threats remain undetected. Satire is flagged as dangerous content. The system is not protecting users. It is enforcing algorithmic censorship.
Simultaneously, the US Congress is advancing KOSA, the Kids Online Safety Act. Under the banner of child protection, this bill effectively ends anonymity online. Age verification mandates tie every comment, every post, every discussion to a verified identity.
The implications are severe:
Governments gain full access to citizens' online activity
Self-censorship becomes the default mode of communication
Political opposition becomes trackable and suppressible
Corporations expand their data extraction capabilities
When every word is tied to your real identity, you stop speaking freely. That is precisely the objective.
Meta has also patented AI systems that allow deceased users to continue posting. Digital corpses repurposed for corporate objectives. The ethical implications alone should trigger global debate. Instead, these technologies are being deployed without public discussion.
The only meaningful resistance is decentralization. Encrypted platforms. User-controlled infrastructure. Digital rights legislation that protects anonymity as a fundamental freedom.
This is not about technology. It is about whether free thought remains possible.
https://newsgroup.site/ai-tsenzura-2026-meta-uriady-kontrol-informatsiya/
#censorship #AI #privacy #KOSA #digitalrights -
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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This is absolute perfection: UBUNTU SECURE BOOT AGE VERIFICATION | Hacker.House https://alecmuffett.com/article/150554 #AgeVerification #OnlineSafetyAct #OpenSource #censorship #kosa #systemd #ubuntu
This is absolute perfection: U... -
This is absolute perfection: UBUNTU SECURE BOOT AGE VERIFICATION | Hacker.House https://alecmuffett.com/article/150554 #AgeVerification #OnlineSafetyAct #OpenSource #censorship #kosa #systemd #ubuntu
This is absolute perfection: U... -
This is absolute perfection: UBUNTU SECURE BOOT AGE VERIFICATION | Hacker.House https://alecmuffett.com/article/150554 #AgeVerification #OnlineSafetyAct #OpenSource #censorship #kosa #systemd #ubuntu
This is absolute perfection: U... -
This is absolute perfection: UBUNTU SECURE BOOT AGE VERIFICATION | Hacker.House https://alecmuffett.com/article/150554 #AgeVerification #OnlineSafetyAct #OpenSource #censorship #kosa #systemd #ubuntu
This is absolute perfection: U... -
This is absolute perfection: UBUNTU SECURE BOOT AGE VERIFICATION | Hacker.House https://alecmuffett.com/article/150554 #AgeVerification #OnlineSafetyAct #OpenSource #censorship #kosa #systemd #ubuntu
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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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#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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#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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RE: https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/116177786003329857
While the D.H.S. is flooding platforms with subpoenas to unmask anti-I.C.E. accounts and the Heritage Foundation wants to use KOSA to censor LGBTQ+ and abortion content, Dems and Republicans are working hard to abolish you're right to online anonymity, empower state attorneys general to mass censor any content online, and funnel tons of money and you're personal data to Peter Thiel
#uspol #KOSA #ageverification #OSA #socialmedia #privacy #surveillance #censorship #freespeech #HeritageFoundation
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This is absolute perfection: UBUNTU SECURE BOOT AGE VERIFICATION | Hacker.House
Perfect commentary on nerds following authoritarianism because it is an interesting intellectual challenge:
https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/2035034414669795518
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Call me pessimistic, but I think we just have to make peace with the fact that the internet we've known for the past 30 years is coming to an end and we're entering a full on fascist surveillance state.
We should make our preparations for this now and not right before the legislation takes effect.
I'd like for things to work out and these bills either fail to pass or get struck down in court but I feel that ain't going to happen. So many people will get hurt because of this.
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning #US #UnitedStates
RE: https://sharkey.world/notes/ak1wfxs7bm0m0001 -
Well, looks like we can't rely on Ted Cruz stonewalling bills anymore. They want to proceed with the Kids Online Safety Act, Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act, and Kids Off Social Media Act (at minimum). Cruz wants to advance these bills "within the next six weeks" (i.e. factoring in recesses, it will either be the week of April 13th or the week of April 20th). I have no idea if Cruz is siding with the Senate version or the House version of KOSA as last I checked, he was on the fence (there will clearly be negotiation/butting heads as the two versions differ drastically).
This has a greater chance of proceeding as scheduled as Cruz is the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Though it could be delayed if the previous two calls for votes are anything to go by (Blumenthal wanted a vote on KOSA by late 2025 and Graham wanted a vote on various bills back in February).
Please call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning #US #UnitedStates
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026 -
Hey don't forget to check out my latest blog post where I talk about some of the new "online safety" bills being introduced in 2026. I know these are **framed** as being created to protect children, but I can almost guarantee that all they will do is break your encryption, destroy your privacy, and ruin anonymity online for journalists, activists, and whistleblowers while also potentially actually putting the data of children at increased risk of being stolen in data breach. I can also almost guarantee that criminals will use fake identifications and scape goats to continue harming whomever they please without any increased risk to them vs now.
https://www.xnite.me/digital-culture/2026/03/13/smile-youre-online.html
#privacy #infosec #security #kosa #digitalrights #digitalsovereignty #digitalservicesact #uspol #uspolitics #usa #unitedstates #congress #senate #republicans #gop #safety #onlinesafety #onlineprivacy #hacking #identity #identitytheft #crime #kids
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It’s KOSA 2.0: Tell Your Reps: Vote NO on the “KIDS Act”!
When #KOSA was first introduced in 2022, the Center for Democracy and Technology spearheaded joint opposition to this misguided legislation with a letter signed by more than 90 organizations, Unfortunately, KOSA is back with revised language and deceptively incorporated into the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act.
Tell Your Representatives: Vote NO on the “KIDS Act”! https://buff.ly/UOqSzIl
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Denounced by the American Library Association, the “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act” proposes legislation to withhold federal funding if schools do not comply with the government’s opinion of what children should or should not be allowed to read. House Republicans are turning to a national book ban.
Tell your Representatives: Vote NO on a National Book Ban! https://buff.ly/AHOGsxhThis week's newsletter: buff.ly/IArJK03
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Smile, You’re Online! My latest blog post highlights the latest proposals for “online safety” laws and breaks down why these proposals could lead to more surveillance and less privacy for everyone.
https://www.xnite.me/digital-culture/2026/03/13/smile-youre-online.html
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If the type of Media that the Authoritarian Epstein Class want to keep from kids was 1/30th as powerful as the #KOSA losers say, then we all would be Adhering to the words of Moldaver (Fallout) or Carmello Johns (The Purge) or Nemik (Andor), and have overthrown these rapist billionaire imperialists by 2020.
See also:
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Well, this slipped past while we were watching the war crimes. The House advanced #KOSA and some other "protect the kids, punish the gay" legislation on party line votes.
None of this legislation, just like the laws passed in CA and CO, are about protecting children. These are pedophile protectors, they don't care about your kids unless they get to peer into their pants. This is about enriching their sponsors and Total Information Control.
This is dangerous to liberty, life and freedom.
#lgbtq #onlinesafety #totalitarianism #authoritarianism #palantir #databrokers #FreedomForSale #USpol #Congress
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Well, the markup is officially on the House E&C Committee schedule. Looks like they chose the following bills:
-Children and Teen's Online Privacy Protection Act (aka COPPA 2.0)
-App Store Accountability Act
-Sammy's Law
-KIDS Act (an amalgam of various bills [specific bills detailed below])
The KIDS Act is an amalgam of the following bills:
-SCREEN Act
-Kids Online Safety Act
-Safe Messaging for Kids Act
-SPY Kids Act
-Safer GAMING Act
-SAFE BOTs Act
-Safe Social Media Act
-No Fentanyl on Social Media Act
-Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act
-Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act
-AI Warnings And Resources for Education Act (AWARE Act)
-Kids Internet Safety Partnership Act
Other notes about the KIDS Act:
-Bill number is "H.R.7757"
-The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the court that would handle challenges
-Challenges to the KIDS Act as a whole must be made within 90 days of enactment (60 days for specific acts/findings/determinations/etc. made under the bill)
-The House seems to be going through with their version of KOSA (which will no doubt cause conflict with the Senate, who want their version)
-Explicitly forbids doing the following in the bill's name:
A: Censorship of 1st amendment protected speech
B: Weakening/Restricting of COPPA
C: Prevention of the moderation of spam, criminal activity, and security risks.
D: Weakening/Altering of Section 230
E: Breaking/Circumvention of encryption
F: Precluding the use of any form of encryption (including end-to-end encryption)
G: Requiring indefinite retention of user data
H: Requiring the affirmative collection of any
personal information with respect to age that is not
collected already in the normal course of business.
Please call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #US #UnitedStates
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According to @[email protected] :
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to a full committee markup on the package of "child safety" bills they discussed back in December this week (KOSA, App Store Accountability Act, SCREEN Act, etc.).
This will bring us that much closer to an extremely censored internet that will not keep kids safe. It's mass surveillance and censorship.
Please call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
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@giacomo All good except the mistaken suggestion that #KOSA could make anything better. KOSA would prevent any effective access to privacy, including the minimum necessary to bypass ideological censorship or to stay safe from abusively controlling parents, while also facilitating government censorship and wholesale identity theft against adults.
It would render Signal and Mastodon—two of the most important technologies for free expression—unlawful.
Prohibiting addiction-oriented algorithms would be beneficial. However, enforcing online age verification (as opposed to on-device parental controls) is always harmful: in a multitude of ways.
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"During this gripping conversation, we explore how supposed “child safety” legislation transforms into #censorship machinery and why EFF’s approach to #DigitalRights battles requires both individual protection and systemic reform."
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#EUPol #DigitalServicesAct #DSA
#USPol #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #KOSAhttps://guykawasaki.com/who-defends-your-digital-rights-meet-effs-cindy-cohn/
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Americans!
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on bills like KOSA on December 9th (originally scheduled November 18th)!
A watered-down version of KOSA is being drafted in the House and will be included in a package of up to a dozen dangerous "child safety" bills (COPPA 2.0, Sammy's Law, App Store Accountability Act, etc.).
House GOP on the relevant committee hope this package deal will get key House GOP to drop their opposition to KOSA. However, there will be friction between both chambers.
Why? It's regarding the highly controversial "duty of care" provision in KOSA. House GOP wants it out while Blackburn and relevant House Democrats want it to remain in. Ted Cruz, who is on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has remained on the fence between the two sides but will pick a side soon.
Contact your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #SocialMedia #Censorship #US #UnitedStates -
Americans!
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on bills like KOSA on December 9th (originally scheduled November 18th)!
A watered-down version of KOSA is being drafted in the House and will be included in a package of up to a dozen dangerous "child safety" bills (COPPA 2.0, Sammy's Law, App Store Accountability Act, etc.).
House GOP on the relevant committee hope this package deal will get key House GOP to drop their opposition to KOSA. However, there will be friction between both chambers.
Why? It's regarding the highly controversial "duty of care" provision in KOSA. House GOP wants it out while Blackburn and relevant House Democrats want it to remain in. Ted Cruz, who is on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has remained on the fence between the two sides but will pick a side soon.
Contact your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
#Privacy #DigitalRights #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #SocialMedia #UnitedStates #US #FreeSpeech #Censorship
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URGENT UPDATE: Senators Blumenthal and Blackburn plan to push a vote on the Kids Online Safety Act as soon as the shutdown ends and the U.S. Government is reopened (i.e. by the end of this year).
They plan to do this by attaching KOSA to a "child safety" package that the House Energy and Commerce committee will vote on.
https://5calls.org/issue/kids-online-safety-act-kosa/
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #KOSA #SocialMedia #DigitalRights
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The Kids Online Safety Act has now amassed 20 more co-sponsors since the start of Blumenthal and Blackburn's new push (62 in total). Again, the "chance of passage" percentage didn't change because a House version of KOSA hasn't been introduced yet. Americans, please contact your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
https://5calls.org/issue/kids-online-safety-act-kosa/
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #SocialMedia #DigitalRights #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct
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The Kids Online Safety Act just got 18 more Senate sponsors due to Senator Blumenthal's new push (60 total). The passage percentage didn't change because a House version hasn't been introduced yet. Americans need to call their Senators and Representatives ASAP!
https://5calls.org/issue/kids-online-safety-act-kosa/
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct
