KOSA and other Bad Internet Bills (US-specific for now)

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#BadIntrernetBills are moving forward again in Congress and multiple states, so it's time to take action. Groups like Fight for the Future, National Youth Rights Association, EFF, Woodhull Foundation, CDT, and the Internet Society have been sounding the alarm, but Congress is now looking at packaging them together—possibly into must-pass legislation. We're organizing to keep them from sneaking these bad internet bills through.

This community is for news stories, opinion pieces, and action links about these bad internet bills. Please help get the word out!

And if you use microblogging software like Mastodon, please also check out the #BadInternetBills hashtag.

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California’s “Addictive Feeds” Law Violates Teens’ First Amendment Rights (www.eff.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/bad_internet_bills@lemmy.sdf.org

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Gotta disagree with this one. Forums have worked fine for decades for disseminating information. Lemmy is a perfect example of this. Terrible argument imo.

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[–] Freyi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Not sure I follow your argument. Are you saying that, because forums exist and can be used to communicate, it's okay and not illegal to lock teens out of every other online space?

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 point 2 weeks ago

lol no. The EFF argument is that we need recommender algorithms or teens are losing their free speech, which is hilariously wrong to the point of harm. Lemmy has no recommender algorithm just like the majority of forums in existence, saying they stop free speech is a horrendous argument.

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