The Internet Is About to Get a Lot Worse (US focused) ( buttondown.email )

Jumper775 , 10 months ago

This article focuses on defending queer/trans rights as that is the hot topic that people want to hear about in the left, however this will be far worse than that. Harmful content can be anything they deem it is as it is so vague, so they could claim things like online communications through which cyber bullying happens, or even through which trans/queer topics are discussed could be sued. This means things like discord or instagram could have to put in place strict moderation to the point of censorship where this is just straight up attacking our freedom of speech legally.

thenexusofprivacy OP , 10 months ago

Quite true. EFF’s article at eff.org/…/kids-online-safety-act-still-huge-dange… discusses some of the other problems with the bill.