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Senate passes bill to protect kids online and make tech companies accountable for harmful content (apnews.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 212 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Any time a bill claims to be about protecting children, 10/10 times it's actually hiding something more sinister that has nothing to do with that. I don't trust this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 50 points 3 months ago

The Crypto Wars have never ended. Governments dream of a world without public access to encryption and privacy. And many government attacks on encryption are done "for the children".

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