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As a result, bill trackers report the new KOSA title ("KOSPA") but use the old summary on the paper-shuffling bill. (e.g. see https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2073)

(This is not about the merits of KOSA; this is about the merits of taking a young kid (bill)'s dreams and aspirations, shutting it in the closet grinder, and replacing poor old billy with his cousin−n-times−removed.)

What's more infuriating is that no major news outlets report that KOSA was passed as KOSPA.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What’s more infuriating is that no major news outlets report that KOSA was passed as KOSPA.

What's infuriating about it is that it puts queer kids at major risk and no one seems to care.

https://www.them.us/story/kids-online-safety-act-kosa-youth-lgbtq-content

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/30/24205718/senate-passes-kids-online-safety-act-kosa-content-moderation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Online_Safety_Act#Legislation

The Filter Bubble Transparency part requires platforms with opaque algorithms to give a way to switch off the algorithm and disclose such ways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yikes… so much potential for exploitation and surveillance with a thin veneer of protect the kids.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well there’s still hope they’ll be unable to resolve the differences between the Senate and House versions or that Biden won’t sign it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Biden has issued a statement that he intends to sign it. After that, we can just hope that we don't get an anti-queer president, since the clause that allowed censorship is enforced by the FTC now.