The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online.

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The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online
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The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online.::Congress has resurrected the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that would increase surveillance and restrict access to information in the name of protecting children online. KOSA was introduced in 2022 but failed to gain traction, and today its authors, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and...

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What ever happened to parental responsibility?

Nothing. Policy makers are just using their "think of the children" defense to constantly push more and more overreaching policy.

We gave up on parental responsibility when deregulation, deunionization and Reaganomics forced all adults into the workforce.

Now that we've driven families to dysfunction, even CWS is underbudgeted with an impacted caseload. So they'll let child abuse slide so long as the kid's not infested with lice and scabies.

This is so tragic but actually makes sense. happens all around the world as well.