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The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online. (www.eff.org)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] ilmagico@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that actually in the bill, or are you just saying this could be the next move?

[–] demlet@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More like a next move. If I remember correctly, there was language in the TikTok bill a while back that would have effectively made using a VPN illegal. Maybe I'm misremembering that. I have no doubt there are people who want to make it happen.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Companies relay on VPN to allow remote work while protecting their IP. But maybe it’s only about VPN to/from foreign servers.