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Kids Online Safety Act will allow Attorney Generals to Censor the News. (techpolicy.press)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Kids Online Safety Act will allow Attorney Generals to Censor the News.::Caitlin Vogus is Deputy Director of Advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Censorship is fine as long as it's controlled exclusively by parents and caregivers. As soon a government, corporation, school, or any authority gets the slightest hint of control it always results in an abuse of power and manipulation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Until kids learn to bypass Net Nanny by using the Tor network.

I think the system is broken, but my opinion isn't of much value as I don't have a solution for the problem. It's a classic debate question.