The Kids Online Safety Act is a bipartisan bill that seeks to protect minors online by forcing websites to implement tools that restrict access to content deemed unsafe. This bill is social media hearing by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in January.However, it was intentionally left vaguemany organizations be against Bill to limit access to information young people have online. Young people are essential to forming these movements and bringing about change in our society. Kosa is fighting to silence it.
KOSA would limit the ability of minors to communicate with others on the Internet, even though many minors use communication as a tool for support. Many young people report According to the National Library of Medicine, the Internet not only serves as a creative and emotional outlet, but it also allows people to feel accepted and overcome life’s challenges.
Twenty years before the KOSA bill, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was passed in 2000, which, like KOSA, facilitated the censorship of certain content online. Libraries and schools are required to implement filters on web searches to prevent children from viewing obscene content. However, not only did they have blocked constitutionally protected However, it also failed to block obscene content. There is no magic filter that will prevent minors from viewing obscene content online, and arbitrarily blocking content restricts all internet resources, not just those that governments deem unacceptable. You just have to do it.
Despite the technology, forward When it comes to detecting obscene content, “obscene” is still a very subjective term.My parents are vocal about how depictions of LGBTQIA people in books are simply considered obscene and worthy of censorship. modern values According to a June 2020 Pew Research Center survey, don’t reflect.
Some people are optimistic about Kosa, saying it can be stopped. Promote content Suicides, eating disorders, and drug abuse skyrocket. The bill has undergone several amendments, many of which attempt to: Deal with targeted censorship of LGBTQIA resources. However, critics continue to label KOSA as a bill that silences and censors online content through the lame excuse of child protection. LGBTQIA groups, including The Trevor Project, I don’t object anymore This bill is the result of recent amendments to address that concern.
The dust problem goes back to the basic idea of freedom of speech in the United States. Even if the topic is controversial, social media exists Continue important conversations when traditional media steps aside. Movements like Black Lives Matter generation z Using social media platforms, and social media is here government leaders responded to the same protest.
KOSA is another “Kids in Mind” style law that seeks to block content in the name of protecting America’s youth. In fact, lawmakers are using KOSA as a tool to promote agendas and censor content deemed unacceptable in the United States, whether society agrees with it or not. It is clear that until KOSA and other laws take into account the changes of today’s generation, their implementation will be misguided.
