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1. Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 21:12:23 UTC Electronic Frontier Foundation

   Tell Congress: The government should not have the power to decide what topics are "safe" online for young people, and to force services to remove and block access to anything that might be considered unsafe for children. This isn’t safety—it’s censorship. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids

   • David Colarusso (colarusso@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 22:44:14 UTC David Colarusso

     in reply to

     • Electronic Frontier Foundation
     • ICYMI (Law)

     @eff @icymi_law FWIW, here some of my personalization.

     “…As a former high school teacher, public defender, and current law school instructor, I have deep concerns over KOSA…”

   • Karen E. Lund 💙💛 (karen5lund@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 23:53:38 UTC Karen E. Lund 💙💛

     in reply to

     • Electronic Frontier Foundation

     @eff Done!

   • Matthew (mrblissett@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 12:30:13 UTC Matthew

     in reply to

     • Electronic Frontier Foundation

     @eff

     On one hand, the bill identifies a few practices that are extremely bad for children, who possess no self-regulating ability:

     ```
     (4) DESIGN FEATURE.—The term “design feature” means any feature or component of a covered platform that will encourage or increase the frequency, time spent, or activity of minors on the covered platform. Design features include, but are not limited to—

     (A) infinite scrolling or auto play;

     (B) rewards for time spent on the platform;

     (C) notifications;
     ```