[HN Gopher] Kids Online Safety Act is still a danger to our righ...
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       Kids Online Safety Act is still a danger to our rights online
        
       Author : leotravis10
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2023-07-26 21:07 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | jmclnx wrote:
       | I would like to know who is paying (or bribing in the US) to push
       | these bills. Seems it is a tracking of children bill that
       | advertising companies would love to have access to.
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       | I am sure it will be private companies that do the tracking. Also
       | I am sure an encryption backdoor will be built into this bill if
       | not already.
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       | As a parent, if you want your young child to be "protected", keep
       | them off line.
        
         | flipbrad wrote:
         | In the UK, the AVPA - age verification providers association
         | (members include Experian) have been super active on the Online
         | Safety Bill. Curious to know if there's a US involvement , too.
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         | The media seems to have missed this - then again, these laws
         | are their opportunity to stick the boot into Tech, and usually
         | have carve outs and special treatment under these laws, so
         | they're not especially incentivised to rock the boat here.
        
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