KOSMA is moving again!
Hello Everyone. Since it seems like my eternal nightmare with these internet bills will never end, I wanted to bring something to our attention.
KOSMA is moving once more!
I've seen it slowly picking up co-sponsors these past few weeks and since it passed out of committee in February it has already cleared a hurdle. However, June 30th it was properly placed on the Senate calendar. I'm not sure how significant this might be, according to the senate 75% of bills on the calendar go no farther than that, but because Democrats don't seem to understand how badly these bills affect us as there is no real opposition to it. Please, spread the news because this bill will encourage age-gating.
The senate business calendar, its is order# 108: https://www.senate.gov/ (click on senate calendar)
An article about it: https://www.theverge.com/news/607603/kids-off-social-media-act-bill-child-safety#comments
The bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/278
Strangely enough this bill doesn't demand age-verification, just that websites collect data to guess the users age. That is already terrible but the law is so vague that it can apply to most sites that have ads and provide a community forum for user-generated content. So a massive chunk of the internet. No idea if it can hold up in court but I don't want to risk it.