So not only has the Senate doubled down on the duty of care provision of KOSA, but they've outright said their goal in a potential conference committee is to win over the House. Are lawmakers trying to kill KOSA?
call your reps and senators and tell em to vote no to these bills or you'll vote em out. You need to explain how dangerous these bills are how they are a threat to our 1A rights and privacy. Point out the past data breaches!
🚨 KOSA advanced today - but it is not law yet.
The added "duty of care" standard would force websites to identify minors to avoid legal risk, pushing the internet toward ID checks, facial scans, mass age-gating, excessive data collection and censorship FOR EVERYONE.
The good news: the SCREEN Act failed to advance today. It's delayed however, not dead.
Next comes a full Senate vote, followed by a House-Senate fight. Contact your senators NOW: vote NO on S.1748, remove the "duty of care", and reject mass surveillance disguised as child protection.
So, what I've heard is, good news, SCREEN Act failed.
Bad news, KOSA passed the committee. Which sucks. But it wasn't a final vote, there is a delay and there is a recess/break till September for them to pick it up again.
So while this is happening. Keep fighting against KOSA!!
Here is a list of all the Commerce Committee senators who will be voting on KOSA and the SCREEN Act amongst others tomorrow. We need all their phones ringing off the hook in opposition TODAY.
You have no excuse.
CALL. Even if they're not your senator.
I called them all! And my reps! EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. It takes 90 seconds per person! You don't have to speak to anyone. They need to hear our voices, and the sheer volume of calls will let them know that others are of a similar mind. Call them all; hell, call 10, or 5, or just 1!
🚨Tomorrow the Senate Commerce Committee votes on the “Surveillance Slate.”
🚫S. 737 (SCREEN Act)
🚫S. 1748 (KOSA)
🚫S. 4199 (Youth AI Privacy Act)
🚫S. 4407 (CHATBOT Act)
⚠️These bills expand age verification, increase data collection, and erode privacy for everyone, while doing little to address the real root causes of online harm to kids.
✅Children deserve to be safe online.
✅Parents deserve to remain the ones in charge.
Tell your Senators to vote NO.👇
Contact info for Republican and Democratic members of the Committee in the thread below.
Parents are the firewall.
Not the state. Not Big Tech. 1/3
🚨@SenateCommerce marks up KOSA and four other "kids safety" bills Wednesday.
KOSA won't stop predators. It will encourage online censorship and undermine parental authority.
The Senate should reject it.
KOSA & SCREEN are both threats to our privacy & free speech on the internet! It starts with verify yourself online with selfie/ID, then crack down on speech & mass censorship online & the government can use your info against you! CALL YOUR SENATORS TO SAY NO! BEFORE WEDNESDAY! ☭