Again, KOSA and KIDs act don't empower parents. It rips power away from the parents and gives it to the government to then make it a Honey Pot of information for hackers
Even if this doesn't pass where you live, it is still a global problem. The world's governments are taking inspiration from each other with every mass surveillance law they pass.
Make your voices heard. Don't let this happen
Your private ID details are now gonna go to private companies like Rockstar or any 3rd party intermediaries... and it WILL get hacked, leaked, and sold off to the black market like it always does. You can kiss your privacy goodbye.
It also never really stops kids from actually playing, as they borrow their parents' ID ALL the time, or bypass it with VPNs.
It's also a power grab for the state regulators who get to use these issues as a way to get more funding, more relevance, and then be able to regulate even more media.
It didn't start with GTA, and it's not gonna end with GTA... soon you'll need ID to watch anime, movies, read books, etc.
Meanwhile, personal agency is being robbed from parents because they wanna make the government the guardian of the youth.
This is what's wrong with parents and why the government gets away with eroding rights.
YOU chose to give your kid a smartphone
YOU chose to give them complete access
YOU chose not to use parental controls
YOU chose not to use screen time limitations
YOU chose to not be a parent
Bad news. An extension of "Chat Control 1.0"—which had actually been rejected as recently as March—has been pushed through amidst the chaos. It makes me question the European Parliament's system itself, which allows for such tactics.
Once again I was called a doom poster for mentioning how bad this will all get. Many told me to shut up and now look at how right I was
Truthfully I do wish I wasn't right about this
I already do. This isn't something the government needs to be involved in. My kids can't download any apps on their phones without a password only me and my husband have. They have to ask us before installing anything. The government wasn't needed for this.
Stop expecting the government to parent for you.
A federal judge ruled that multiple components of a Nebraska law, Parental Rights in Social Media Act, aimed at protecting children online, likely violate the #FirstAmendment and blocked them from going into effect in July. Read more: https://t.co/Hpj9F7u5vB
@TPPF Parents should learn how to set up the parental controls on the App Stores. It takes less than two minutes and they can control what apps their children download and a whole lot more. We don't need government mandates replacing parental responsibility and authority.
IMPORTANT CENSORSHIP NEWS:
After investigation, a User proves that over 120 Major Tech companies are lobbying to pass the "KIDS Act".
Microsoft, Google, Meta, AT&T, and Comcast being big names in support of censoring the internet
Its not about stopping Big Tech, but helping them gain more information about you.
If the KIDS Act H.R. 7757 passes, here is what we are going to get.
> Mandatory age checks for online access
> Government-mandated content safety policies
> Perpetual monitoring of online speech
> Potential censorship of lawful speech
> Restrictions on "addictive" online content
> "Harmful" content is heavily moderated
This is going to lead to a mass chilling effect, not just on controversial "speech" and opinions, but also on lawful adult content. It will lead to data breaches, mass doxxing, and various other privacy issues as well.
Even if it does pass, it won't meaningfully stop minors and kids from accessing content they are not supposed to access, as most are smart enough to find workarounds for it... then...
...this could potentially pave the way towards harsher restrictions on internet privacy, such as outlawing VPNs and encrypted transmission of data.
The KIDS Act—a comprehensive legislative package that includes age verification and regulations on private messaging—has passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
It is truly disappointing. However, the Senate still remains. Advocacy efforts from this point on will be crucial.
IMPORTANT CENSORSHIP NEWS:
The KIDS Act has passed within the House for the U.S. It received major bipartisan support with 267 to 117 votes.
This will change the internet as we know it. The KIDS Act is a package of around a dozen bills that pairs a revised Kids Online Safety Act with new age-verification, AI chatbot, and messaging rules. Forcing the entire internet to implement age verification checks.