Oddbean new post about login | logout Here's a great rundown of the latest version of #KOSA from the EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/get-real-congress-censoring-search-results-or-recommendations-still-censorship In a nutshell, they're now saying it only regulates content "recommended" to users. But that means platforms will have to deboost or bury LGBTQIA+ content to comply.
As long as the enforcement mechanism remains allowing EVERY state's attorney general to sue over "harmful" conduct, with no guardrails, this bill is a license to censor the entire internet. Please call your senator. And if you're in MA, please tell Warren that she's aiding and abetting bigots.
@534afeaa I remember when my state was considering its own "defense of marriage" act. Before the SCOTUS smothered those laws in their crib and rendered the whole conversation legally moot. They always try to tell you the worst case scenarios won't happen. That's in the playbook. It's incumbent upon the educated public to both game out the worst-case abuses of the law (because someone will choose to use the law as a cudgel; someone always does) and to recognize that downplaying those risks is always the play the supporters will make.
@534afeaa I'd say it violates 1A - it's censorship of speech