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[–] zweieuro@lemmy.world 59 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I really think it's disgusting to boldly claim this is just to protect children. Then get the proposal denied with very valid reasoning that everyone's privacy would be compromised.

And then, a few months later, they have the exact same argument again with the same proposal as before... This seems deeply disrespectful of the subject matter

It feels like a someone is trying to steal a cookie from a cookie jar, but when mum said no you just try again the exact same way...

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It literally harms children. The EFF has done a good job explaining this

[–] somerandomname@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They have a lot of articles about this but here's a recent one in the kid's own words saying why they believe such legislation is harmful to them

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/thousands-young-people-told-us-why-kids-online-safety-act-will-be-harmful-minors