cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1230279/us-house-passes-the-kids-internet-and-digital-safety-kids-act-which-would-basically-requ
This bill requires specified online platforms to establish safeguards for minors. The safeguards include (1) limiting access to specified sexual material, (2) providing parental controls on social media and online video game platforms, and (3) requiring artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to disclose certain information to users who are minors.
First, publicly available online platforms on which more than one-third of the content is considered sexual material harmful to minors under the bill must adopt technology to identify minors and prevent them from accessing such material.
Next, social media platforms must (1) implement default settings for minors that limit compulsive usage features and the ability of other users to communicate with minors, and (2) provide tools for parents to manage the privacy and account settings of a minor. Social media platforms may not allow ephemeral messaging features for minors.
The bill also requires online video game platforms to provide tools that allow parents to (1) limit communication between a minor and other users of the platform, and (2) restrict purchases by a minor on the platform.
Further, providers of AI chatbots must disclose to users who are minors (1) that the chatbot is an AI system and not a human, and (2) suicide and crisis intervention hotline information.
Finally, the bill requires specified studies and reports about the effects of social media platforms on minors and provides for enforcement of the bill’s requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.
If they actually cared about kids, the Epstein files would have been released ages ago with no redactions. No politician cares about you or your kids.
the list of “if they actually cared about kids, they would have/should have done X” is so long you could probably print it out at an 8 point font and it’d still reach from coast to coast across the width of america.
It’s worth noting that this isn’t a distraction, this is the main event.
This is such bullshit. If they really cared about the well-being of children, they’d make sure they had free healthcare, free daycare, and free college/trade school.
This is ONLY about connecting our identities with our online activity. They just put a bunch of people in prison for DECADES for possessing writings that were “anti-government,” so that allowed them to be classified as ANTIFA terrorists. This will allow them to do that with ANYONE who posts something they don’t like.
Just because these parasites claim to have a righteous rationalization for this, doesn’t mean we have to accept it. We KNOW they are lying, and the real reason is to control the adults of this country, not the children.
A lifetime of invasive surveillance is far more damaging to society, than kids discovering that men and women have different genitalia.
This will be a kiss of death for every site that enacts it
This is one of those deals where the ALL fall in line from both parties. That’s when you know the Big Fix is in. The Sociopathic Oligarchs demanded this because it not only makes them mind-boggling wealth, but it also allows them to kill those who are causing them trouble.
And the people we elected to protect us, sold us out - nearly all of them.
Should we just share memes and titties outside since the normies moved online and fucked it up?
Obviously, I hate it, but
specified online platforms
that’s a lot more weaksauce than I was expecting. I guess these old fossils don’t know that there are websites based in other countries
I would highly recommend actually reading the full text of the bill. It is a lot more than what is in the body of the post.
It is not clear to me whether a site would need to be hosted in the US to fall under this law or if they would just need to be accessible in the US.
I would post the definitions but there are 7 titles under this law and 5 of them each have their own definition.
Edit: just to be clear. I hate this law too. ID requirements will kill many platforms or people will use vpns to circumvent.
Why would someone from another country follow U.S. law. Not their problem.
If they want to do business in the US then it follows that they would need to follow us law when conducting that business. It is the same reason that valve has to follow California law despite not being headquartered in California.
If that weren’t the case then businesses would just move to international waters and claim to only need to follow maritime law.
I’m tired man
Looking forward to the Epstein class vetoing this when they realize they can’t watch their preferred type of porn any more
They go to private mansions for child trafficking
The Epstein class desperately wants this. They can get around it easily, and this way anything bad you say about them can be tied directly to your identity. This will never catch a rich person, it’s about persecuting dissenters who threaten their power.
Its not like they could just create a company that collects almost every child’s image through the years which can then be tied directly to parents addresses anyway… /s
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Epstein Class uses this to find “product” for their islands.
They said they take away the liberties of young people - they took away the liberties of all people.
At this point they’re the ones creating false premises and the people dont have any real way of challenging that.
Most Americans will accept deep surveillance and the arrests that will follow, without complaints. “Nothing To Hide, Nothing To Fear”
I’d turn that vote tally into a six-seven “joke”, but that would require more critical thought than what every politician put into drafting and/or voting that law through Congress.
They are all about freedom and small gov until they are in power.
My Democratic house member (who ran unopposed in his last two primaries) voted for the KIDS acts. I am so glad I get to vote for him this year in the general election. I love living in my very healthy and functional democracy.
Situation is shit now, but I really love that people made spaces such as this one - small, and calm, without too much (of course they are) normies looking around. Hell, the best defensive mechanism against normies appears to be “pick your server” question when registering.
And looking forward, internet will pop and transform thanks to such small spaces that will emerge out of nowhere, against the stupid laws and censorship, even if access will be limited it will work as sifting for low-efforders.
I love it. Now it’s time to take my meds and go to bed. 👴
