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You know, I do wonder what their game is in all this.it’s clear to me that India is our new greatest ally. Sorry Israel. There’s a new I in town.
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do you think it will pass wednesday.
No. They burned Elon and Vivek, both of which took massive brand damage. "Digital ID" isn't enough to have made that worth it. Just a coincidence.You think this whole h1b thing was just a way to distract us from arguing about this?
in 20 days trump will be in office, wonder what the first thing he's gonna do is?No. They burned Elon and Vivek, both of which took massive brand damage. "Digital ID" isn't enough to have made that worth it. Just a coincidence.
The H-1B thing has been boiling over for decades, Vivek being outed as a scumfuck con artist was always in the wings (and utterly unsurprising in retrospect, after all, he is Indian), and Elon having an autistic meltdown over the realization that politics is complicated, yo was absolutely 100% not in the cards, as shown by how deathly fucking silent everyone not a second or third string grifter was.
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do you think it will pass wednesday.
All the more reason not to was pass it, then. It's a virtue signaling bill that has multiple carve-outs to ensure it can't even be used to limit tranny and LGBT shit from being blasted towards kids.tbh I'm unsure how that bill could beat a 1st amendment challenge
Insane they didn't have the political awarness to realize this was not the policy to be talking about. The left already despises them, and now every part of the right except boomers who care for nothing but how far their retirement fund will go and crypto grift indians hate them too.They burned way more assets than those two. A lot of the new media people outed themselves. All for nothing too. They would have gotten a H1B increase if they just shut up. Now they have awoken a bear.
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.....Kids Online Safety Act
This bill sets out requirements to protect minors from online harms.
The requirements apply to covered platforms, which are applications or services (e.g., social networks) that connect to the internet and are likely to be used by minors. However, the bill exempts internet service providers, email services, educational institutions, and other specified entities from the requirements.
Covered platforms must take reasonable measures in the design and operation of products or services used by minors to prevent and mitigate certain harms that may arise from that use (e.g., sexual exploitation and online bullying).
Additionally, covered platforms must provide (1) minors with certain safeguards, such as settings that restrict access to minors' personal data; and (2) parents or guardians with tools to supervise minors' use of a platform, such as control of privacy and account settings.
Covered platforms must also
disclose specified information, including details regarding the use of personalized recommendation systems and individual-specific advertising to minors;
allow parents, guardians, minors, and schools to report certain harms;
refrain from facilitating advertising of age-restricted products or services (e.g., tobacco and gambling) to minors; and
annually report on foreseeable risks of harm to minors from using the platform.
Additionally, the bill requires large (based on specified revenue, employment, or user criteria) websites, internet applications, and search engines (including social network sites) to meet certain requirements before using algorithms that prioritize information furnished to the user based on user-specific data. For example, such platforms must (1) provide users with notice that the website uses such algorithms, and (2) make available a version of the platform that uses algorithms that do not prioritize information based on user data.
The bill provides for enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission and states.
Further, the bill requires the commission to seek to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study the risks of harm to minors by the use of social media and other online platforms.
The bill establishes a council to advise on implementing the bill. It also requires guidance for market and product research focused on minors and an evaluation of options to verify a user's age.
Congress moves forward on the Kids Online Safety Act
By Sarah Jeong, features editor who publishes award-winning stories about law, tech, and internet subcultures. A journalist trained as a lawyer, she has been writing about tech for 10 years.
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The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) was first introduced in 2023; over a year later, with the August recess looming, the Senate is poised to vote on the bill. With 70 cosponsors, the bill appears likely to pass.
Proponents of the bill believe that the law is necessary to safeguard children from harm that could result from the platforms’ relentless quest for user attention. Critics argue that KOSA not only erodes internet freedoms but could also prevent minors — particularly LGBTQ minors — from accessing potentially lifesaving information.
Indeed, lead cosponsor Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has publicly justified KOSA on the basis that “we should be protecting minor children from the transgender in this culture.”
The current text of KOSA creates a duty of care for platforms, requiring them to take reasonable steps to mitigate a specific list of harms to minors. Those include things like cyberbullying, sexual exploitation, and eating disorders.
On top of that, it would mandate certain kinds of parental tools, require the highest level of privacy settings to be on for kids by default, and let young users have a say in whether they get personalized recommendations, like through algorithmic feeds.
Regardless of what happens in the Senate, the House of Representatives is adjourning for the August recess ahead of schedule, and is set to return in mid-September. It’s difficult to pass legislation in September in an election year, so the ultimate fate of KOSA is very much up in the air.
They would have 100% gotten whatever they were asking for re: visas, day 1, in the middle of 100 other EOs that the media was going to sperg about and no one would have noticed. Trump didn't care about any of that shit, would have viewed it as small potatoes.They burned way more assets than those two. A lot of the new media people outed themselves. All for nothing too. They would have gotten a H1B increase if they just shut up. Now they have awoken a bear.
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Not every aspect of it is bad but it would be interesting to see the consequences of the "allow parents, guardians, minors, and schools to report certain harms" and "refrain from facilitating advertising of age-restricted products or services (e.g., tobacco and gambling) to minors" part should the legislation be implemented. it is definitely giving Federal Trade Commission and state authorities more leeway to deal with social media networks.pretty much put alot under FTC from reading
I’d like it to be freeing Ross Ulbricht as he’s promised to do.in 20 days trump will be in office, wonder what the first thing he's gonna do is?
Just from what I'm reading, it's a extention of COPPA. Personally I have no issues with a lot of this to tell you the honest truth. It is how it's implemented that will be the issue.pretty much put alot under FTC from reading