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Republican senator pushes again in opposition to KOSA ‘lies’

Editorial Board Published October 21, 2024
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) pushed again in opposition to tech firms’ criticism of the Children On-line Security Act (KOSA), responding in a memo Monday to what she described as “lies” in regards to the privateness laws.

The memo, launched Monday morning by her workplace, rebuked a sequence of arguments made by some main tech firms and lawmakers against the invoice’s present kind. It comes because the laws faces an unsure future within the Home after passing within the Senate earlier this 12 months.

Blackburn, the co-author of the Senate-passed model, wrote KOSA doesn’t censor speech nor have an effect on the First Modification — considerations raised by some Home Republicans.

“KOSA would not censor, limit, or remove any content from the internet and it does not give the FTC or state AGs the power to bring lawsuits over content or speech, no matter who it is from,” the memo acknowledged. “The bill passes First Amendment scrutiny because it is content neutral.”

The invoice wouldn’t give any new “rulemaking power” to the Federal Commerce Fee (FTC), Blackburn wrote in response to some Republicans’ considerations it might give the FTC an excessive amount of authority to manage social media platforms.

KOSA, which overwhelmingly handed the Senate in a 91-3 vote in late July, is geared toward boosting on-line privateness and security for youngsters. The invoice would create laws for the sorts of options tech and social media firms provide youngsters on-line and intends to scale back the addictive nature and psychological well being affect of those platforms. 

Some Home Republicans prompt final month the invoice might particularly censor conservative voices or anti-abortion views. Blackburn disagreed with this, writing on-line platforms won’t be held answerable for internet hosting or boosting customers with these views, and emphasised the invoice doesn’t grant enforcement powers associated to speech or content material.

“Claims that KOSA allows the FTC to decide what kids see online are blatant falsehoods circulated by tech companies trying to stop the bill from becoming law,” Blackburn wrote. “The bill gives the FTC the ability to hold social media accountable for their product designs — their own predatory business practices and deadly apps.”

Whereas the invoice superior out of the Home Power and Commerce Committee final month, members in each events expressed considerations with its language, for various causes.  

Some lawmakers took difficulty with the language of KOSA’s “duty of care” provision. As written within the Senate model, the availability would require platforms to design and implement options for minors to forestall and scale back harms, reminiscent of these brought on by content material selling suicide and consuming issues.  

Blackburn provided her definition of the availability, writing it “simply states that online platforms cannot put products on the market that will cause specific harms to kids, such as suicide and sexual predation. These harms are specified and defined by Congress, not the FTC.”

The Home model that superior out of committee final month consists of amendments altering this provision.

The invoice would “give parents a seat at the table” and a spot to voice their considerations with main tech firms, she added.

The push comes almost every week after Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) revealed he likes the idea of KOSA, although he claims the main points of the Senate-passed model are “very problematic.”

The Speaker mentioned the Senate invoice, as written, would have “unintended consequences,” Punchbowl reported. Johnson’s workplace confirmed his feedback to The Hill.  

Punchbowl reported Johnson didn’t seem open to persuasion on the Senate model, a possible blow to KOSA advocates who beforehand instructed the outlet the Home chief is likely to be versatile.  

Monday’s memo follows a sequence of different efforts led by Blackburn and tech advocacy teams to go the laws on the total Home ground.

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