The Kids Online Safety Act isn't a threat to free speech

The Kids Online Safety Act isn’t a threat to free speech


Does the Kids Online Safety Act threaten free speech? As an ex-Google whistleblower who caught YouTube red-handed when it manually manipulated search results for abortion, I know a thing or two about threats to free speech. KOSA is not a threat to free speech.

What should we make of the “experts” who claim that KOSA threatens free speech? These people envision themselves as brave truth-tellers and whistleblowers, taking a bold and unpopular stance in defense of free speech. But let’s contrast my whistleblowing to their whistleblowing.

At a certain point, these ‘experts’ are re-enacting the Principal Skinner ‘out of touch’ meme from ‘The Simpsons.’ As people like Elon Musk and Jonathan Haidt throw their weight behind KOSA and KOSA passes the Senate on a 91-3 vote, perhaps

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