- United States
- Colo.
- Letter
Vote NO on the Kids Online Safety Act. KOSA passed the Senate on July 30, and the House must reject it. Despite its name, this bill doesn't protect kids — it hands the government a broad censorship tool and forces platforms to over-block legal speech to avoid liability.
The collateral damage is real. Blunt automated filters can't distinguish between harmful content and legitimate discussion of health, identity, or civil rights. Worse, KOSA would effectively mandate age verification, pushing private data into the hands of third-party companies like Clear or ID.me. That's a surveillance infrastructure built on the backs of children.
Many of your colleagues have already raised free speech concerns about this bill. Those concerns are valid. Vote no.