Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act. KOSA's "duty of care" provision is a censorship regime in disguise. It lets government agencies sue platforms that don't restrict content someone later claims contributed to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, or "compulsive usage," a term with no accepted clinical definition. When the safest legal option is to delete a forum, platforms will delete the forum.
The bill's claim that it protects viewpoints is a smokescreen. Liability attaches to the platform, not the user, so platforms will over-censor to avoid lawsuits. Support groups, mental health communities, and LGBTQ forums will get caught in the dragnet. A small platform hosting mental health discussion boards faces the same legal exposure as Meta or TikTok, but without the resources to fight back. Apple and X helped negotiate this bill and support it precisely because large companies can absorb the compliance costs while smaller competitors cannot.
KOSA will not make kids safer. It will silence the online spaces where young people learn, connect, and find support on the hardest subjects in their lives. Vote no.
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