Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act — It Endangers the Most Vulnerable Kids

Vote no on the Kids Online Safety Act. Despite revisions, KOSA still threatens the online communities that LGBTQ+ and trans youth depend on as lifelines. The bill's "duty of care" still covers content recommendation systems, which means the FTC could pressure platforms to filter topics like LGBTQ+ issues and abortion by claiming that algorithmically surfacing that content "causes" anxiety or depression. That is not a neutral safety standard — it is a censorship mechanism. We've seen exactly how platforms respond to this kind of legal pressure. After SESTA/FOSTA, they aggressively suppressed important and sometimes lifesaving content. Existing content filters already disproportionately target marginalized creators. KOSA hands bad actors the same playbook that's already been used to ban inclusive books and block gender-affirming healthcare across multiple states. Dozens of LGBTQ+ and civil rights organizations oppose this bill for exactly these reasons. If Congress wants to protect young people from Big Tech, pass a real federal data privacy law — one that doesn't put queer and trans kids in the crossfire.