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Billboard truck decries Senator Blumenthal’s hypocritical reintroduction of KOSA, an LGBTQ+ censorship bill


A Pride-themed truck is spending Monday circling Senator Blumenthal’s offices in Hartford with messages from LGBTQ+ people and activists disappointed at his betrayal. Just ahead of Pride month, self-professed LGBTQ+ ally Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced the Kid’s Online Safety Act (KOSA), betraying the LGBTQ+ community. For years, digital rights experts have warned that, if […]

Just ahead of Pride month, self-professed LGBTQ+ ally Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced the Kid’s Online Safety Act (KOSA), betraying the LGBTQ+ community. KOSA is a bad, ignorant bill that will do little or nothing to meaningfully protect kids—in fact, its censorship may end up hurting the most vulnerable children online by blocking the resources and community they need to survive. It’s time we stop fighting each other over bad legislation like KOSA and work together to craft a legitimate anti-surveillance law with a progressive, rights-forward vision to protect all of our digital lives.

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