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Rand Paul: KOSA is not the solution for protecting children from social media
Opinion: KOSA opens the door to nearly limitless content regulation because platforms will censor users rather than risk liability.
While I deeply sympathize with the families of those who have tragically lost loved ones to suicide, and I have no doubt the authors of the Kids Online Safety Act genuinely want to protect children, KOSA is not the solution KOSA would impose an unprecedented duty of care on internet platforms to design their sites to mitigate and prevent harms associated with mental health, such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders. Imposing a “ duty of care ” on online platforms to mitigate harms associated with mental health can only lead to one outcome: The silencing of constitutionally protected speech.
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