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Snap Breaks Under Pressure, Supports Dangerous KOSA Bill That Will Put Kids In Danger


Over and over again, we see politicians browbeat companies until they agree to support terrible legislation. Back when FOSTA was being debated, there was tremendous pressure from the media and Cong…

Eventually, after a ton of pressure was put on the companies, Meta (then still Facebook) broke ranks with the rest of the industry and came out with full throated support for the law. But, we’re seeing the same playbook being run out with KOSA, the Kids Online Safety Act, which has broad bipartisan support in Congress, even as Republicans have made it clear they view it as a tool to silence LGBTQ+ content. There’s yet another Congressional moral panic hearing happening this week, where the CEOs of Meta, Discord, Snap, TikTok, and ExTwitter will go to DC to get yelled at by very clueless but grandstandingly angry Senators.

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