‘Kids Online Safety Act’ will deliberately target trans content, senator admits.::undefined

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    Is it protecting children? Claims need evidence and rules need tests. Until we do that its fear-based, exploitable control for the sake of control.

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      Yeah that’s the problem with legislation like this. You’ll have proponents claim it protects children without actually explaining how.

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      No, sometimes we actually need to act before knowing everything. This is sometimes called “leadership”. What we know for a fact currently is that the number of children who think they are trans or non-binary is in a sharp rise in many countries in the west. Only in the west, somehow. If this is caused by something that is reversible, then it probably should be tried out.