The US’s latest attempt to chill speech online, KOSA-a bill to effectively force everyone to identify themselves to online platforms-is picking up steam and looking like it will pass the Senate.

  • mctoasterson@reddthat.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    9 months ago

    I don’t like the concept of basic internet usage becoming a “know your customer” situation. If they advance this crap, they are just setting up future framework for a social credit score system. It should be very telling that your privacy is an expendable commodity to both major parties.

    • Darkrai@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      9 months ago

      We already have a social credit score, we started it in the 80s. Its called credit

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        9 months ago

        That’s true, although it seems like it’s not quite as transparent to institutional users and politicised as that implies.