Tag: First Amendment

The Protecting Kids On Social Media Act Is A Terrible Alternative To KOSA

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

We have covered the Protecting Kids On Social Media Act a few times, when it was first introduced back in April, where we highlighted how it was both unconstitutional and the rationale behind it was not supported by any actual evidence, and then again just recently when Senator Chris Murphy (one of the bill’s co-sponsors) wrote a ridiculously confused op-ed for the NY Times, claiming it was necessary because kids these days get too many music recommendations and no longer could discover new music on their own.

The Protecting Kids On Social Media Act Is A Terrible Alternative To KOSA

Related:

Stop the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act

U.S. Government Seeks Extensive Oversight over TikTok

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)
Source.

The U.S. government, through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), proposed a draft agreement last summer that would grant it extensive access and control over TikTok‘s operations. This move comes as an attempt to address national security concerns related to the Chinese-owned app. A draft agreement, sourced from Forbes, outlines the following potential powers for the U.S. government:

U.S. Government Seeks Extensive Oversight over TikTok

Wisconsin Pushing Bill That Requires Websites To Treat All Users As If They’re Children

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

I’ve talked before about the utter stupidity (and danger) of trying to turn the internet into Disneyland: a safe space for little kids, where they’ll never encounter any content that makes them upset, but plenty of states (and many people in Congress) are trying to do it anyway.

Wisconsin Pushing Bill That Requires Websites To Treat All Users As If They’re Children

New York Times Helps Marco Rubio Push Persecution Of Antiwar Leftists + More

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Citing a recent McCarthyite smear piece by The New York Times, Senator Marco Rubio published a letter on Wednesday that he’d sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the investigation of American leftist antiwar groups, claiming they are “tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and operating with impunity in the United States.”

New York Times Helps Marco Rubio Push Persecution Of Antiwar Leftists

Time to troll Rubio, with Bible verses, on Twitter/X again!

Previously:

McCarthyism Is Back: Together We Can Stop It

Chinese-American worker and activist arrested for advocating for peace between US and China

Did Marco Rubio Bite Off More Than He Can Chew?

Alexander Ionov—Uhuru case