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submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Senator Admits "Kids Online Safety Act" Will Target Trans Content Online.::The lead sponsor of the "Kids Online Safety Act," otherwise known as KOSA, has stated over the weekend that it will be used to "protect minor children from the transgender in our culture."

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[-] 5BC2E7@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

This should go in news or politics. Not technology

[-] skymtf 39 points 1 year ago

Ugh I would down vote if my instance supported, tired of these trans people are political shit. And KOSA is about tech but trans people are PoLiTiCaL

[-] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

They're trying to make laws to hurt trans people, and it's a hot issue among the populace... That is the very definition of political.

[-] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That doesn't mean it's any less tech for it, it's going to affect the whole landscape of the internet.

Technology can't be so easily detached from politics. It's not just about components and code, it's also about how it's used and what are the rules around it. There is a lot of politics even around something as basic as copying a file.

[-] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I didn't mean to imply it's not also concerning tech. I think it would fit in both spheres. Just commenting on the whole "stop making trans people political" notion, like the issue isn't and hasn't been political the entire time.

[-] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, I see. That's a complicated matter. Ultimately everything that relates to people's lives is political, but many people don't even think of matters as political unless they are having issues regarding their rights.

I don't think that response is accurate, but it's a way to convey that trans people's rights should be a given, just as cis people's rights are. Most people don't think of their cisness as political, even though it is.

[-] teruma@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I specifically made a new account on an instance that allows downvoting just for transphobes.

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