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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
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A perfectly normal warning on Instagram. KOSA is going to be perfectly fine... 🔥🔥🐶☕🔥🔥 (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Astronautical@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's the "Kids Online Safety Act". Basically it's using the old "think of the children!" move, but in reality conservatives are trying to push anything queer back into the dark.

[–] LucidBoi@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Think of the children! Let us scan all of your images, files and messages! For the sake of children of course! Nothing suspicious here...