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Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by notfromhere@lemmy.ml to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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.

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 43 points 7 months ago (3 children)

inb4 Americans use VPN connections to HongKong to get around US censorship laws...

[–] Mikufan@ani.social 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think VPN to Belize or Cuba will become a new standard...

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think a Cuban VPN exists. If it does, it's definitely government-run. They don't let the internet in (except on designated monitored computers priced so the local's can't access them much) and instead have their own intranet.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Story time: something like 30 years ago, someone sent me an email asking a technical question about a thing I posted online. We exchanged a couple educated emails, and they thanked me for the explanation. Then it hit me: ...who TF has email on Cuba ...whom was I talking to?

Nowadays they have Internet access for tourists, but 30 years ago... yeah, that.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Lol, so what sort of thing was Fidel tinkering with and asking for help with?

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It was something technical, web hosting related I think. I'd have to dig up some old backups, if it's even still there... maybe someday. I remember thinking it must've been someone working for the government.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago

Some of the nordics have actual strong privacy laws, last I checked, so there's no reason to have to play censorship regimes against each other like that.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You may want to think twice about that:

Don't Go To Hong Kong Now (Even on Connecting Flights)

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You've got it backwards. China's increasingly tight social controls, and increasingly antagonistic stance with the US, just means that they're the least likely country to report you to US companies and state governments. I have no plans to ever go to China or Hong Kong.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I have no plans to ever go to China or Hong Kong.

As long as that's true, of you and of any of your acquaintances, and your friendly local Chinese citizen group (¹) working for China doesn't take an interest in you, that's fine.

(¹) China’s overseas police stations

PS: just saying, use Tor. If It's good enough for the CIA, it's good enough for everyone.