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Children’s online safety bills are our chance to name hate

JL;DR SUMMARY New York State Sen. Andrew Gounardes and the federal Kids Online Safety Act aim to protect children from specific online harms, but they overlook critical issues such as antisemitism and extremism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Hate SpeechLegislationAdvocacyExtremismOnline SafetyChild SafetyNew York StateFederal LawGaming

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New York, United States
"Two weeks ago, New York State Sen. Andrew Gounardes stood with child safety advocates in calling the video game Roblox a playground for predators and announced legislation requiring gaming platforms to verify users ages."
South Dakota, United States
"The Kids Online Safety Act passed in the Senate 91-to-3 last year and has been reintroduced with support from Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)."

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