Measures to protect minors online may inadvertently lead to censoring LGBTQ+ content, gender identity information, abortion resources, and trans support, justifying email surveillance and online speech filtering.
Powerful entities are progressively surveilling and controlling more aspects of people's lives globally, depriving marginalized groups of their fundamental rights to free speech, expression, and assembly.
Efforts to break encryption, restrict young people's social media access, and monitor online activities under the guise of protection are part of a broader trend to control and silence the marginalized, portraying non-normative identities as unacceptable and dangerous.
The Heritage Foundation aims to use legislation like the federal Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to censor trans content from minors, with Sen. Marsha Blackburn explicitly stating the need to shield kids from transgender individuals and labeling education on racial discrimination as 'dangerous.'
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