Why Conservatives Are Wrong to Support the Kids Online Safety Act

After languishing for years, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) finally cleared the Senate in July. Yesterday, the House Energy & Commerce Committee (ECC) approved the bill, readying it for a floor vote in the lower chamber.

Conservatives committed to free speech must once again explain that KOSA vests censorship authorities in an already too-censorial federal bureaucracy. The bill has undergone myriad revisions as legislators have attempted to edit away its clear deficiencies. But these deficiencies are fundamental to its structure — excising them would also level its foundation.

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David B. McGarry

David B. McGarry is the research director of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance and Taxpayers Protection Alliance.

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After languishing for years, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) finally cleared the Senate in July. Yesterday, the House Energy & Commerce Committee (ECC) approved the bill, readying it for a floor vote in the lower chamber.

Conservatives committed to free speech must once again explain that KOSA vests censorship authorities in an already too-censorial federal bureaucracy. The bill has undergone myriad revisions as legislators have attempted to edit away its clear deficiencies. But these deficiencies are fundamental to its structure — excising them would also level its foundation.