There is a better way. Instead of considering these bills, the Senate Commerce Committee should be focusing on a national consumer privacy bill that would protect ALL internet users, or on banning behavioral advertising that tracks us across the web—again, for users of all ages.

But the bills being considered this week move in the other direction—more information being collected, more surveillance, and less privacy for internet users of all ages.

Acting like more surveillance isn't the entire point. They always use the "think of the children" excuse with these kinds of censorship bills.

If they actually cared at all, these bills would be getting laughed out of the writer's room.

These bills really feel like the death knell of the open and free internet in the US as we know it

Wouldn’t sites like Lemmy servers be forced to comply, too?