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by autoexec 695 days ago
We need protections in law, but I can't say I'm a big fan of KOSA. It not only fails to address the problem for anyone other than children, but it enables a lot of harm. Censorship isn't the solution. Ending the buying and selling of personal data, outlawing ads that are targeted to individuals as opposed to targeting content/context, and requiring companies to apply the same policies and prices for all of their customers no matter who that customer is, or how much money that customer has in the bank would be a better approach.
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Sometimes censorship is the solution, because humans are tricky and every human comes with their own baggage. Not always of course, but there is always nuance.