Opinion: The Kids Online Safety Act would harm LGBTQ+ youth, restrict access to information and community

KOSA authorizes state attorneys general to be the ultimate arbiters of what is good or bad for kids. If a state attorney general asserts that information about gender-affirming care or abortion care could cause a child depression or anxiety, they could sue an app or website for not removing that content.

another op-ed that goes into more detail on this:

KOSA: A nationwide anti-trans/LGBTQ+ bill in all but name

Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Republican co-sponsor of KOSA, in response to the question, “what do you think is . . . the top issue that conservatives should be taking action on?” said this:

“Well, there are a couple of things. Of course, protecting minor children from the transgender in this culture and that influence. And I would add to that watching what’s happening on social media. And I’ve got the Kids Online Safety Act that I think we’re going to end up getting through.”

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Since I began raising awareness about KOSA, the most common question I’ve received is “so why are Democrats on board with this?” Well, they weren’t initially. In November 2022, 90+ LGBTQ and human rights organizations signed a letter opposing an earlier draft of KOSA—this effectively killed the bill. But then (according to what I’ve heard from reliable sources), Senator Richard Blumenthal (the Democratic co-sponsor of KOSA, who has long wanted to pass a “protecting kids from the internet” law) convinced a small handful of national LGBTQ+ organizations to switch their position from “opposed” to “neutral.” Then he told his colleagues that he had gotten major LGBTQ+ orgs on board with the bill, even though they did not support it and far more LGBTQ+ orgs continue to oppose it.

https://www.stopkosa.com/ has a form you can fill out that makes it easy to contact your Congressional representatives about the bill, as does the EFF.

and here is the congress.gov page with official bill details, where you can check among other things to see if one or both of your Senators is already cosponsoring it. it currently has 23 Republican and 21 Democratic cosponsors, and with that sort of bipartisan support it actually stands a chance of passing the Senate.