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The Bill That Could Erase LGBTQ Content
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June 12, 2026
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32:34Now PlayingJust in time for Pride month, Marsha Blackburn and the Heritage Foundation's anti-LGBTQ censorship is back (now supported by OpenAI).
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The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is back, and this time, the White House is reportedly negotiating a deal to pass it in exchange for federal preemption of state AI laws. In this episode of Free Speech Friday, I break down why KOSA is one of the most dangerous internet censorship bills in Congress, why tech billionaires like Sam Altman and Elon Musk actually SUPPORT it, and what the media is getting completely wrong about this so-called "trade-off."
I'm joined by Ari Cohn, one of the top First Amendment lawyers in the country, to explain exactly how KOSA's "duty of care" provision will force platforms to mass-censor content, including LGBTQ voices, mental health support communities, reproductive health information, and more.
We cover the junk science behind the social media moral panic, the age verification privacy nightmare, how the FTC could become the internet's censor-in-chief, and why we've seen this exact panic before with comic books, video games, and television.
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In this video, we cover:
What the Kids Online Safety Act actually does
How KOSA could impact social media platforms
Age verification and online privacy issues
The potential effects on LGBTQ communities, mental health resources, and online speech
Why Elon Musk and OpenAI support KOSA.
The reality of age verification and the death of online privacy.
How KOSA targets niche communities and support groups.
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