For example, it mandates parental controls, which may be reasonable in some circumstances for younger kids, but KOSA covers teenagers as well, where this becomes a lot more problematic: I actually think the letter pulls some punches and doesn’t go far enough in explaining just how dangerous KOSA can be for kids, but it does include some hints of how bad it can be. It also includes many organizations who do tremendous work actually fighting to protect children, rather than pushing for showboating legislation that pretends to help children while actually doing tremendous harm. Notably, signatories on the letter - which include our own Copia Institute - also include the ACLU, EFF, the American Library Association and many more. A coalition of over 90 organizations has sent a letter to Congress this morning explaining why KOSA is not just half-baked and not ready for prime time, but that it’s so poorly thought out and drafted that it will be actively harmful to many children. Of course, that leaves out the reality: the opposition wasn’t that loud because there hadn’t been any real public opportunity to debate the bill, and since until a few weeks ago it didn’t appear to be moving forward, everyone was spending their time trying to fend off other awful bills.īut, if supporters insist there’s no opposition, well, now they need to contend with this. When pressed about this, we heard from Senate staffers that they hadn’t heard much “opposition” to the bill, so they figured there was no reason to stop it from moving forward. And yet, there Blumenthal admitted he was was actively seeking to get it included in one of the “must pass” year end omnibus bills. KOSA itself has not had any serious debate in Congress, nor been voted out of committee. It’s fantasyland thinking, and we need to stop electing politicians who live in fantasyland. As with many “protect the children” or “but think of the children!” kinds of legislation, KOSA is built around moral panics and nonsense, blaming the internet any time anything bad happens, and insisting that if only this bill were in place, somehow, magically, internet companies would stop bad stuff from happening. We’ve written a number of posts about the problems of KOSA, the Kids Online Safety Act from Senators Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn (both of whom have fairly long and detailed histories for pushing anti-internet legislation). The error appeared when I stopped the installation process of one of the applications because it got stuck.Mon, Nov 28th 2022 01:34pm - Mike Masnick Would be really nice if you guys could help. I know that I need somehow delete some of those libraries but I don't know which and how. The following packages have unmet dependencies: I am aware that it's a common problem but i am quite new with linux systems and I would like to know how to exactly fix my problem.
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