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Microsoft endorses anti-LGBTQ online "child safety" bill KOSA night before Big Tech hearing (US Politics) (gazette.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.exchange/users/thenexusofprivacy/statuses/111847834655628571

Worth noting: Microsoft owns LinkedIn, which wouldn't be particularly affected by KOSA.

There's a hearing on Wednesday, and potentially a Senate vote soon, so if you're in the US now's a good time to contact your Senators. https://stopkosa.com and EFF's page make it easy!

#kosa #microsoft

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[–] Supermariofan67@programming.dev 82 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They have the money and resources to comply with it, but any small competitor won't. So Microsoft will gain even more dominance in the market

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I also wouldn't put it past them to be thinking of ways they can take advantage of identity verification schemes. The idea of everyone needing to have Microsoft Authenticator installed to verify their age for any site they want to visit must make them salivate. Makes me wanna puke that they'd get away with it, too.

[–] thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 9 months ago

Yep. There's money to be made here!

[–] thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 9 months ago

Great point. Mike Masnick has said that he wouldn't be surprised if Meta also comes out in support, for similar reasons.