Online Safety Bill Hurts Kids It Claims to Protect (And They're Wrong Because the System's Broken)

KOSA claims to protect kids online. But trans youth, queer kids, and weird communities will be the real targets. Here's why the system is broken. The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) passed the Senate 91-3. It has bipartisan support from Elizabeth Warren and Marsha Blackburn. It sounds reasonable on paper — "protect children from online harm." But the bill is deliberately vague. It leaves definitions of "harm," "emotional disturbance," and "addiction-like behaviors" up to the FTC. In a conservative administration, that means: 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans content could be labeled "harmful" 🌈 LGBTQ+ resources could be censored 📚 Sex education and abortion information could be restricted 🔒 Age verification could require government ID — locking out trans folks whose IDs don't match The ACLU opposes KOSA. The EFF opposes KOSA. Queer youth organizations oppose KOSA. Because this isn't about protecting kids. It's about controlling what they can see and who gets to exist online. In this video, I break down: 📌 What KOSA actually says (and doesn't say) 📌 Why vague laws are dangerous laws 📌 How age verification hurts trans and gender-nonconforming people 📌 Why "think of the children" is the oldest censorship trick in the book 📌 What you can do about it Special thanks to ZMannZilla at www.pandangit.com for the video editing & animation & to powerfulcrumpets.bsky.social for the artoerk of Toroth used throughout. Please support them both!