Censoring the internet will not protect children. Government efforts to limit free speech – even when it’s ‘for the children’ – are Orwellian (Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech). The fact that so many conservative Republicans voted ‘yea’ is proof that over the past several years too many elected officials are willing to sacrifice principal for expediency.

What’s the political context in which KOSA will be enforced?

Well, over the past four years, President Joe Biden, the most anti-free speech president in American history, has directed his administration to create an intricate censorship regime. Biden has called for greater censorship and has demanded social media companies silence ‘dissenting’ voices.