Microsoft president endorses online child safety bill night before Big Tech hearing
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Microsoft announced that it is endorsing bipartisan legislation intended to hold Big Tech companies accountable for ensuring that teenagers and children are safe online. Microsoft Vice Chairman and President Brad

cross-posted from: https://infosec.exchange/users/thenexusofprivacy/statuses/111847834655628571

Microsoft endorses anti-LGBTQ online “child safety” bill KOSA night before Big Tech hearing (US Politics)

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

  • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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.