WHAT'S going on with this KOSA bill?

A revival of those sorts of properties WILL be interesting to see. Even like the newish Monster High line seems to be mostly popular among adult collectors and nostalgic Gen Zers more than actual 10 year olds. If those revivals do succeed, we could see a return to form among children's sites. Oh, should also be noted-a decent recent for the decline of multiple kids sites BESIDES the fact that monetizing them can be tricky IS that so much has moved to phones and tablets. Hence the accompanying decline in kids movie/show tie in games-why bother with something SO EXPENSIVE when you can just do a themed puzzle game on a mobile phone or tablet for a fraction of the cost? Back in the day, a major boom in flash games on websites like Fox Kids was that as simple as they were, they were colorful, fun to us, and FREE, like that Digimon Adventure game on the Fox Kids website vs. bugging my parents for a PS1 and Digimion World. 

Nick is doing pretty good mid-range programming as well, that upcoming new animated series "Rock, Paper, Scissors" looks like a pretty solid fit for kids and a lot of Nick's live-action stuff like That Girl Lay Lay also does a decent job of appealing to younger and older kids.

Yeah, I've said it over and over again, but the same parents who whine about "not wanting to co-parent with the gov't" somehow also expect the gov't to parent their kids through stupid anti-free speech bills. And like, it's yet another Satanic panic with LGBT+ stuff, same for abortion, non-conforming relationship (IE consenting polyamory) content, etc. Some states outright suggested censoring the internet for "abortion related content," and thankfully THOSE bills are not mentioned here as they were immediately shut down for being anti-free speech and unconstitutional. 

And like if I was on something inappropriate on the internet, my parents just...took away my access to the dang computer and internet for a while. No social media for a few weeks, for example. "But my kid will hate me?" Like no $%#^, that's called BEING A PARENT. Your kid is supposed to hate you sometimes! Because discipline, hard work, patience, delayed gratification, etc. aren't FUN but they're important for long term growth. Worried about no communication? Flip/dumb phones still exist for god's sake. 
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And on another note, I spent a fair bit of my life in the 90s, where the teen pregnancy and gang violence rates were through the roof (especially in the south where I spent some time) and so can attest that like "sheltering" kids from "inappropriate content" did basically nothing. Look at violent video games-how much time and money has been spent on this "issue" only to find OVER AND OVER AGAIN that there is basically no real connection between violent games and real life violence exists? The early 90s was way more violent, and that was before say, the latest GTA or a shock video on twitter/tiktok was a twinkle in some 10 year old's eyes.

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I don’t live in Florida but this is going to be the situation for ALOT of people soon.

I think GA is working on a "parental consent" law for social media as well. But Florida is outright trying to BAN all social media for young people under 16. Notice how vaguely social media is described in these laws? Does Discord count? A Google team/Zoom where people are playing games with chat? A MMORPG? League of Legends, which has chat? Youtube? 

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All of the above buddy. ALL of the above. Heck, might as well add Animal Crossing games to the mix. The PS4, PS5, PS3 Xbox One, its other versions & Switch have online functionally so they'd have to ban those as well.

Oh & it can get worse. They could straight up forbid them from having computers or phones at all.

More bullcrap videos from those who probably support the bill.


I hope that immense backlash happens that ultimately leads to them realizing how bad of an idea such a bill is. Well, either that or they'll just see it all as more attention to them & double down on the bill, to the point that they will EVENTUALLY straight up ban phones, computers & consoles. Oh & they'll make it REAL vague so that you can't even have a freakin' Leapster in your home, or even an Etch-Er-Sketch because they would believe that it'd "make kids gay/bi/trans". Like, I loved the Etch-Er-Sketch as a kid & I'm gay, but there's no connection between the two. Yeah, I can see the Florida population declining a bit with such an absurd law.