KOSA & Age Verification Laws: Child Safety or Internet Censorship?

Are KOSA and age verification laws protecting children — or building the future of internet censorship?In this episode of ClashCast, Dr. Richard Hale and Prof. Ji-na Kim debate one of the biggest battles in American tech policy: the Kids Online Safety Act, the KIDS Act, state age verification laws, Big Tech accountability, online privacy, and free speech.Dr. Hale argues that child safety laws could become a Trojan horse for mass censorship, surveillance, digital ID systems, and the end of anonymous speech online.Prof. Ji-na Kim argues that social media platforms have fueled addiction, cyberbullying, explicit content exposure, and a youth mental health crisis — and that Big Tech must finally be held accountable.This debate covers KOSA, the Kids Online Safety Act, age verification, child online safety, social media addiction, teen mental health, internet censorship, Big Tech, Meta, Google, YouTube, free speech, parental rights, and online privacy.Is this a long-overdue shield for children — or the beginning of government-controlled internet access?#KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #InternetCensorship #FreeSpeech #BigTech #OnlinePrivacy #ChildSafety #SocialMedia #ClashCast