Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) has come out against a sweeping censorship bill which could imperil the future of free speech on the internet.
Johnson slammed the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (“KOSA”) as “very problematic” and indicated he would not bring it for a vote. The upper chamber’s version of KOSA would create a nebulous “duty of care” for tech platforms, which critics warn would incentivize censorship of speech critical of the authoritarian left.
MRC Vice President for Free Speech Dan Schneider praised Speaker Johnson’s decision in an X post, calling him “the best Speaker in my lifetime.” Schneider added, “We can protect kids from voracious tech oligarchs while also protecting free speech rights. He gets it.”
Johnson’s new comments on KOSA were made in an interview with Punchbowl…
