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Today Senator Blackburn is expected to try ramming KOSA--the Kids Online Safety Act--through the Senate via unanimous consent. KOSA was an Internet censorship bill in its inception, and in 4 years the only thing its authors have done is try to disguise KOSA's nature rather than fix it.

Even were Blackburn's gambit to be successful, Senate KOSA would face heavy opposition in the House, which has acknowledged many of the free speech concerns. Unfortunately it's nigh impossible to fix a bill when its primary purpose is censorship: platformpolemics.aricohn.com/p/the-kids-a...

A few minutes ago, Blackburn sought unanimous consent for the No Fakes Act, another dangerous bill that would expand right to publicity laws past their traditional limitation to commercial use, which safeguarded protected expression. Senator Cruz objected to block it. But she's not done yet.

After Senator Blumenthal sought unanimous consent for KOSA, engaging in brutally transparent hand-waving of free speech issues, Senator Rand Paul stands up to object, and unanimous consent fails.

Ok. So we are safe for now then?