Did this Senator just admit her Internet safety act could ban kids from seeing trans content?

Marsha Blackburn (TN-R) wants to protect kids “from the transgender in this culture.”

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R)
Photo: Gage Skidmore – Wikimedia Commons

LGBTQ+ advocates have long feared that a federal bill purporting to protect kids online could be used to block their access to LGBTQ+ resources – and now the bill’s lead co-sponsor seems to have confirmed it.

Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn (R) recently spoke with the conservative Christian organization Family Policy Alliance and was asked about the top issue conservatives should be focusing on right now. Blackburn responded by saying that one major priority should be “protecting minor children “from the transgender [sic] in this culture and that influence.”

“I would add, too, that watching what’s happening on social media,” she continued, bringing up how the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), would “put a duty of care and responsibility on the social media platforms.”

“This is where children are being indoctrinated,” Blackburn claimed. “They’re hearing things…

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