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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 11:36 PM 10 hrs ago

Taylor Lorenz: AI Companies Are Funding Anti-LGBTQ Laws

Anthropic, a multi-billion dollar AI company, just poured $20 MILLION into political ads supporting KOSA and its co-sponsor, Marsha Blackburn. Why would an AI company want to heavily regulate social media? Because KOSA contains a massive loophole, it doesn't apply to AI platforms.

In this video, I break down the Heritage Foundation's influence on KOSA, how Big Tech is using "child safety" to consolidate power, and why AI companies want to regulate user-generated content out of existence so you are forced to consume AI-generated slop. It’s time to expose the dark money behind KOSA before it changes the internet forever.

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