I appreciate the question.
I think it's very difficult, because we have to weigh our civil liberties against what is right and keeping people safe online. I can share that what we've seen in our work is this: When it is the wild west online and there are no guardrails for the safety of queer and trans folks, there are real-life consequences to that hate. I brought up in my testimony how folks are being radicalized in extremist, anti-gender movements, and a lot of that is happening online. We know that about a third of gen Z identifies as being part of the 2SLGBTQI+ community. We also know this generation—the future leaders of tomorrow—is spending a lot of its youth online.
I'd recommend this government do that balancing act between our online civil liberties with preventing online hate crimes and the real-life consequences. Consider the real-life experiences of queer and trans folks who are being impacted by the Internet. There is a role for government to play in that conversation.