I just want to draw some amazing characters and tell ghost stories without the fear of being censored. Remember, if it passes out of committee, it does not mean that it’s over for us. It’s still has to pass the house and senate. Here is the list of them if you are wondering which four of them are.

Just a reminder that @anthropic.com the “ethical” AI company is donating $20 million to Public First Action, who are backing Marsha Blackburn and KOSA, a bill that’s going to censor the web and make it worse for everyone.. www.anthropic.com/news/donate-... www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

They’re doing committee markups for KOSA and other internet bills on Thursday. There are a lot of steps between this and it being passed. There will be fighting among democrats and republicans. Don’t let them add even more internet censorship www.badinternetbills.com

Admittedly I have my tinfoil hat on for this but... I hope you understand where my concerns lie. A little bit of surveillance is always an open door for more. And with Chat Control and KOSA close to passing, this will be the last fucking straw, I just can't take it anymore

KOSA, the App Store Acountability Act, and the SCREEN Act are still trying to being pushed. Please don't let it be. Call your representatives and sign as many times as you can on the link below to try to get these bills shut down. www.badinternetbills.com

They want to make Furry art illegal - Call your Reps -oppose KOSA -oppose the App Store Accountability Act -oppose The SCREEN Act -oppose section 230 reform/sunsetting -oppose/repeal online age verification and ID laws www.badinternetbills.com www.congress.gov/members/find...

When are you hear about legislation like #KOSA: Children are misused and abused offline too and the abusers usually didn't get consequences. Here is a shocking story from UK in the 1800s. And who got punnisued and jailed for the gay acts? The victims. www.historytools.org/resources/te...

KOSA package being voted on this Thursday. Information in reddit link www.reddit.com/r/privacy/s/...

House E&C Committee markup tomorrow (3/5) on kids' online safety bills: KIDS Act (inc. KOSA) - platform safeguards, age verification, AI chatbot rules Sammy's Law - third-party safety tools COPPA 2.0 - extends protections to teens <17 App Store Accountability Act Watch: bit.ly/46BLd6R

And if any parents whine to you about kids on the Internet then TAKE THE PHONE AWAY KAREN!! USE THE GOD DAMN PARENTAL CONTROLS!!!!

It's for Hyper surveillance and Censorship y'all. SPREAD THE TRUTH AROUND. IF PEOPLE TRULY GIVE A FUCK ABOUT CHILDREN THEN START WITH THE PEDOA IN OFFICE AND EDUCATE YOU CHILDRENNN!!!!!

d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/H_R_7757_Kid... #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #KOSA #Section230 #freespeech #ageverification #digitalid

Is what the link is. Omfg d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/H_R_7757_Kid... #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #KOSA #Section230 #freespeech #ageverification #digitalid

WTAF are “progressive “ state AGs like @newyorkstateag.bsky.social and @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov doing endorsing KOSA, which a lead sponsor has said will be used to drive info about trans people and abortion access off the internet? Check out badinternetbills.com or just write them with your thoughts

UPDATE: KOSA And other 3 bad internet bills are going to markup as soon as tomorrow. Keep calling your reps and tell them to vote no before we lose the entire internet to ID requirements. #StopKOSA #SaveSpeech

2. I've attached a script you can use to call/email the members of the committee. You *do not* have to be directly represented by them to call, so please call as many as you can! I've tried my best to make this as politically neutral as possible, but please feel free to change it as you see fit.

www.badinternetbills.com If you'd like some more info on this legislation/a different script to use, @fightforthefuture.org has a great website about all of this!

3. Please share this with as many people as you can! These bills present a clear and present danger to the state of online freedom and user privacy, and must not be allowed to pass. I feel like every day I'm asking people to be aware of new horrors, but KOSA failed to pass once, it can fail again!

KOSA and related bills are up for vote in the House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee on Thursday, and I wanted to make a thread on what YOU can do to stop it! If you aren't aware of what KOSA is, the EFF has a great article here: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... Thread below!

It sounds like the committee markup for #KOSA and related bills is shaping up to be a fustercluck. icosahedron.website/@bstacey/116...

And this is exactly why us activists are having phone call campaigns about KOSA right now. Although we know that they can also ignore phone calls which is such a shame because their job is actually to listen to what we have to say.

Over 400 scientists have signed a letter calling for a moratorium on the deployment of age-verification technologies. The letter suggests the widespread deployment of untested AV tech is making the internet less safe. www.politico.eu/article/age-...

Yes, OS-level age verification has been pushed as a compromise toward less-draconian verification laws. My argument is a slippery slope one: Once this is implemented, it will immediately be deemed "not good enough" by those who want to ban porn from the Internet, because their goal is to ban porn

I can't DM here because the age verification thing, but if you'd like to be discord friends, I'd like details about the art you do! KiraP_RaptorGirl

This Could STOP Age Verification! Scientists all over the world wrote an open world against the current form of age verification. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-4k...

I know the article suggests that this bill doesn't mention any age verification measures, but you know how vague US law language is, and considering the worldwide trend I'm thinking enforcement will pull a sneaky stunt to want pictures of you.

App Store Accountability: kind of doomed anyway, since all its state-level counterparts keep getting killed in the courts if they do pass. COPPA 2.0: Don't know shit about this one, amends existing COPPA but thats it. Parents Over Platforms: not even up for markup, AV for Social Media. Dead?

#savespeech Right now that I'm more caught up with things, I'll try to make a clear statement on the KIDS Act bill up for markup this thursday. It contains most of the bills from the kid's safety package (Not Half, as i originally assumed, math wasn't mathing) the following are not in the package

It sounds like the committee markup for #KOSA and related bills on Thursday morning will be a bizarre pile of confusion and cross-motivations. icosahedron.website/@bstacey/116...

The fact that it's SCREEN (which the Senate version has gone NOWHERE) and House Kosa (which the Senate seems to hate) tells me this won't be getting past the Senate if it ever makes it past the House, or the Committee.

Still made it past Subcommittee, and House KOSA is Guthries pet project (Guthrie being a senior member of E&C)

If they wrap the bills into one they get to tout the rest of the bills "benefits" as a way to ensure that all of it passes. In this case, using KOSA to pass something that might not pass on its own

Dems in the House haven't been giving a lot of voice to AV at all, combined with this bill being written so pettily that it's KOSA equivalent is outright anti-duty of care means they're probably not super happy with this. Bipartisanship died with this package.

Big hitters that are in this package are House KOSA and SCREEN. SCREEN would require AV specifically for NSFW sites. House KOSA, without duty of care, is basically just a shittier version of Sammy's Law.

Evan, they have rolled up KOSA and most of these other bills into the new KIDS Act Reps need to be contacted now, as they are attempting to pass this one big bill at once d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/H_R_7757_Kid...

You should note, KOSA and SCREEN got wrapped into a single bill called the KIDS act, alongside all but 3 of the other package bills as far as i can tell.

UPDATE KOSA has been combined with the SCREEN Act to form the new KIDS Act We have less than 48 hours before this new bill goes to markup d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/H_R_7757_Kid... Please, contact your reps and say NO to the KIDS Act

Please share They have rebranded KOSA into the new KIDS Act. This bill also includes the age verification mandating SCREEN Act as well d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/H_R_7757_Kid... Please, contact your reps and tell them NO to the KIDS Act www.badinternetbills.com

#savespeech #stopKOSA News on the House E & C package. Half the bills, but still bills to worry about: The KIDS act combines house KOSA & SCREEN into one bill. There's also COPPA 2.0, ASAA, and Sammy's Law. CALL YOUR REPS www.congress.gov/members/find...

Oof, just found out part of KIDS’ KOSA literally reads “Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to impose a duty of care on a provider of a covered platform." This reads like a targeted “fuck you” towards all the pro-duty of care Dems. Yeahhh they’re not on board with this.

Yup, KIDS is a package deal that includes AV for adult sites (SCREEN) alongside KOSA. Could screw it with the Dems, they hate House KOSA and they haven’t shown much care for AV.

230 sunsetting kills the internet KOSA and ASAA merely punch it in the gut

Yeah I’ve been in politicaloptimism. On the plus side afaik SCREEN still only applies to adult websites, which definitely sucks. Also from what I hear packaging Age Verification (which Federal Dems haven’t shown any active interest in) with House KOSA (which Dems hate) is a bad decision on them.

That's a shame. I know the Senate wants Duty of Care in KOSA, so maybe the fact that this doesn't have it helps us? I'm not sure. They may be satisfied with the SCREEN Act in it.

Does the KIDS Act have Duty to Care like KOSA?

Here are the bills that are in the markup. KIDS Act may have bills like KOSA on it. Nevertheless, keep calling your reps to vote no and oppose it and other censorship bills.

It's out now. Half of the original bills got rolled into the package, including KOSA, SCREEN, GAMING and SMK.

KIDS act seems like it might be a couple of the bills rolled together, possibly including KOSA, GAMING, SMK. not quite sure yet.

Glad I got some stuff drawn today, but I have been apprehensive and nervous and on edge... Too fucking much going on in the world right now. Worrying more about KOSA and the whole shit bucket of internet bills. War overseas, ICE at home, endless fucking bullshit.

-oppose KOSA -oppose the App Store Accountability Act -oppose The SCREEN Act -oppose section 230 reform/sunsetting -oppose/repeal online age verification and ID laws www.badinternetbills.com www.congress.gov/members/find...