hi, cis folks! do you trust the senate to decide whether you can have healthcare or if you legally exist under the law or where you can legally wash your hands or pee? neither do we! please tap into the thread & tell senators our civil rights & lives matter—even more than the jimmy kimmel show!

Today’s the VPN defense day of action! @fightforthefuture.org’s @liaholland.bsky.social tells @techradar.com: “ it’s important to make lawmakers aware that, if they come for this technology, they're gonna be facing an uphill battle against the whole internet." www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...

Join us and take action today by signing and sharing this petition to global leaders: www.defendvpns.com

🇪🇺 #ChatControl LEAK! 📂 https://www.patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/LEWP-Meeting_12-September-2025.pdf 💪Your pressure is working! Italy is wavering 😠But Germany & Belgium are seeking compromises We have 20 DAYS to save privacy&encryption […] [Original post on digitalcourage.social]

TOMORROW we’re hosting a VPN day of action to let global leaders know we won’t stand for a VPN ban. Join us! Get the toolkit 👉 www.defendvpns.com @liaholland.bsky.social @evangreer.bsky.social

Dont forget to sign this petition targeting canada's shitty C2 bill!

If you are a resident of: GERMANY GREECE ITALY LATVIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SWEDEN Your nations are "undecided" on chat control! Everyone in the EU needs to call their MEPs [check link below] but yall in undecided nations really need to hammer your representatives! fightchatcontrol.eu

as silly as Jimmy Kimmel of all people getting some folks to dip their toes into direct action, this is an opportunity we can take advantage of. have some family you want to reach re: censorship online, and you see them responding positively to the kimmel situation? Use this as an opening!

Calling paypros and bugging your reps about paypros is still worth doing. Continue making your calls!

How the Constitution dies - the process is accelerating

#SaveSpeech US legislators are pushing harder to pass KOSA and repeal section 230. Call your representatives ASAP and make your voice heard! Advocate for protecting section 230, and demand your reps oppose KOSA!

"Audio erotica, sex toy reviews, and your favorite ASMR YouTube channel could all be banned in Michigan should this bill be passed into law" mashable.com/article/mich...

like clockwork, the "solution" from both parties is always "censor social media and expand surveillance"

Michigan lawmakers have introduced a bill prohibiting the any "depiction or description" of trans people or trans existence online, including it in a bill banning "pornographic" material The bill would completely erase trans people online, equating them with porn.

Florida's Attorney General has filed lawsuits against platforms featuring adult games, claiming they fail to verify age of visitors. It's a sign that AG, who is simultaneously attacking LGBTQ literature as pornography, intends to interpret the age-verification broadly.

CANADA, UK, AUSTRALIA!! y'all all have official petitions targetting paypros censorship! IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COUNTRIES, SHARE THESE AROUND AND SIGN THEM ASAP. And verify by email! CAN www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... UK petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... AUS www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

Starting later this month, companies like X, Discord and Netflix will be legally required to use a face scan or other method to verify Ohioans age and/or identity before allowing them to go online They passed it by claiming it was just about porn.

Think its stupid that VISA and Mastercard think something as innocent as Cat Ear accessories are a bannable offense? Then heres something you can do about it. Complain to visa and MC, call your representatives. Advocate for porn, whole heartedly.

I might be shouting into the void, but while we are calling about #kosa and other bills we should also be calling about the "stop CSAM" act. It spells the end of encryption and Durbin was just talking about it on the senate floor www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

New campaign from @freedom.press ! Tell your reps to preserve tools to that facilitate government transparency. FYI: This tool uses our comments API, which is also under attack.

If you're in Australia, you could be signing this. If you're not in Australia, you could be spreading word about signing this.

dont forget canadians! this petition is a big deal, sign it and verify the signature via email!

Here's a set of very bad online internet bills that are coming up Of particular interest are... 1. Screen Act: S.737 & HR.1623 2. Section 230 Repeal: S.2972 3. KOSA: S.1748 ... which are federal Please share/repost this #badinternetbills #kosa #screenact #section230 #stopkosa

As lawmakers consider bills like KOSA & the Kids Off Social Media Act, it’s critical to hear directly from those most affected. Our new brief from @mluria.bsky.social + @aliyabhatia.bsky.social centers teen & parent voices on age verification approaches ⬇️ cdt.org/insights/tee...

This is the right response to the Mississippi law from Bluesky. "Age verification" laws are nothing more than a massive expansion of government surveillance and censorship. They make kids less safe, not more safe. Get a VPN and call your lawmakers. Time to fight. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

@YouTube is using AI to impose online ID checks on users! Stop forcing users to choose between censorship and privacy! www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...

Sign the open letter to world governments: using the Internet safely + privately is a human right. Don’t restrict VPNs!  www.defendvpns.com

I know we are all busy with #kosa and the payment processor thing but I also want to bring up KOSMA. It's another age verification bill and it's currently on the calendar in the #senate. It's very similar to KOSA and will ban under 13s from social media...

BOSTON: Whether you RSVP or plan to cheer us on from afar, like and share this post to take action against LGTBQ censorship and other bad internet bills: www.queersagainstcensorship.com

This is a move to censor PBS and NPR, and will devastate rural communities who relay on small broadcasting stations for vital information. Contact your reps and share! protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls/ #SavePBS #SaveNPR

We can't let lawmakers get away with supporting censorship bills like KOSA that'll destroy LGTBQ community content, spaces + resources online and digitally force us back into the closet! 🙅🏽‍♀️

@moderation.bsky.app suspended our director, Evan Greer's Bluesky account for speaking out about an awful experience from a transphobic bigot...is @bsky.app on the way to becoming the next Twitter/X ? Re-skeet + demand Bluesky unsuspend her account!

Transgender medicaid ban and definition of sex are back in the federal bill - Dems can raise a point of order and force a vote, and as long as we don't lose 7 dems on this, Dems can keep it out. Definitely worth some phone calls folks. bsky.app/profile/eric...

Does anybody know specifically how co-sponsors affect legislative bills? Kosma just picked up 2 (Both dems, shocker...) and KOSA got 17 (20 in total). I've been using it as a metric of momentum but I'm not sure if that is a good way to measure it. My nerves are shot because of my endless worrying.