Once again, plain to see that the "Online Safety Act" had nothing to do with safety or protecting children, it was all about data collection and monitoring.

#SaveSpeech It's the New Year and a new opportunity to call your reps about Chat Control: fightchatcontrol.eu

When these lawmakers and pundits talk about “protecting youth mental health” what they mean is that they think IG is turning kids gay and trans and so we need to block their access to the internet/cell phones completely so they don’t become trans or gay. That’s what these laws are about.

None of this is about protecting kids. The co-sponsor of the Kids Online Safety Act said we need to pass it to protect kids from “the transgender” in society. Jonathan Haidt, the right wing reactionary who has boosted these laws alongside the Heritage Foundation has spread anti trans conspiracies

Enacting mass surveillance/censorship is a gift to big tech, these laws do NOTHING to challenge big tech’s business model, instead they reward them w the ability to collect even more data on users including children. They will put smaller and less profit driven platforms and forums out of business.

Call your reps this January and tell them: — NO to KOSA — NO to Section 230 reform — NO to the SCREEN Act — NO to the App Store Accountability Act — NO to the Parents Over Platforms Act —NO “age verification” laws —NO to digital ID systems

Congress is about to make a huge push into online ID verification, entrenching the power of big tech and mandating that they collect even MORE data on users. Mass surveillance/censorship laws are being framed as “child safety” but they’re really abt at removing LGBTQ ppl, repro justice info, etc.

Remember if you have the time and energy, take a moment to make some phone calls and encourage those around you to do so as well!

Last year, KOSA passed the Senate 91-3 but died in the House because civil liberties groups recognized it for what it is: a censorship bill disguised as child protection.

We’ve built tools to make contacting your reps and educating your community about these awful bills easy! Check out www.badinternetbills.com

What’s happening on X with AI generated sexual images is problematic, not because it’s porn but because it’s non-consensual, harmful content being published by X. And for those wondering, Section 230 DOES NOT protect it.

www.badinternetbills.com Please call and say NO to KOSA

So the old, moldy fuckers are at it again folks. www.stopkosa.com #stopKOSA #KOSA

Dawn of a new week folks. Time to make calls to your reps. If you need a reminder: -tell them to vote against stuff like KOSA, SCREEN, stop CSAM, and app store accountability act. -tell them to protect section 230, and why it's a bad idea to repeal or amend it. #StopKOSA #SaveSpeech

there are EIGHTEEN internet censorship bills moving through committees with absolutely no Democratic obstruction right now, usually because they're too busy CO-SPONSORING KOSA is just the start and corporate media is pre-complying like always by refusing to even cover PUBLIC CONGRESSIONAL BUSINESS

We can have both free speech and parental rights (something that bills like KOSA and SCREEN Act would deny us of). Keep fighting, keep calling your reps, and we can beat these censorship bills. #stopageverification #stoponlineidchecks netchoice.org/netchoice-wi...

youtu.be/GZskRh4ET8c?... #kosa #screenact #asaa #digitalid #ageverification

Call your house rep and tell them KOSA is AWFUL.

KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA! www.stopkosa.com

Information on Section 230, KOSA, and the 18+ bad internet bills being pushed by democrats and republicans together is not going to go viral on Elon's website. please share everywhere and call www.tumblr.com/hexhomos/803...

Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now, you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through Congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction, you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!

What ever it takes to keep the freedom to create, say and draw porn. Say no to KOSA stopkosa.com

Actually I'm wrong here so correcting that: section 230 protects platforms and other users from being sued for what YOU say. It holds the individual responsible, not the host or the people who repost what you say. Still, we need it.

Don't think this will be handled by everyone else. Don't take the risk. Call your reps, senators, tell them to oppose these bad internet bills, and keep section 230.

Remember, gamers: If kosa passes, you lose your games. Your books. Your shows. Your porn. Your spaces. your images. everything. If sec. 230 gets repealed, you can potentially get sued for saying things in public game lobbies over voice or text chat, on websites, anywhere online.

I'm preaching to the choir. I love you

everyone invest more in human artists now

This isn't just about porn either. This is mainly about freedom of expression, without fear of censorship. This will put us in a dark age of the Internet if this were to pass.

"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground

New week means more calls, be sure to contact your reps

Hey, if yer struggling on what to say to your senators here is a script, literally free resource. Don't back down and let's get calling if we don't protect our jobs as nsfw artists, writers, devs, and enjoyers now when will we? Let's get to it. Let's make sure this week we bombard them with calls.

LGBTQ+ people have suicidal ideation because of the ostracization they face in their own homes and they turn to the internet for support. But with KOSA and 18 other bills threatening their digital safe haven, this will worsen their mental health and suicide rates. #stopkosa #savetheinternet

Call, call, call. They want to stick their fingers in places where they don't belong, and we need to tell them to cut it out. This script is pretty handy. #stopageverification #stoponlineidchecks

Please sign and contact your representative www.badinternetbills.com #badInternetBills #onlineFreedom

please keep contacting your reps about these bad bills!

Despite everything that's going on, I know we can win this fight. Time is on our side, because when Congress comes back in January, they're going to be preoccupied with avoiding another Shutdown. Not to mention it'll be Mid-Term year and wouldn't THIS be a fun thing to make an issue? (5/5)

And for additional fun, here's a neat site to help get the word out about what's all going on. Personally? I like Diesel's flyer more and while this site is a bit cumbersome to navigate, it's still good. (4/5) www.badinternetbills.com

I am once again going to tell you that all this bad internet legislation will end once we have people in office who understand exactly what it is that is being discussed. To that effect, I'm dropping this link here. (3/5) runforsomething.net

When calling your Senator, please also mention to defend Section 230. Especially now. Maybe also mention it to your House Rep too. And for those in Wisconsin, please make sure to call your State Senators about AB 105 / SB 130. Still don't think the States legislators are in session though. (2/5)

This week is the last week before Congress goes on December recess. When calling your House Rep also mention these bills: KOSA SCREEN Act COPPA 2.0 RESET Act Sammy Act App Store Accountability Act GAMING Act Safe Messaging for Kids Act Parents over Platforms Act (1/5)

raise hell about KOSA folks we cannot afford to put this tool in the trump admin’s hands

As it's been pointed out, age verification laws getting permablocked in Louisiana, Arkansas and Ohio directly contradicts the narrative that KOSA et al is popular, which its congressional supporters are desperately claiming If we push it could unravel completely, but we all *have* to keep pushing

You can tell KOSA doesn't actually protect children, because if it did, no Republicans would support it

Bringing attention to this...again! It's tiring, I know. But there's too much at stake to ignore it. "Protecting kids" is a facade being used to hide the truth—KOSA is about censorship, surveillance and control. Contact your representatives and implore them to stand against this nonsense.

Remember to keep calling your reps and senators We see what the OSA in the UK is doing by censoring its people and attacking anything NSFW We dont need an American version of that as well Its not for the kids. Its for control, mass surveillance, and an end to free speech and expression

Keep telling your officials and lawmakers you don’t want KOSA to pass. All my homies hate KOSA. We need our adult/naughty media untouched!

Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!

#SaveSpeech #StopKOSA #KOSA we prob really need to call and email your reps and senators to tell them NO to these Bad internet bills before recess

I cannot stress enough that most ppl don't ever even think about calling their reps. I talk to ppl in my fam about it and they go "Huh? What?". But your reps work for YOU. They need to know what you actually care about. When we call in big numbers it ALERTS them, cuz they rarely hear from us.