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So in case anyone needs it:

GameVox is a great alternative. It looks just like Discord, and its in beta so it will likely gain better functionality as we go. And theres no age verification!

platforms and tech companies have been taking significant steps over the past few years to comply in advance.

one thing is clear: OS-level verification and app-level autosurveillance capabilities that use facial scanning and deep metadata analysis are fundamentally incompatible with a free internet.

make your calls and emails as soon as possible.

Within the next week, Congress is preparing to vote on the KIDS Act, a sprawling package of legislation that seeks to control Americans’ web browsing and private messaging. The package includes a revised version of the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, combined with a collection of other internet bills, study bills, reporting requirements, and new regulations. Instead of debating any of these proposals on their merits, lawmakers are attempting to move them all at once under an ultra-expedited process. 

Today, the US House is likely to vote on the KIDS Act, which includes KOSA and other age verification bills.

The vote is likely to be successful and pass the bill out of the House and move it into the Senate. IF THIS HAPPENS, WE CONTINUE TO CALL. THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO STOP THIS BILL IN THE SENATE AS IT WILL UNDERGO A SIMILAR PROCESS AS IT DID IN THE HOUSE. THAT MEANS ALL WILL NOT BE LOST.

If you haven't yet, call your senators, representatives, and House Leadership before today's vote (It will likely be this evening).

IMPORTANT FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS

The KOSA/KIDS ACT vote will happen tomorrow on the 29th of June.

It will happen in the afternoon, (to quote the TikTok) when you wake up, call your house rep, then go about your day until the afternoon in which you should call your house rep again.

The KOSA/KIDS act will force people to send in their IDS to do basically anything, otherwise, for people who don’t send it in or minors, nearly everything would be censored, LGBTQ+, things trump doesn’t like, etc.

THEY’RE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS.

kosa update (RED ALERT):

this is an all hands on deck situation right now. the house seems to have made a bipartisan agreement, and is set to be voted into law as soon as next week. again, there's no exact date, but it's an estimate on when it'll happen.

this will be voted by the house representatives. this is a floor vote. if passed, it'll go to senate.

for the next two weeks, call your house representatives. make them oppose this as soon as possible.

that'll be all for now.

Now is our time to act make sure to vote NO and make sure to just say NO to KOSA and just keep on resisting and refusing to give in to Kosa and don't give up hope just tell and say KOSA NO ASAP!!!

The internet censorship and serveillance bill KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) is back and rearing its ugly head and has been reintroduced. But this time Senator Richard blumenthal and Known Transphobe Senator Marsha Blackburn are determined to get it through by including it a House Energy and Commerce Commitee “child safety” package that is set to be voted on after the shutdown is over. We CANNOT let this happen. This weekend I need to see and hear everyone call House leadership and bug the hell out of them to not support KOSA. Call them. Email them. FAX them as well. Waste their ink. We beat kosa before and we can do it again. It hasn’t moved in the house or senate, but we need to do everything we can to make sure it stays that way. Remember the UK’s “Online Safety Act” is a KOSA copycat bill. They got their bs from us. So if you don’t want us to end up like that and be forced to verify your age to access stuff on the internet (aka that new bs policy on YouTube) and give the government or anybody who can hack the power to watch and track everything you say and do on the internet, fight this!

The second the govt shutdown is over, they are going to move on this bill. We need to jump ahead of the curve. FFTF recently sent out an email saying they are expecting a House vote soon.

We need to mass call, email, and fax House Leadership to tell them that we don’t want this! We beat KOSA before and we can do it again!

Call Script located in this Google doc

PEOPLE TO CALL:

Republican:

Steve Scalise: (202) 225-3015

Mike Johnson: (202) 225-2777

Brett Guthrie: (202) 224-3501

Gus Bilrakis: (202) 225-5755

Richard Hudson: (202) 225-3715

Democrat:

Frank Pallone: (202) 225-4671

KathyCastor: (202) 225-3376

Doris Matsui: (202) 225-7163

Scott Peters: (202) 225-0508

Debbie Dingell: (202) 225-4071

Call as many members as you can and SPREAD THE WORD!

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