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To enforce this , they’d likely make digital IDS , scan and constantly watch your profiles , make VPNs illegal so you can’t get past it , etc .

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This is a break from my normal content ,but damn I just had to post this because the US is steadily becoming worse day by day!

It's not like the US wasn't corrupt before ,but ever since DJT took over It's been an embarrassing mess. That just keeps evolving into shit.

Evil breeds evil, and since these corporations see DJT and his crew able to jump into power and do whatever now they are hitching on that bandwagon.

UGGHHHHHHHH THIS SUCKS💔💔💔

Here's hoping that it won't affect Tumblr, or that my VPN will work since they don't plan on complying with age verification :(

This is awful news! THE NEXT TWO WEEKS?! UGHHH!

More and more countries are falling for this online "safety" bs!

We are slowly falling into fascism and authoritarianism, with more of these laws being dropped every day!

⭐️🇬🇧PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE UK KEEP FIGHTING AGAINST YOUR GOVERNMENT! GET TOGETHER SIGN PETITIONS AND PROTEST!🇬🇧⭐️

This is VERY BAD! People from North Carolina, PLEASE GET ON THIS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

Source: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/education/nc-lawmakers-propose-bill-to-require-age-verification-on-social-media-ai-use-in-schools/275-d3a3aff3-568c-4224-8fcc-8408ab65c01e

Happy pride to us all. And especially to any queer femmes out there just trying to exist who, like me, are using a VPN right now.

A quality VPN is a very important tool for privacy. They protect us from malicious scammers on iffy wifi, from what we do online being surveilled by the people and institutions that would do us harm. They hide the location we’re browsing from, so that creeps can’t mess with us at home. In a word, they help keep us safe.

They’re also essential for access to community. They let us dodge censorship and join the online world from the perspective that’s best for us. This means a lot as walls go up around queer digital life in the US, and also to people around the world whose love and identities are criminalized. In a word, they keep us alive.

So what are states like Utah and Michigan trying to do?

Ban them, of course!

At Fight for the Future, we’ve been slapping these lawmakers upside the head: holding a VPN Day of Action1, dragging Utah’s nonsensical law even as they delayed its rollout2, heaping shade on Michigan3, and generally organizing so that there’s an actual resistance to protect these crucial tools.

But we’ve got to be real: nobody’s really been funding this work except our grassroots supporters. And there is a lot more that we need to do.

So, if you can (and like I said, we get that we’re all just trying to exist out here), would you consider becoming a monthly donor to help us keep going on VPN defense?

This pride, we are really hoping to get support from 30 new monthly donors. We already have 6 this month - wanna help get us into double digits? To thank you, you can pick out a special piece of pride merch.

If you’ve got it, you’ve got it. If you don’t, don’t stress. We’ll keep fighting with everything we have!

Wishing you a little too much fun this June,

Lia at Fight for the Future

Footnotes:

TechRadar: https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/we-want-to-make-some-noise-advocates-are-stepping-in-to-defend-vpns-and-they-need-your-help

Fight for the Future Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYDjrjoPIJa/