#section 230

Since Thursday our politicians have been trying to rush the 'Kids Online Safety Act' (KOSA) and SCREEN acts alongside 15 other bills through committee in order to censor the internet while lying about it being for child safety. It was such laws that allowed the UK, Australia, and Europe to become the hellholes they are where youre arrested for mean posts.

Sadly, our same leaders are also trying to repeal Section 230 alongside these bills. What Section 230 does, in simple terms, is categorize stuff you make online as part of your freedom of speech.

KOSA and the other age-verification bills we've been watching have been passed out of their subcommittee in the House and are now before the full House Energy and Commerce Committee. NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE A DOOMER OR PANIC. Why? Because KOSA and these other bills were passed along party lines and with only a slim majority. THAT MEANS OUR OPPOSITION IS WORKING, not only that, but we know that no matter how much they tout these bills as being popular and bipartisan, there is a clear divide amongst them, and they DO NOT all agree with these bills. Now, it's up to us to continue our opposition by calling, emailing, and faxing, so we don't lose the momentum we've gained this week. Not only should we be consistently acting between now and next week, but we should also be reaching out to others, on and offline, to build and maintain this movement.

I believe we're at a good place, given that lawmakers disagree with and dislike these bills, and we made a lot of noise this week. WE MUST KEEP UP OUR OPPOSITION. Even if you're not hearing much news or things seem slow, call, email, or fax.

Use your energy for opposition. If you're angry, contact representatives and spread the word. If you're scared, contact representatives and spread the word. If you're panicked, contact representatives and spread the word. When I feel all those things, that's what I do to ensure I'm doing my part in helping to stop these bills. You should too.

Thanks to everyone who is making their voices heard. Let's keep making this process difficult for them BECAUSE CALLING MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

P.S. When you're calling also mention how you support/want to keep Section 230 as it is written. And I'll probably have more as we hear more.

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Our voices matter!

As explained here, Section 230 is quite literally why we have free speech on the Internet. Without Section 230: .Indie websites and platforms, unable to pay for lawsuits or bear any other costs, will most likely be shut down.

.Indie shows, fanfiction, fandom content as a whole, and indie art and writing in general will be heavily sanitized or taken down. .If this leads to the deletion of content, BILLIONS of works of art, writing, videos and more will be lost. .Much much more will be caught in this ripple effect.

Every platform. Discord, Tumblr, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok---they will all be hit. It will hit every Internet user of every background. The Internet as a whole will be affected. Millions of posts could be at stake However, THIS IS NOT A DOOM POST.

We cannot have panic or doom right now. That is the opposite of what we need. I encourage you to have hope. I say all this with urgency bc we need everyone to pay attention.

This is a serious issue. I know for many people, the Internet is the only escape they have when life gets too much. For many people, the Internet is the only space where they can find freedom, comfort, community and escapism. That is what is at stake. I've been hearing that offices are getting thousands of calls against KOSA. We need that same action on saving Section 230.

with that being said!! look into kosa, the appstore accountability act, and the kids act in america — bills that are actively moving through the legal system to require id / facial scanning for anyone to simply use social media or download an app!

look into the laws passing in the uk and brazil!

look into the bills passing in mexico and germany!

pay attention to vpn bans and research controversial legislation passing in your country or state!

fight back and fight back hard.

call, email, and fax reps and legislators.

Edit: Contacting Senators, petition

Edit: Yet again more stupidity from the governor on age verification that comes into affect Jan 1, 2027

GODDAMIT NEWSOM!!!

MIGHT AS WELL MAKE IT SO THAT NOBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET BY AGE GATING COMPUTERS AND PHONES:

PRAY THAT THE COMPANIES LOSE ALOT OF MONEY DUE TO THE AGE VERIFICATIONS, PRAY!!!!

Quote from the article:

"An operating system provider shall do all of the following:"

"(1) Provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account holder to indicate the birth date, age, or both, of the user of that device for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user’s age bracket to applications available in a covered application store.

"(2) Provide a developer who has requested a signal with respect to a particular user with a digital signal via a reasonably consistent real-time application programming interface that identifies, at a minimum, which of the following categories pertains to the user."

From the Reddit User:

Best we start cancelling nitro's subscription, send feedback, or make fire on other platforms, and still give fire to your local/state/federal representatives about these age verification laws they brought into the world wide web.

Can we do that everyone

@d0esery @gentleman-velvet @roxfox5 @hannahhook7744 @youtube-privacy-union