valzie palzie (#1 tv girl fan)

Please sign the petition! This act is clearly aimed at members of the LGBTQIA+ community and they are trying to, once again, prevent children from having access to a harmless community.

The worst part is that this act was made by republicans, and it specifically targets LBGT and other websites that could contain such content, ao3, tumblr, tiktok, wattpad, etc, could all be taken down for having said content.

You would have to use your government id to be able to use the internet, not only that but your parents would have complete access to everything you’re viewing on the internet. THERE WOULD NO LONGER BE LGBTQ+ SAFE SPACES

It’s promoted as an act that will protect kids online by keeping them from any inappropriate content, but in reality is a loophole that will allow censorship online and even lets them shut down sites.

This bill/act is backed by both democrats and republicans so there’s a HIGH CHANCE That it’ll be passed

THIS USER ON TIKTOK HAS A LINKTREE THAT IVE LINKED HERE,

You will see me on the news after committing Crimes and thus unable to continue this blog. That site has been holding my ever-crumbling sanity together for over a decade now. Don’t try me motherfucker.

US senators from both sides of the aisle are aiming to limit information online. The KOSA act (Kids Online Safety Act) is aiming to censor content, this includes limiting or banning sites like wattpad, Tumblr, Tiktok and more. Now why is this bad? Protecting children online doesn't sound like a bad thing? And you'd be right, online activity can be dangerous for kids, exposing them to things that they didn't ask for can be terrible. But this act will not fix it. There is no meaningful way (currently) to regulate the internet to extreme extents, these policies often limit LGBTQ sites and support. The Heritage Foundation is in support of KOSA for just this reason.

Transphobia resulting from these policies is likely. Extremely likely. Not to mention KOSA will not only limit these for children but also adults, a violation of the First Amendment. The EFF has sent letters of concern for this act. And reasonably so, there is no meaningful way to discern 'good' speech from 'bad' as online filters have shown us again and again. We know bans don't work, we learnt from here! When tumblr tried to ban pro-anorexic content, it backfired in people changing their lettering to get through filters and thus making it easier to find by creating tags like 'thynspiration'. US states are currently banning books 'inapropriate for children' by limiting information about race, sexuality and gender discrimination, I'm afraid this act is seeking to do the same thing. Sites like ao3 that are archives for LGBTQ youth are likely to be threatened. Both Democrats and Republicans are in support of this Act, as well as big brands such as Dove who put Lizzo as the face of it. When the US bans sites, they are often unavailable everywhere else as well as a result.

What can you do?

Spread the word!!! Tell friends and family about it!

Contact your lawmakers now to tell them to reject KOSA.

Sign a petition!

I have set up a mini archive on google drive for ao3 fics you want to preserve if this bill gets passed! Fill out this form to submit fics to be saved on an organized spreadsheet and on hard drives. You can access all the other fics people have saved and submitted from this spreadsheet! The spreadsheet should be up to date soon!

🚨🚨Please reblog to say no to censorship!🚨🚨

KOSA articles and links under the cut

KOSA stands for Kids Online Safety Act and by wording of the bill would give state attorney generals the power to sue and ban websites that have content that is "harmful and explicit" which is stated in the bill. Sites that would be attacked would be Twitter, A03, Tumblr, Tiktok, and many more and the people that made this bill and are pushing for it have clearly come out to say that they will be using this to ban trans and LGBTQ+ content. They are pushing it as protecting kids online and helping to prevent eating disorders but in reality, it is to censor people and continue the attack on trans and queer people and children. The sponsors of this bill are publically homophobic and transphobic and these same people and offices are also co-sponsoring the Restrict Act.

If any site has any type of content that contains queer themes, state attorney generals will have the power to take them down.

Over 100 LGBTQ+ and human organizations expressed concern over this bill that was originally brought up last year and they have repeatedly said that their concerns have not been addressed. They are being actively ignored by the offices that are writing this bill.

This person on Tiktok explains it all very well

And this is her link tree for petitions and to explain

This is a very important topic and is not getting enough attention. This bill threatens LGBTQ+ and trans children and Republican offices are ignoring organizations that say it's a bad bill. We are on a very slippery slope regarding LGBTQ+ issues

Also it doesn’t even end with KOSA, the Earn It Act and many more censorship bills are trying to slip through our legislature and I haven’t seen many people talk about it!

Remember everyone, this isn’t about “protecting children,” because if it was they’d go after actual R34 sites instead of queer people trying to live their damn lives!