#call your reps and tell them to vote NO to KOSA

[amarriageoftrueminds]

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KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act) wants to do something like this on a national level

AMERICANS, CALL YOUR REPS

[herhimthem]

KOSA ISNT BEING VOTED TODAY I REPEAT KOSA ISNT BEING VOTED TODAY!!!!

https://www.senate.gov/committees/hearings_meetings.htm

THERE ISNT ANY SENATE MEETING OR HEARING TODAY. PLEASE DO NOT PANIC. WE HAVE UNTIL AFTER MARCH 13TH.

KEEP CALLING YOUR GOVERNORS AND START ORGANIZING!!! START PROTESTING OUTSIDE BUILDINGS, START MARCHING, START FIGHTING IF YOU CAN!!!!!!! AND IF YOU CANT, START SPREADING THE WORD ABIUT THESE THINGS!!!

OH MY GOD WAIT WHAT

IS THIS TRUE?? SOMEONE PLEASE COMMENT OR REBLOG AND LET ME KNOW

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Update #2 - 2/26/2024

edit in case folks don't see the reblog:

Update on this.

I looked at the website and yes, there *is* no mention of any voting on KOSA happening before or past March 13th, March 13th is where the schedule ends. I'm still not sure, so keep digging for more info.

putting the link again so others can examine

U.S. Senate: Hearings & Meetings

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Update #3 - 2/27/2024

ANOTHER another update, somebody relogged this with extra info

I'm gonna start putting dates on these updates so people know what's happening when

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Update #4 - 3/2/2024

So, today I was on Reddit reading about KOSA, and I found this on r/AO3

Here's the Invest in Child Safety Act, it only has five cosponsors compared to KOSA's sixty-three.. wonder why..

Anyways, I was wondering, could steering reps away from KOSA while leading them towards other and SAFER bills help? :P

If these bills really ARE safer, wouldn't it give us a better chance of KOSA not being passed if we gave our Senators and Reps examples of alternative bills they could support?

Like, instead of just saying "DON'T DO THIS!!!" We could say "DON'T DO THIS, but THIS is a better alternative that will keep everyone safe AND actually be helpful."

I have a feeling most of the Democrats supporting this bill have fallen for the "We're protecting the children!!" farse. So, let's not just tell them the problem, but offer a solution! An alternative that will ACTUALLY protect children.

I posted this as it's own thing, but I wanted to add it to this update thread so people are more likely to see it.

Please post this on other sites, on Twitter, TikTok, other Reddit pages, etc. I only ask that you cover-up my username :]

(link to the actual post)

[asksleepymclean]

Do they really want to pass the bill? Will the Internet disappear forever today?!

Yes, they want to pass this damn Kosa bill, however we are STILL fighting with this..We don't want them to pass the bill..We are all against the bill.They did not pass the bill because we still continue to loudly say that we are against Kosa.We must not give up…We must continue to fight.

We are doing everything possible that they did not pass the bill and if we continue in the same spirit,we won it.. If we do nothing, we will lose the Internet forever

SAY YOU ARE AGAINST THE KOSA BILL...Tell Congress you are against the Kosa bill.

CALL/EMAIL/FAX YOUR REPS AND SENATORS.... Keep saying you are against the Kosa Bill..

Keep Fighting!!! Don't give up..We have to stop this!!

Edit :

As for the second question, I already answered last time, but I will answer again

If they pass the bill, the Internet will not disappear immediately after the Kosa bill is passed.However, I don't want them to pass the bill

For it to become official law, they need to be voted on by a Committee, then go to the House, then to the Senator, then go to review and only then go to the President to sign..

[lizzydizzyyo]

KOSA (ANTI-QUEER AND OTHER MINORITY CENSORSHIP BILL) IS GOING TO GO INTO VOTING PERIOD IN SEPTEMBER. CALL YOUR REPS TO TELL THEM TO FUCK OFF AND NOT PASS IT.

[the-feral-gremlin]

Good news! Kosa isn't being introduced to the senate until March 13-16, that gives people time to call/email reps to tell them to vote no on kosa. Please call your reps and sign petitions, this is super important. Also when signing the bad internet bills form, there’s a non American option. If you don’t live in the U.S please consider tapping that, this bill will affect everyone.

[phoenixyfriend]

Calls for Action, Call Your Reps: 2/26/24

This is USA-specific, as that is the place I live and know.

Find your elected officials.

As usual, most of my information on what bills are on the floor comes from GovTrack. I am including some suggested listening/reading (you can find text versions if you google the title and 'transcript') at the bottom of the post. I am also including a current event that is likely to be a very powerful argument, with the right politicians. The event is prefaced with a red warning tag, and followed by event-specific verbiage.

Suggested verbiage and strategies for calling your elected officials.

GovTrack has said that there are still no votes scheduled, in this blog post from Friday: What's Next for Congress? (Feb 23, 2024)

In practice, that appears to mean that they are arguing over the budget to avoid yet another government shutdown. Given that the delays to the budget so far have been tied directly to the Israel/Ukraine/Taiwan military funding and Southern border.

Use this time to call their offices and tell them to vote the way you want them to.

The most immediate and pressing issue at this moment is the famine in Gaza. Widely reported today is that a two-month-old boy recently died of starvation, and the World Health Organization is declaring that it has become famine and a mass starvation event, no longer just a threat of one.

At this time, the three greatest factors in that famine are:

Israeli bombardment (destruction of existing food stores and farming land)

Israeli blockades of the Egyptian border into Gaza, preventing aid trucks from places like the US from reaching people

The cessation of funding to UNRWA, which has been the lifeline to Palestinian civilians for decades, and is currently the best and possibly only chance to save the one and a half million dying civilians

This information is being reported by the WHO, UNRWA itself, UNICEF, and more, along with journalists that are in Gaza at this time.

The other issue, more domestically, is the rising tide of concern for US Reproductive Rights stemming from the IVF ruling in Alabama.

Both House and Senate:

Reinstate funding for UNRWA. While the claims made by Israel that employees of the relief agency were involved in Oct. 7th are troubling, THEY are not well supported, and western officials did not do their duty in investigating the claims before cutting funding. This arm of the UN is currently providing food, water, shelter, and medical care to the 2.3 million displaced peoples of Gaza. It is especially disturbing and concerning that the many children of Gaza, who are already suffering due to this conflict, are now having this support revoked. Many sources are also claiming that the evidence is flimsy at best.

Urge both Senate and House to refrain from funding Israel, or to at least put some strings on it. The IDF cannot be given funding without some regulations on what they can do with it. They have proven that they are unwilling to take steps to protect civilians.

Sanctions must also be placed on Israel for its continued impediment of aid intended for Gazans, including aid from the US.

Urge for the US to stop vetoing ceasefire demands in the UN. No, the suggested replacement written by the US is not an excuse.

Not directly related to Gaza: It looks like they’re gearing up for another push at KOSA. The canned email responses I’m getting are really proud of being in support of KOSA, which is… bad. It is also bad for people outside the US, including Palestine, apparently. VOTE NAY.

Not related to Gaza: Alabama's recent court decision has put IVF services in danger in the state, with multiple fertility clinics halting all related services for any pregnancy that is not yet in progress; there were implantation appointments for last week that were canceled with no knowledge of when they might be greenlit. Push for full spectrum reproductive rights protection (fertility services, family planning, birth control, abortion, and more), and if you have a pro-lifer as your elected official, cite the Alabama ruling as a cause for concern of how the lack of codified reproductive rights protection can impact even those who do want children.

FOR THE SENATE: Urge your senator to put their support behind Bernie Sanders and his motion to restrict funding to Israel until a humanitarian review of the IDF’s actions in Gaza has been completed. Cite it as Senate Resolution 504 if your Senator is right-wing enough to react negatively to the mention of Sanders by name. NOTE: This resolution was TABLED by the Senate on 1/16, but it is being brought back in as conditions continue to escalate.

Passed in the House recently, so bother your senators about it, is H.R. 3016: IGO Anti-Boycott Act. Vote Nay. This appears to be intended to force US companies to do business with US allies instead of participating in boycotts. This appears, to me, to be an attack on movements like BDS. To Dem Reps, argue that this refuses the right of peaceful protest to US citizens. To Republican Reps, argue that this is a dangerous government overreach and that it is not the right of the government to force US citizens to purchase products and materials from specific foreign partners.

FOR THE HOUSE: Recommend that they support House Resolution 786, introduced by Rep. Cori Bush, Calling for an immediate deescalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine. ALTERNATELY: Urge your representative to put their support behind Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s petition for the US government to recognize the IDF’s actions in Gaza as ethnic cleansing and forced displacement, and put a stop to it.

Alright, now the current big news story.

Warning: Self-harm, public suicide.

I will preface this with an explanation of a recent event.

The big American news of this week that is being talked about on all political news sources, from BBC to NPR to Al Jazeera, is the self-immolation in DC. A US Air Force service member walked to the Israeli embassy in Washingon DC, set up a Twitch Stream, and stated that he refused to be party to the genocide being committed with the support of his country's government. He then doused himself in a flammable liquid, set himself on fire, and shouted 'Free Palestine' on repeat until the fire grew too great for him to do anything but scream in pain. The man was rushed away to a hospital, but has apparently died since. Twitch has understandably removed the video for ToS violations, but the video has been saved and reshared to other sites since.

To be clear, the airman, a 25yo named Aaron Bushnell, explicitly stated that this was an act of extreme protest, but not as extreme as the current lives of Palestinians in Gaza. Please do not allow people to convince you this was just a random act of mental illness. It was tragic, yes, but this very public, recorded, in-uniform, motive-declared suicide was by all appearances a calculated choice based on centuries of precedent.

If your senator or representative claims to be pro-military, bring this up. Even if they don't, bring it up.

"A service member, someone who presumably has access to more information on what is happening 'on the ground' than the average citizen, someone who has proven their dedication to America, is dying in agony to prove a point: that Israel's actions cannot be condoned, cannot be justified, and most certainly cannot be supported with fourteen billion in military aid."

The above is one possible verbiage you can use when you call.

Today, I would also recommend listening to NPR's Politics Podcast as the episode contains some good information on The Michigan Problem, and the Democracy Now podcast, which has some good interviews on the confirmed famine going on in Gaza. I will note that there are some claims being made in the latter about the US government, including comments by Biden himself, using law enforcement and college administrations to punish pro-Palestine groups, from Students for Justice in Palestine to even Jewish Voice for Peace (notable since one of the major arguments for these actions is that anti-zionists are antisemitic). I am saying 'claims being made' as I have not had time to corroborate this with other news sources, and the other casts I listen to have not mentioned it.

If you wish to support my political blogging, I am accepting donations on ko-fi.

Alternately, I would also suggest that you send any spare money to PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund), UNRWA, or Save the Children Sudan, which has been undergoing an incredibly deadly civil war for a year or so now, but that the US has significantly less involvement in on a bureaucratic level, so IDK what any of us in the US can do to help in that regard. But many of us do have money! So there's that.

[marble-anime]

Sharing for awareness! I’d appreciate if you’d share as this is actually serious and no one is speaking on it

In 2 days a bill is going to be voted on in congress called KOSA.

The KOSA law and EARN IT act could get Anime and Manga banned in the US. Due to it having “gore and violence”

It’ll also ban fanfics and any mature content.

The bill is being disguised as a way to protect minors but it will ban all of this for ALL of us. The bill states if you confirm your age you can view it, but the more you read it says that if an adult views it it will flag it and get the content taking down.

To stop this please please look at the links I’m sharing. The first link allows you to email your state representatives! Please make your own message so it won’t go to spam! It can be short (please stop KOSA)The second link is a petition and after if you submit your phone number you will get a call that will connect you to all your representatives offices, you will get a script all you have to do is read off what is said.

Let them know you are NOT okay with this! Last year we just BARELY got this bill denied. Congress is trying again this year. SPEAK UP!

Please please take this seriously. If this passes. The anime community will be DONE.

https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids For emailing state reps!

https://www.badinternetbills.com/ For calling state reps! PLEASE this is most effective

^^this

i got into anime and manga maybe 3 or 4 years ago and my home situation wasn’t the best back then. anime and manga became my escape from reality and writing/reading fics for my favorite characters has become a comfort to me. i would hate to see it all go.

contacting the reps through your email and phone number is really easy. like this person said, the message can be short and the call is scripted so you don’t really have to come up with anything on your own.

if your confused about what this bill is about, pearlmania500 made a good tiktok about it which I’ll leave below.

[gwydionmisha]

"You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills:"

Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

[super-firepaw119]

Friendly reminder to keep emailing/calling your state reps.—Your two Senators & Congressperson, tell them to vote ‘No’ to KOSA, it’s copycats (Earn it act, Restrict act etc.) & explain to them just how harmful these bills really are.

Congress is returning in September so the Senate can vote on it; we don’t have an exact date in September yet, so I say keep emailing & calling until we do!

We’re in mid August; if there was ever a time to make our voices heard, it’s now.

Keep fighting. We can’t let these bills pass.

Keep. Fighting.

[eldritchwyrm]

hey! you might have heard about KOSA, a bill the united states congress is considering passing that could lead to unimaginable internet censorship. if you live in the united states, you also might have heard people telling you to call or write to your representatives asking them to oppose it.

you also might think that's a lot of effort and it probably won't do anything. after all, if your rep is a republican, they'll probably never listen to you anyway, and if your rep is a democrat, they probably already agree with you.

HOWEVER. this isn't a "democrats vs republicans" bill — it's actually a (horrible!) bipartisan effort. and because it isn't being argued about on partisan lines, that means that — in a surprising twist! — they may actually listen to what their constituency wants. even if they're a republican.

so! the EFF set up a website where you type in your address, it generates a list of all your representatives, and then generates a detailed letter asking them to oppose KOSA. you can personalize it if you like... or you can just hit send.

it only takes three minutes. without exaggeration. if you vote in the united states: do it!

[augustinewrites]

Okay so I’m mass sharing this because America is falling apart and no one is speaking on this!

In 2 days a bill is going to be voted on in congress called KOSA.

The KOSA law and EARN IT act could get Anime and Manga banned in the US. Due to it having “gore and violence”

It’ll also ban fanfics and any mature content.

The bill is being disguised as a way to protect minors but it will ban all of this for ALL of us. The bill states if you confirm your age you can view it, but the more you read it says that if an adult views it it will flag it and get the content taking down.

To stop this please please look at the links I’m sharing. The first link allows you to email your state representatives! Please make your own message so it won’t go to spam! It can be short (please stop KOSA)The second link is a petition and after if you submit your phone number you will get a call that will connect you to all your representatives offices, you will get a script all you have to do is read off what is said.

Let them know you are NOT okay with this! Last year we just BARELY got this bill denied. Congress is trying again this year. SPEAK UP!

Please please take this seriously. If this passes. The anime community will be DONE.

https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids For emailing state reps!

https://www.badinternetbills.com/ For calling state reps! PLEASE this is most effective

!! very important !!

[herhimthem]

Hi

I can find no info on if there will be a vote on KOSA tomorrow. There nothing on the senate schedule about it for this week. Do you have more info?

OKAY, so I was just about to edit yesterday's post about this-

KOSA won't be voted on tomorrow.

Somebody in the server found a tweet saying that Senator Schumer made it clear that KOSA is on the top list of priorities for this Congress, and it caused such an uproar that nobody bothered to fact-check it. We don't doubt in the slightest that the people trying to pass this bill would one-HUNDRED percent pull something like trying to push KOSA through while everyone is distracted with a big event.

It was only a few hours ago (I wasn't online at the time) that someone else in the server realized that this is untrue, and that level of misinformation is one of the biggest factors working against us to get rid of KOSA in the first place, and I apologize.

However, the Senate IS going back into session on Monday, so calling in about KOSA won't be for nothing.

By all means, call your reps tomorrow and tell them to vote NO on KOSA, we need every single bit of pushback we can get.

[pretty-toru]

SPREADING AWARENESS BECAUSE NO ONE IS SPEAKING UP! Please please share!

In 2 days a bill is going to be voted on in congress called KOSA.

The KOSA law and EARN IT act could get Anime and Manga banned in the US. Due to it having “gore and violence”

It’ll also ban fanfics and any mature content.

The bill is being disguised as a way to protect minors but it will ban all of this for ALL of us. The bill states if you confirm your age you can view it, but the more you read it says that if an adult views it it will flag it and get the content taking down.

To stop this please please look at the links I’m sharing. The first link allows you to email your state representatives! Please make your own message so it won’t go to spam! It can be short (please stop KOSA)The second link is a petition and after if you submit your phone number you will get a call that will connect you to all your representatives offices, you will get a script all you have to do is read off what is said.

Let them know you are NOT okay with this! Last year we just BARELY got this bill denied. Congress is trying again this year. SPEAK UP!

Please please take this seriously. If this passes. The anime community will be DONE.

https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids For emailing state reps!

https://www.badinternetbills.com/ For calling state reps! PLEASE this is most effective

Thanks so much for sharing, I've linked the websites down below for easier access!!

For emailing state reps!

For calling state reps!

[the-feral-gremlin]

Daily reminder we have 3 more days until the senate decides whether or not to pass kosa. Please call/email your reps and tell them to vote NO on Kosa, please sign petitions, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS BILL. My birthday is coming up and I’d like be able to access the stuff I like. I’m begging you all.

Badinternetbills.com is a good place to start. But please look into other places/scripts to email/call. I love it here and I don’t want to leave or for things to change.

[uzuikyo]

In 3 days a bill is going to be voted on in congress called KOSA.

The KOSA law and EARN IT act could get Anime and Manga banned in the US. Due to it having “gore and violence”

It’ll also ban fanfics and any mature content.

The bill is being disguised as a way to protect minors but it will ban all of this for ALL of us. The bill states if you confirm your age you can view it, but the more you read it says that if an adult views it it will flag it and get the content taking down.

To stop this please please look at the links I’m sharing. The first link allows you to email your state representatives. The second link is a petition and after if you submit your phone number you will get a call that will connect you to all your representatives offices, you will get a script all you have to do is read off what is said.

Let them know you are NOT okay with this! Last year we just BARELY got this bill denied. Congress is trying again this year. SPEAK UP!

Please please take this seriously. If this passes. The anime community will be DONE.

https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids For emailing state reps!

https://www.badinternetbills.com/ For calling state reps! PLEASE this is most effective

GUYS PLS READ THIS !!!

[daisynik7]

Hi! I’m sharing this as much as possible for awareness!!

In 3 days a bill called KOSA is going to be voted on in congress.

The KOSA law and EARN IT act could get Anime and Manga banned in the US. Due to it having “gore and violence”

It’ll also ban fanfics and any mature content.

The bill is being disguised as a way to protect minors but it will ban all of this for ALL of us. The bill states if you confirm your age you can view it, but the more you read it says that if an adult views it it will flag it and get the content taking down.

To stop this please please look at the links I’m sharing. The first link allows you to email your state representatives. The second link is a petition and after if you submit your phone number you will get a call that will connect you to all your representatives offices, you will get a script all you have to do is read off what is said.

Let them know you are NOT okay with this! Last year we just BARELY got this bill denied. Congress is trying again this year. SPEAK UP!

Please please take this seriously. If this passes. The anime community will be DONE.

https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids

For emailing your representatives

https://www.badinternetbills.com/

For calling state reps! PLEASE this is most effective

boosting this for awareness! thanks for sending this anon