#stop the earn it act bill

[loser-brain]

EARN IT ACT BILL 2023: LAST SHOT TO STOP IT FROM HITTING THE SENATE FLOORS!

UPDATE: the #EarnItAct has passed the judiciary committee, meaning that next it goes to the Senate floor. BUT Chuck Schumer can decide not to bring it to a vote, so CALL HIS OFFICE along with your own senators and tell him not to put these bills on the floor. -Amarisllis on Twitter, source

🚨The #EarnItAct is not only back but on the Senate floor. This bill completely destroys Section 230 and encryption. One of the *only* hopes for stopping this is blasting

@SenSchumer's office and telling him DO NOT PUT IT ON THE FLOOR (202) 224-6542 Call script in next tweet 👇

Quote Tweeting: As a reminder, the #EarnItAct creates a national politically appointed commission filled with law enforcement and fundamentalist christian groups to dictate what is and isn't allowed online in the name of "child safety". It has bipartisan support.

Underneath the Quote Tweets: The same way trans people are being banned from existing, how LGBT books are banned, the way black history simply isn't even being allowed to be taught, is how this commission filled with LAW ENFORCEMENT and HATE GROUPS is going to force the whole internet to work -Lovingtaeonmain on Twiter

[cheshire-j]

PLEASE READ

So as of tomorrow, the Kids Online Safety Act, is set for markup as of July 27 at 10:00 am. And for those who aren't aware, this bill, if passed, does not protect kids. If merely eradicates privacy, freedom of speech, and unlawfully searches and seizes everything you say and do on the web.

It will censor everything the government does not like and if you want "unrestricted access" you will need to prove you are above the age of 18, which will most likely mean you will need to upload some kind of ID. Additionally, if you need to upload your ID, there is no guaranteed protection that your image or the ID itself will not be swiped or sold like how Instagram/Facebook/Twitter did when they sold data to the Russians.

This will also be harmful to kids, especially those to have a bad living situation. KOSA does nothing but police the Internet for everything you say and do on the Internet. It will censor medical information, history, information, and restrict and limit, if not outright ban what can be posted on social media.

Sites like Ao3 (Archive of Our Own), Wattpad, Tiktok, Tumblr, etc.... EVERYTHING will be affected, art especially. And what's more, is KOSA passes, it will be a gateway to pass all the other bad internet bills like the RESTRICT ACT, EARN IT ACT, COOPER DAVIS, etc.

The Internet will turn into a hellscape for everyone; kids, companies, and adults alike!

The picture above, from @dontdelete.art, is a call to action in protesting these bad internet bills. As of today, July 26, we need to protest against this bill for our privacy and our freedom. Call your representatives and senators, AND ALSO call the Commerce Committee as they are the ones overseeing this mark up meeting.

The Commerce Committe's numbers are:

Majority: 202-224-0411

Minority: 202-224-1251

Call them and tell them you oppose KOSA, tell them the dangers, tell them how it breaks our first and fourth ammendment rights and how it violates our privacy.

We only have one more day before it goes to mark up, so let's make it count. Spend today speaking out on KOSA, post on social media talking about the dangers of KOSA, call and email your representatives, senators, and the committee!

DON'T SIT IDELY BY, MAKE TODAY COUNT!

[lukadjo]

Hey!

This is your reminder to go to badinternetbills.com and take the action! It's just filling out a form and helps signify to congress your opposition to the bad internet bills (which will restrict your freedoms on the internet, especially for minors (and not in any actually useful way))!

These bills are nothing more than a Trojan horse.

[tomhiddlestonsangel]

HI YALL IMMA NEED YA TO SPAM YOUR SENATORS VOICEMAILS AND SUCH TO STOP THIS BILL. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN

[rosetheocto]

hello to my 16 followers on here and anyone else who stumbles upon this post can you guys do me a quick favor if you live in the US?

Tell your senators that KOSA/Earn It/other internet bills that are similar will not protect anyone.

There are a lot of people that are wording this better than I am but this is gonna censor the internet of anything “inappropriate” (which basically means LGBTQIATS+ content and overall mental health stuff that can prevent kids from killing themselves) so like yeah can we make that law not happen please?

Oh yea also if it does anyone above the age of 16(?) will need to upload their drivers licenses to access the internet and even then all of your personal info will be out there for anyone to grab, plus it’ll be easier for predators to get away with harming kids if this passes, overall we wont be having a good time

Here’s the Bad Internet Bills website

[the-spine-eater]

Please please please sign this

The KOSA act will result in censorship and extreme control over the Internet. This will also lead to homophobia and a lack of sex ed. There is a whole bunch of other problems this will lead to.

This bill will endanger children. Please please please do your part to help.

Here is a post with a ton more information:

[morbidlypositive]

BILLS LIKE STOP CSAM ARE TRYING TO BE SNUCK INTO THE NDAA, WHICH IS A MUST PASS BILL. THIS WILL NOT ONLY REMOVE ANY CHANCE OF PRIVACY, ENCRYPTION, AND FREE SPEECH, BUT IT WILL GUT THE INTERNET AS WE KNOW IT. THIS WILL NOT PROTECT CHILDREN AT ALL, IT WILL ONLY CENSOR THEM AND GIVE THEM NO SECURITY OR PRIVACY. CALL YOUR SENATORS AND SIGN PETITIONS!!

[maraudersareasocialistutopia]

NEW ZINE: KOSA, bad internet bills, censorship, surveillance, Palestine, LGBTQ organizing, abortion access, etc etc

my org @fftf-staff has been leading a lot of the work to stop KOSA and other bad internet bills and we are putting together a zine (digital + print) to feature some of the comics, art, funny shit, videos, etc that y'all have come up with in the last couple years as we've fought these censorship and surveillance bills.

you can submit something you've already come up with or something new and the theme is really flexible. we want everything from KOSA to palestine to queer liberation to fandom content in any form that works for you (writing, art, comics, video, etc). please don't feel intimidated to submit, we'd love to see it.

more info / form here: https://fftf.link/zine

happy pride, fuck KOSA <3

[helios-co]

[mollyjimbly]

I hate to pester you over something you might already know, but a bunch of organizations that are rooting for KOSA and EARN-IT, and all those other awful bills are on their way to DC this weekend. We need everyone to get on the phones with their reps and senators NOW!!!!

right on it!!!

i cannot call state reps about it, since i do not live in the states, but if you are able to please please do!!

some resources for calling;

phone numbers

call scripts

Remember! Be calm and polite to the person on the other end of the line, Good luck everyone!

extra stuff

[cheshire-j]

KOSA UPDATE

It passed the Commerce Committee markup with a unaminous vote. But this shit is far from over.

Keep calling your senators and representatives, email them, and POST about the KOSA bill and its dangers!

KOSA is dangerous as it now threatens end to end encryption, which means EVERYTHING we have internet is in threat of being compromised. We NEED to do something about it and even if you have anxiety, you can do something about. I did, and I felt like I was going to die as I was doing it, but I did it!

If you're not comfortable with calling, email them, sign petitions, post about it on social media. Blow KOSA up, it worked last time and that's why it didn't pass. So let's do it again!

We need action, our privacy and our safety is at stake! This goes beyond violating our 1st and 4th amendments!

STOP KOSA

STOP EARN IT ACT

STOP RESTRICT ACT

These bills are a threat to kids AND adults and they need to be stopped! Keep calling, keep emailing, keep being a pain in their ass!

Edit: No further moves are going to be made on KOSA until after August as Congress is on recess, but it WILL come back in September. So we need to keep pushing, we need to be loud! Keep calling and email your representatives and senators!

[your-queer-dad]

CALLING ALL US CITZENS, CALL YOUR SENATORS

If you've been here for long enough, you've heard about KOSA. The Kids Online Safety Act is a harmful and horrific bill that would censor content for ALL, all under the name of "protecting kids". This is the same ideology of queer people and people of colour being inappropriate or sexual divants from the 1980s, 1970s going all the way back to the 1920s. Progressive bill my ass.

So we need all hands on deck to help fight!

If you're in the US:

CALL. YOUR. SENATORS.

You can use this resource to help

TELL THEM PEOPLE DON'T WANT THIS BILL AND THAT IT'S CONTROVERSIAL.

If you're not in the US,

Here's a linktree

Get sending those emails!

AND JOIN THE SERVER FOR MORE INFO

[tootern2345]

I did try to call one of the senators to make my voice heard but turns out I don’t think stuff through that much

It was worth a shot but people, don’t give up hope! Still try and try to call your senators/representatives and make your voice heard. Also write emails, still sign petitions, and at least do some reblogging/posts of your own! WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED. Giving up is what THEY want you to do. THEY want you to fall into silence, don’t let THEM stop you. Defeat THEM.

Some senators to call include Alex Padilla of CA (California, not Canada for those who get the two mixed up) and Jon Osoff of GA. and while there is a script or two for what to say. Here is the technical aspect of it (what you should do) in the first link (ACT.EFF.Org).

[epsilonuniverse]

Those who oppose KOSA please sign and share this petition to show the House Reps that we want to keep our #InternetFreedom & show support for LGBT & Reproductive Rights#KOSA #stopKOSA #Badinternetbills #LGBT #LGBTQIA #ReproductiveRights https://www.youthagainstkosa.com/

[morganrat]

⚠ STOP THIS BULLSHIT!!! ⚠

EARN IT AND KOSA ARE BILLS THAT ENDANGER OUR RIGHTS TO PRIVACY, THEY DO NOT HELP IN WHAT THEY CLAIM TO SOLVE, THEY AIM FOR MASS CENSORSHIP, AND THEY ENDANGER MINORITIES SUCH AS ONLINE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES, SEX WORKERS, ETC.

The KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act) and the EARN IT Act, are U.S laws that if passed, will fucking wreck this country more than it already has.

Look, this account is not a political account, and I do not wish to entirely associate this art/reblog account with politics but this is an exception because it NEEDS to be said.

I'm going to try my best to keep it simple, and I will not get to FULLY elaborte on everything, I'm just letting you guys get the overall gist of it (check sources and links below!!!)

In a nutshell, these acts wish to remove encryption and allow everything you send, recieve, and look at to be viewed and surveilanced to an unethical and unconstitutional degree. Both of these acts claim to help children stay safe online, when really it will do the opposite. It will lead to mass surveilance and censorship online, and a lot of LGBTQIA+ content will also get censored unfairly. EARN IT, specifically, would actually make it MORE DIFFICULT for child sexual predators to get caught, because the pushed surveilance does not follow the 4th Amendment, making evidence gathered by these means unusable in an actual court.

I'm going to link more sources below for y'all to both read more about it from people who can elaborate better, and to help push back AGAINST KOSA AND EARN IT.