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The main thing about KOSA that has me pretty convinced that it won’t pass is how blatantly unconstitutional it is.
It violates
A) Freedom of speech/expression
and
b) Freedom of the press (which encompasses anything published ANYWHERE including online)
ALSO judicial review plays a HUGE part in it seeing as if a law is proven to oppose the constitution, legally the constitution RULES OVER SAID LAW.
So yeah, KOSA is unconstitutional bullshit, and probably won’t pass
Why Banning TikTok Is Concerning for the Future of the Internet
The banning of TikTok could just be the beginning.
Even if you hate TikTok, note that it isn't just about TikTok. It's about taking control of the Internet. This may not just stop at TikTok. This could expand to other non-US websites as well. Keep in mind that Riot Games is owned by Tencent, as is Trovo Live.
A lot of people make a living off of TikTok. They don't have much of an audience on other platforms, and may not retain a lot of their audience if they migrate to another site.
If you are concerned about the privacy concerns, note that many US-based sites collect data about you.
There are other bills out there that aim to take further control of the Internet, such as KOSA ans FISA.
If you are outside the US, other countries are also looking into banning TikTok. This includes, but is not limited to, Canada, UK, EU, NZ, and Australia.
Don't stop talking about KOSA! It's almost dead, I can feel it! Keep on emailing your reps and congressmen! Let's kill this bill and piss on its smoldering corpse!
This isn’t the first time some5ung like this has happened
Do any of you remember Article 13 from back in 2018 or 2016? Yeah the KOSA bill is eerily similar to that, and vice versa
The US lawmakers are starting to try and crack down on the internet in general, I think it’s because their afraid, afraid of the power we hold, and thus act to try and silence us, to my knowledge, Article 13 was the first of these kind of bills to try and limit the internet, the KOSA bill is almost the same thing simplified and stretched to an extrene
Fuck KOSA. we have to stop it, kill KOSA alike we killed Article 13
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME
There's no WAY they're just gonna try and make the whole internet babysit kids rather than actually TARGET THE PEOPLE HARMING THEM or holding parents accountable
If this bill passes I may not be able to post here or on Youtube anymore
I may not be able to talk to my friends on Discord
I'll lose some of the most important people in my life
I'll lose some of the things that make me the happiest
This bill absolutely CANNOT pass, I'm literally begging that this doesn't pass
everybody go to the KOSA Masterpost and FIND A WAY TO HELP. Call your Senators/House reps, email them, reblog posts, spread the word, ANYTHING.
WE CANNOT LET THIS BILL PASS.
KOSA update:
For anyone who hasn't seen (me included lol), the verge has put out an article about KOSA and how its not as clear if congress will pass it now as multiple other bills are competing against it and legislators are struggling to decide which to back.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/29/24086559/kids-online-safety-act-schatz-tech-groups
One of the proposed bills is this one
In short, instead of making a bunch of tech bros surrogate parents on the internet, instead it would invest a ton of money into actually going after and investigating actual child predators, modernize the cyber tipline, and do research on prevention/ detection programs, among a few other things.
So please, if you're American, you still have time to call up your reps and tell them you're against Kosa, which is good, but giving them suggestions like this bill is better
"We are trying to protect the children from harmful materials and content 🥺"
You aren't.
You're putting the children and queers in danger.
You're harming them and killing them.
You cannot expect them to be "safe" when you are making their life miserable.
If you don't want kids consuming shit then why don't you suggest parents DOWNLOAD any parental controls app or monitor their devices properly. (Like you know. Not letting them consume those stupid shit) Or I don't know! Why don't you track any pedophiles and kill them?
Pedophiles don't deserve to breathe the same air that we have. They don't deserve to be alive after what they did to those poor souls, they don't deserve a damn "raise". You dumbasses are letting those disgusting pigs harm more kids and not doing your job properly. You filthy animals should be ASHAMED of yourself for not doing the job properly. ASHAME ON YOU.
you are an embarrassment to the human race. If you REALLY and I mean 100% WORRIED about their safety then FIX IT! ENCOURAGE THE PARENTS TO ADD MONITORS. IT'S NOT HARD TO ADVERTISE A FUCKING PARENTAL CONTROL OR BAN THOSE NSFW ACCOUNTS.
HOW HARD IS IT FOR Y'ALL TO REPORT OR BAN THOSE PEOPLE????? WHA--
I don't really like to get political but I feel a need to talk about this;
It's so funny. It's so funny to me that the people pushing for KOSA also criticize other countries who do the exact same shit (i.e., China, which from what I've heard (and correct me if I'm wrong please) censors a lot of things) and hate their guts. The fact that they're pushing for censorship directly violates one of the amendments of the constitution (which is free speech) and it baffles me that they think this is okay. But hey these are also the same people that won't do anything about gun violence or school shootings and who want to take away bodily autonomy and gay/trans rights so why am I even surprised.
For the love of god, if you can, help stop KOSA. Not just for fandom purposes, but for the fact that it impacts people who want to transition, people who want/need abortions, it impacts a way that human beings can seek out human contact in an increasingly lonely world where things are growing bleak. Not only that, but the people who are suffering from genocide (8 FUCKING GENOCIDES IN THE WORLD BTW) may not be able to get help or get the word out about their condition if a big chunk of the world can't access the content that helps said people.
And I'm sorry, but if you really cared about children's safety, you a) would do more about school shootings, b) would fix issues that put children in danger (shockingly hunger/malnutrition is still an issue in the U.S.A. just not in the same way as in a war-torn country), c) would fix the foster-care/adoption system, and d) teach parents to have some common fucking sense not to have 5-year-olds on the internet watching age-inappropriate stuff (like 5 year olds listening to Sexxy Red or Ice Spice)
Censorship is bad. It's bad because it can genuinely put lives at risk. If you're for the KOSA bill, don't pretend like it's because you care. You don't care about people—you just want to control them. Just like the people you and its instigators hate so much.
FIGHT THE KOSA BILL
SPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE, THROUGH POSTS ON EVERY PLATFORM, THROUGH FLYERS, THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH
CALL REPS, EMAIL REPS, MAIL REPS, TELL THEM WE DON'T WANT KOSA
SIGN PETITIONS
WE WILL WIN THIS WITH OUR SOLIDARITY FROM THE ENTIRE INTERNET AS ITS EXISTENCE DEPENDS ON IT.
MANY WILL LOSE THEIR SAFE SPACE, THEIR PLACE OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE FROM OLDER QUEERS, THEY ARE TARGETING US
SO WE WON'T ALLOW IT
GET KOSA TRENDING.
STOP SCROLLING NOW!
AS OF FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024, WE GOT FIVE DAYS UNTIL THE DAY OF DECISION OF THE KOSA BILL, WHICH WILL CAUSE MASS CENSORSHIP ROUND THE INTERNET IF PASSED. OR DOOMSDAY. WE NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND CONTRIBUTE. I'M NOT GIVING UP ON YOU ALL.
WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE BUT WE CAN'T GIVE UP YET. IF WE GIVE UP, EVERYTHING IS OVER. IF WE DON'T, AT LEAST WE HAVE A CHANCE.
I'M THE ONE WHO SOUNDED THE ALARM, AND I'M NOT GOING TO CURL UP AND DIE YET.
Reblog this post in every LEGAL way you can under the Tumblr guidelines with the appropriate tags. TELL AND TAG EVERYONE YOU KNOW, then add the tags to see below... and more if you can think of any complying.
Visit badinternetbills.com if you want to find a way to defeat KOSA. It WILL NOT take much of your time. Reblog with any other information or sources, too-- but make sure to reblog if you can.
Reblog if you support lgbtq+ content.
Reblog if you support questioning queer youth and/or abused youth getting the information they need.
Reblog if you support Ao3 and/or other sites that wholeheartedly preserve talentedly made media.
Reblog if you're going to repost this on other sites than Tumblr and spread the word across Twitter, Tik Tok, Pinterest, or elsewhere, alongside the link to badinternetbills.com.
Reblog if you think KOSA is unfair and shouldn't be anyone's problem -- including the adults ALL OVER THE DAMN EARTH forced to face the mass censorship it causes because "think of the American Children!".
Reblog if you support internet activism and Palestine.
Reblog if you hate fascism or censorship, and don't want actually serious and helpful conversations censored on the internet.
Reblog if you value the internet in any way at all whatsoever.
CHECK THIS PETITION, TOO! https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-kosa?recruiter=1331807538&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=sms&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf&recruited_by_id=57368c40-d0fd-11ee-98f7-2175430f819f&share_bandit_exp=initial-36809664-en-US
(Also, please reblog with at least "stop kosa" as a tag and not "kosa". I made the mistake of not adding just "kosa" as a tag...)
We won't let this stand any longer. Let's start a riot and get this trending.
So apparently KOSA (2024 edition) is getting either thrown out until next year or put into effect in six days.
Update that's going in the main post at the top: it has enough support to pass.
It failed the last two times because people were voting against it.
This time, KOSA has traction among the pro-LGBTQ parties. Because nobody is fucking calling their bullshit and screaming from the rooftops that calling it the "Kids Online Safety Act" is misleading.
What will it passing do?
Nothing much, only prevent any education on LGBTQIA+ (it's that stupid fucking argument about us grooming kids again), shut down nearly every fandom space on the internet, and make it required for most big tech companies to have your ID.
Want to have resources for kids to discover their identity readily available? Yes? Then fucking speak up against this stupid fucking bill.
Fandom spaces like Tumblr, Twitter (? I thought the MAGA assholes liked Musk?), Tiktok, Archive Of Our Own, and any other website that hosts fanfic or fanart? Either shut down permanently, forced to uproot to a different country and down for a while (best case scenario, and they likely won't be able to send any data, and therefore fanfics, to the US), or gutted so that you only get to put G rated cishet ships on there, if any shipping at all. How to avoid that? I've already said it: Call your fucking representatives.
Want to avoid the fucking dystopic task of being legally obligated to give big tech your government issue ID? Again, cause an uproar. Call your goddamned representatives.
If they can pass this, the ripple effects could be catastrophic.
So, for fuck's sake, any Americans that can impact this stupid fucking bill and see this? Do everything in your power to shut it down because you have until February twenty sixth (26th) to send this bill back to where it belongs.
And if you can't do that? Reblog, copy my tags, and boost the signal.
Sorry not sorry for ranting, making you scroll through that, and swearing a probably excessive amount, but KOSA is a bill with a GLOBAL IMPACT being passed by ONE COUNTRY because some old people are scared of two guys with who were told they were girls kissing within five hundred miles of a child. Fuck this shit, I shouldn't have to worry about bad bills in America but I fucking do because I use the internet and would like to avoid mass censorship. Fuck this, fuck conservatives, and fuck the fact that some boomers make your country's policies.
Now, if you won't mind me, I'm going to be up until three in the morning downloading fanfiction or copying and pasting them into a a text file if I can't so I can read them by the end of the week.
KOSA update: OH MY GOD /POS
I have recently acquired new information and HOLY SHIT. As of March 1st, KOSA appears to have been pigeonholed. When a bill is pigeonholed, it means that it is put in the back of the drawer. /figure of speech
When this happens, it’s not going to be one of the main concerns that Congress will deal with and it could die in committee! Plus this year is an election year, so they’ll probably be more focused on other world issues.
Let’s hope that this IS the case. If it is, then that’ll mean one thing: We may have one for the moment!!! We can only hope now.
What I sent to my electeds regarding KOSA
I beg of you, please understand what a weapon KOSA is. For anyone who wants to censor the internet, who wants to simply remove whole populations of people from the public sphere of discourse. Any single person, any group, that can be slandered with "but what if CHILDREN see what these people are saying and doing?????" can have their online life erased. Queer people. Folks talking about reproductive health. People who want to discuss divorce. Folks who want to talk about harm reduction in drug use. Trans people. People advocating for gun control.
Anything that could be framed as "Anti-family" or "harm to children" can be censored by any attorney general who gets a wild hair about a specific issue. You know that. I know you know that. And you seem hellbent on fellow-traveller-ing right along this paved road of good intention straight into censorship hell.
Stop. KOSA.
Vote against KOSA.
Please do not give this loaded weapon into the hands of people who want to erase knowledge, community, and access from the public sphere.
I do not want my life or the lives of my wife and kids to be erased from community. Please vote no on KOSA.
What I sent to my electeds regarding KOSA
I beg of you, please understand what a weapon KOSA is. For anyone who wants to censor the internet, who wants to simply remove whole populations of people from the public sphere of discourse. Any single person, any group, that can be slandered with "but what if CHILDREN see what these people are saying and doing?????" can have their online life erased. Queer people. Folks talking about reproductive health. People who want to discuss divorce. Folks who want to talk about harm reduction in drug use. Trans people. People advocating for gun control.
Anything that could be framed as "Anti-family" or "harm to children" can be censored by any attorney general who gets a wild hair about a specific issue. You know that. I know you know that. And you seem hellbent on fellow-traveller-ing right along this paved road of good intention straight into censorship hell.
Stop. KOSA.
Vote against KOSA.
Please do not give this loaded weapon into the hands of people who want to erase knowledge, community, and access from the public sphere.
I do not want my life or the lives of my wife and kids to be erased from community. Please vote no on KOSA.
Shit I’m PANICKING again
I can’t lose yall
no I can’t I just cant
What will I do without you guys?? What will I do without fandoms and Fan fictions?! I’m so scared I can’t stop thinking about it I’m so scared ☹️
I don’t wanna lose anyone WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME
ITS FINE it’s FINE I’ll just PRAY and hope that KOSA doesnt happen
I’m so scared
!PLEASE READ!
I see a lot of people saying to stop kosa and then giving no info about what kosa is.
So here are some sites to get educated about it- https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/kids-online-safety-act-still-huge-danger-our-rights-online
https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/about/issues/kids-online-safety-act
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/15/kids-online-safety-act-kosa-senate/
Please lmk if there are any helpful sites that you want me to add :]
Hi, with all of the rightful concerns regarding KOSA, this is just a reminder that by saying things like "fuck conservatives" or blaming anyone who aligns with conservative beliefs you are encouraging them to be aggressive and you won't change anyone's mind about the bill. If we're trying to stop KOSA then we need to get everyone. Honestly, conservatives should be equally concerned about KOSA because it is increasing governmental control.
I know this isn't as important on this site as the majority I've seen is already against KOSA but please take this into mind when spreading info. Aggression will not help.
GUYS PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION TO STOP THE KOSA BILL
https://chng.it/RcL8btwLWH
IT WILL CENSOR EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET, IT WILL STOP MINORS FROM USING THE INTERNET, IT WILL GET RID OF AO3 AND DISCORD AND MANY OTHER WEBSITES, PLEASE OLEASE PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION IF YOU VALUE THE INTERNET, SIGN THE PETITION IF YOU VALUE TALKING ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY, IF YOU VALUE SHARING CONNECTIONS AND IDEAS WITH OTHER PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD
IT IS ALL GOING TO BE RUINED BY THESE STUPID AMERICAN LAWMAKERS
GET KOSA TRENDING.
STOP SCROLLING NOW!
AS OF FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024, WE GOT FIVE DAYS UNTIL THE DAY OF DECISION OF THE KOSA BILL, WHICH WILL CAUSE MASS CENSORSHIP ROUND THE INTERNET IF PASSED. WE NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND CONTRIBUTE. I'M NOT GIVING UP ON YOU ALL.
(IMPORTANT UPDATE: Kosa will not necessarily pass on the 26th. It only has the support to pass in Senate, and we STILL HAVE TIME. That being said, time is of the essence.)
WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE BUT WE CAN'T GIVE UP YET. IF WE GIVE UP, EVERYTHING IS OVER. IF WE DON'T, AT LEAST WE HAVE A CHANCE.
I'M THE ONE WHO SOUNDED THE ALARM, AND I'M NOT GOING TO CURL UP AND DIE YET.
Reblog this post in every LEGAL way you can under the Tumblr guidelines with the appropriate tags. TELL AND TAG EVERYONE YOU KNOW, then add the tags to see below... and more if you can think of any complying.
Visit badinternetbills.com if you want to find a way to defeat KOSA. It WILL NOT take much of your time. Reblog with any other information or sources, too-- but make sure to reblog if you can.
Reblog if you support lgbtq+ content.
Reblog if you support questioning queer youth and/or abused youth getting the information they need.
Reblog if you support Ao3 and/or other sites that wholeheartedly preserve talentedly made media.
Reblog if you're going to repost this on other sites than Tumblr and spread the word across Twitter, Tik Tok, Pinterest, or elsewhere, alongside the link to badinternetbills.com.
Reblog if you think KOSA is unfair and shouldn't be anyone's problem -- including the adults ALL OVER THE DAMN EARTH forced to face the mass censorship it causes because "think of the American Children!".
Reblog if you support internet activism and Palestine.
Reblog if you hate fascism or censorship, and don't want actually serious and helpful conversations censored on the internet.
Reblog if you value the internet in any way at all whatsoever.
CHECK THIS PETITION, TOO! https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-kosa?recruiter=1331807538&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=sms&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf&recruited_by_id=57368c40-d0fd-11ee-98f7-2175430f819f&share_bandit_exp=initial-36809664-en-US
(Also, please reblog with at least "stop kosa" as a tag and not "kosa". I made the mistake of not adding just "kosa" as a tag...)
We won't let this stand any longer. Let's start a riot and get this trending.
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 suppose I got lucky with those first few KOSA posts, and I don't know if anybody will see this.. but it was just a thought I had, plus the Reddit post doesn't have a lot of traction either, so I thought I'd try and share it.
Please post this on other sites, on Twitter, TikTok, other Reddit pages, etc. I only ask that you cover-up my username :]
Also use the tag #Invest in Child Safety Act if you reblog this!
(link to the actual post)
If you wanna protect AO3 or character ai. Or Wattpad. Or Tumblr. Or discord. Or even the right for undocumented people and minors to use the fucking Internet reblog this I swear to God. Reblog this and reblog as many KOSA posts as you can go on their website and contact your Representatives. Do it. Do it. Do it.
If KOSA becomes law, it will be like the last week on Tumblr only a million times worse. The Tumblr Community Guidelines is unfairly and immorally used against trans women and Black people. But you can go other places on the Internet. You SHOULDN'T have to. But you CAN, and it's good that you can. KOSA will essentially be government-enforced Community Guidelines over the entire Internet. It will affect BlueSky and all the other apps where people are fleeing right now. There will be NOWHERE left. Fight now while we still have a chance
I'm so fucking scared about KOSA please people don't let this pass dont let these things be censored don't block us from our safe spaces please please please stop KOSA if I had links I would give them do everything you can it will save lives