Just Wanted To Take A Moment To Say That If KOSA Passes On The 26th, It Won't Be A Law Yet. It Is In

Just wanted to take a moment to say that if KOSA passes on the 26th, it won't be a law yet. It is in the senate, and will still need to pass in the house. If KOSA passes on the 26th, do not panic, simply start contacting your representatives in the house en masse to tell them to oppose KOSA.

i know many people might know about this, but the shit bill that is kosa has a chance of being put into effect in the next week if that does happen, social media is gonna be almost completely removed. that's not just tumblr or twitter, but things like ao3, deviantART, or tiktok. there's a link on this post to a petition to stop it. it only asks for your email and name, so if you're fine with that, please take the time to sign it.

if it does get passed, i just want to say from the bottom of my heart that this website has given me the best time of my life these past few years. i don't care if you're just randomly finding this post while scrolling, or if you're a long time mutual. i'm gonna miss all of you.

pray that we can still be here by next month.

I know I’ve been reblogging and commenting on a lot of KOSA stuff as of late, and for those who don’t want to see it I apologize.

But this is so fucking important. And being an American myself means that if the bill is passed, this blog might not even exist anymore!

One of the main things in America is the fucking freedom of speech—and now you’re getting rid of that by mass-censoring the internet? A place where we should be free to express our rights—good or bad?

This bill is fucking insane and, frankly, outrageous. “But the kids!” maybe you should just put more effort into fucking helping them?? This ISN’T?? If Nex were still with us, this wouldn’t have fucking helped them!

Children will get groomed. And when this happens, the appropriate legal action needs to take place. Not whatever the fuck this is.

Sorry for the slight rant. I’m pissed, and frankly, worried.

Good news! Kosa isn't being introduced to the senate until March 13-16,

so my American friends, PLEASE for the love of god call your reps and tell them you don't want this shit to pass because this bill is gonna fuck up the internet as we know it and the majority of us that use the internet can't do shit because we're not American

Edit: If you want to track the bill specifically you use this S.1409 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Kids Online Safety Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress link. For when the senate specifically will look at the kosa bill and other bills/other stuff, use this Committee Schedule for 02/27/2024 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress link. Kosa was supposed to be deliberated on 27, but there is no schedule with it on, so it was definitely pushed back, though the actual time of when it will be deliberated is so far unknown.

And if someone, who isn't american, can figure this stuff out with a couple of google searches, so can you! So my american friends, please stay informed on this matter.

WELL, SHIT.

So, Kosa is almost certainly going to pass the Senate, almost entirely just as bad and censorious as it ever was, but, that just means we need to take the fight to The House of Representatives, because that's where it's going now.

So, find your reps' numbers here and call them ASAP.

And this is bipartisan too, it's not just the Dems that might be swayed against this due to the well documented threats to LGBTQ people it presents, I'm sure even the right-wingers would not be happy to sign on a bill that's likely to lead to government-mandated facial scans for everyone using the net., along with the encroachment of actual big-government on our freedom of speech.

So, call now, call often, and if you want a further follow-through on this, there's a discord server organizing to fight this that you can join here.

And of course, as per usual, I make this poster available under a CC0 Public Domain License for anyone to use, complete with added QR-codes for use in actual physical prints. Now hop to it!

Important

KOSA is coming back and it has gotten more support than ever. The bill has recently gained support from companies such as Twitter, Snapchat, and Microsoft. If this bill continues to gain more and more bipartisan support, the chances of it passing are going to increase. If this bill passes, everyone’s private information is going to be at a high risk and, depending on which state you’re in, very important topics are going to be wiped off of the face of the internet and free speech won’t be an option.

Please, call your senators, send your senators an email, or send a physical letter to your senators. We need to continue fighting and put an end to this dogshit bill.