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POV: You don't sign the petitions, spread the word and urge others, and call and email your representatives about stopping KOSA.
KOSA google docs masterlist :)
Resources For KOSA - Google Docs
MASTER ANTI-CENSORSHIP CONTACT LIST - Google Docs
What Can I Do? - Google Docs
Internet Censorship FAQ - Google Docs
Stop KOSA.
I know, I don't this stuff, but I keep on seeing this everywhere and not gonna lie, it's f r e a k i n g me out. I think we all know what KOSA is at this point, it's a bill that will restrict almost everything that we know in this time.(if passed, of course.) Information that will help our queer friends, help us express ourselves, and just genuinely know more about the world, gone. I just don't get it. It's the twentieth century, people can date the same gender or not have to choose at all. Everything can and will happen. So why hold on to the past, where everything has to be black and white? Why keep holding this gate closed? Free will, free speech- It exists. Hell, America's literally called 'The Land of the Free.' Act on it. Passing KOSA won't keep us safe. If a five-year-old can cuss, that's on the parent for not monitoring them. The internet is a vast place with it's ups and downs, and just because some little down might affect you does not mean you have to stomp all pissy on our lawns and subsequently ruin what we take joy in. The U.S. does not own the whole internet, it's all over the world. We've got one more day. So spread the word. Get this trending. Reblog it. Just- Do whatever you can. I don't want this bill passed just as much as the others who've reacted to other posts. The toll it will take on the internet will be devestating- And I don't want to live in a future where all wells of knowledge are locked away. Speak up, speak out.
If this doesn’t anger you enough to take action, then I don’t know what to tell you. If you care about having freedom on the internet then this should be like your ‘call to action’. I don’t even know how a bill like this could even be passed anyway because it literally violates our first amendment rights? And to go back to the video, it makes it hard to push out content about activism as well as creating safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ youth. Please share this video and call your reps aswell as signing petitions.
Video Credit: @/omarsbigsister via TikTok
THE NUMBER OF CO-SPONSORS FOR KOSA IS AT SIXTY-THREE.
WHEN DID IT GO UP???? I-
As of March 1st it seems that KOSA 2024 edition is getting pigeonholed. Or in other words..
WE KRILLED IT!
EDIT: I am no longer certan if this is the case. It could probably be, but keep your fingers crossed.
-"Not yet!"
We cant let this happend, so please, for all artist, writer, spectator... for all your queer, palestine freinds and/or supporters, STOP KOSA! STOP THEM FROM IT.
I'm artist and i'm will show my art, they will not take my and others freedom to be who we are. They're opressors, and they know that this is absurd.
This is not the end, its juts the beginner... And we can be the winners.
STOP KOSA
In the unlikely event my posts reach anyone, this is for those of you who struggle with long posts:
KOSA (The Kids Online Safety Act) is NOT a good thing.
Anything KOSA hasn't approved will be removed, including posts about mental health, LGBTQ+, etc
You will no longer be anonymous.
You can be traced.
Your parents will have full control.
KOSA will have full control.
KOSA is the internet's Big Brother and it CANNOT be allowed to happen.
Gonna Be Honest Here.
This KOSA bill thing is scaring me. If it goes through.... I may not be able to live without it. Tumblr is where all of my friends are. This is the only place where I feel like people understand me. Everyone on here, especially all of my moots, is so supportive and kind.
It feels like home to me now. A kid who has went through their whole life was searching for a place to be accepted. And they found it here. That kid is me.
I cannot imagine how much worse my mental health would be if I did not have all of you supporting me. To take you guys away from me, would be like taking away love itself. This place is the only place that I have ever been fully accepted for who I am. There are people who send random hugs for no reason. People who share my interests and roleplay with me. People who check in through DMs if I seem to be in distress. People who seem to be defined by their kindness.
We need to stop KOSA!!!! There are people like me out there, for whom Tumblr is their home! We need our safe space, to protect it at all costs! Reblog if you are with me....
FOR OUR TUMBLR!!!!
Stop. KOSA.
If KOSA passes, I will die.
I am not being dramatic, I am not joking.
Maybe I won't physically die, but what will happen is any opportunity to be myself, to experience support, to escape my reality, will be gone.
I will be forced to live as somebody I'm not.
For all intents and purposes, I will be dead.
That in turn will lead to my already shitty mental health worsening.
I've been clean for over a year.
Please don't let this bill pass, I can't handle being in such a dark headspace again.
I will die.
This bill is putting myself, and millions of other minors in danger.
How ironic.
Stop KOSA.
CAN I GET A FUCK KOSA IN THE CHAT
Meme about the aftermath of beating KOSA to a pulp, Shootas, Blood & Teef style!
KOSA is gonna see us as the wrong people to mess with, as well as bad internet bills! We all have rights to use social media and internet for free, as well as escapism!
Ya hear me, KOSA?! You are really messing with the wrong people! And you are taking protection to the wrong direction! No internet privacy means no bank account, no study, no work, no news about upcoming movies and games, no so on and so forth!
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I cannot stress enough how dangerous KOSA is.
killing safe spaces endangers people's lives. many minors and people in marginalized groups losing online friends and spaces can and will kill many people's happiness and in the worst case, the will to live.
I personally keep going because of my online friends. I will lose them if KOSA passes.
this is the same case for many minors (and adults) online.
censoring sexual health will be terrible for many. if there are people out there having sex without knowing the proper safety precautions to take to prevent injury/illness, it will be massively horrific.
all outcry for a ceasefire in Palestine and activism will be censored to oblivion.
if there are people who live in unsafe households, they might never be able to find safety until they become adults, which is far too late.
KOSA is a sick attempt to make the internet a place where there are few ways to be safe.
stop KOSA. it will literally save fucking lives.
sign petitions to stop it. please. spread awareness.
So good news, there are info that KOSA won’t be voted until the 13 of march
That means we have more time, sign petitions call your senators and representatives or whoever and tell them to vote no for it.
It goes against everything of our first amendment and since people complain about guns being in our rights they can’t take away our freedom, our privacy. This stupid bull will not help anyone especially with children who are stuck in abusive homes. Also it affects not only the USA but everyone in the world
Do what ever you can, I really hope that we won’t lose, that I won’t lose my friends, my years of work so let’s get this bill shredded! And remember if it does pass the house we still got time when it goes to House! Do whatever you can!
the kids' online safety act
i've gotten a few messages recently asking me to talk about the kids' online safety act, or KOSA, and because i have sort of a platform, i think it's important i use it to try to do some good
first of all, don't let its name fool you.
i'm no expert on the whole thing, but this video here has a very good explanation of it. long story short, this act could threaten minority groups such as black, brown, queer, and others, as well as affect the ability to organize online, among other things.
now, i don't need to tell you, but this is bad.
furthermore, the anonymity the internet provides will be killed, because people will need to prove their age by uploading their government ids.
everything. will. be. watched.
here's a link to a change.org petition to stop it.
we need to fight this.
This is just in case the KOSA act passes (hopefully it never does)
I'm still holding out hope that KOSA is denied, but if it passes, I just needed to make this post. If it passes the Senate, it heads to the House next. I know we have some time left before it goes to the House but I felt the need to make this post anyway, even if we have some time left and it may not even pass.
Each and every one of you, my incredible friends, have changed my life in ways you couldn't even imagine.
I joined this hellsite on 03/02/2022 at 11:31:55 AM, according to the @memories blog.
If KOSA passes chances are we may not be able to celebrate my two year Tumblr-versary.
But in spite of that, these two years have been so incredibly magical and wonderful. The 2022-23 school year was the worst of my life but you all with your humor and compassion and joy made it bearable.
I've made more friends with abunch of strangers on the Internet than in reality! But the fact our love and friendship transcends countries, cities, timezones, etc. proves how real it is.
Each and every one of you mean the world to me and I love all of you so much.
But there's a special few I just need to call out in case this is really the end
@jessiwiththeheadphones @whistlingstarlight @catofstarlight @all-alone-in-the-moonlight @gb-diesellok @splendidred05
You all have been with me since the very beginning of my Tumblr journey and I can't even begin to thank you all enough for being such wonderful friends in the 2 years I've known you all. Thank you for being such blessings to me.
And to all..a thousand of you XD who weren't tagged you all mean just as much to me. I can't even thank you all enough for being so special and wonderful and caring and compassionate. You all are truly my best friends forever. 💖💖💖
If KOSA passes, this isn't truly the end, I'm sure of it. We'll see each other again some way, I'm sure of it. The world works in mysterious ways.
Take care of yourselves for me. Stay strong. Stay healthy. Stay joyful. Stay loving. Stay the best versions of yourselves.
I think it's only fitting I send this off with a musical theatre lyric or several.
"Think of me, think of me fondly
When we've said goodbye
Remember me, once in a while
Please promise me you'll try
When you find that once again you long
To take your heart back and be free
If you ever find a moment
Spare a thought for me
...
Recall those days
Look back on all those times
Think of the things we'll never do
There will never be a day
When I won't think of you.
...
Flowers fade, the fruits of summer fade
They have their season so do we
But please promise me that sometimes
You will think of me!"
~ "Think of Me" from The Phantom of the Opera, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe.
Until we meet again, my dears. 💖💖💖
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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.
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Hey, everyone. So yeah, this is happening. We're still fighting this battle. And we can't give up now. We can't. We can't stand idly by while one of the most important resources that helped us all wake up, or at least start to question things, is being threatened by the government.
We can't stand idly by when kids, teens, and adults just like us still trapped inside might lose access to the resource that could help them wake up. We can't stand idly by when they might lose access to their non JW friends and family. We CAN'T stand idly by when we can do something to stop this bill from passing.
I am sick and tired of this same old song, where conservative fuckers higher up think they can oppress everyone. I am FUCKING SICK of it.
Please, reblog both this post and the original post linked above what I've written, and do what you can to stop KOSA, please. We are running out of time.
I suggest that if it is within your power to do so, that you do more than simply reblog and assume someone else will do something. DON'T assume that. Please do more than just reblogging if you are able to, because that's not really enough at this point.
Call/email representatives in the House and tell them to oppose KOSA (you may want to list different reasons depending on who you're calling, some House representatives are anti-LGBTQ+, so it may be best to tell them to oppose because it violates people's privacy, safety, and anonymity online). Print posters and put them up where legal if you can.
Sharing all this information to other social media sites (Instagram, Reddit, TikTok, the bird app) to reach more people can really help too. The wider the reach, the better.
Thank you. Now let's fucking rip that bill apart like we rip apart Watchtower magazines and eat it for fucking breakfast. (In a "we're eating it and the politicians who are sponsoring it are looking on in horror" kind of way)
Sorry to be posting about KOSA again, I dislike getting involved in politics, but as a queer minor on the internet this is the one time i will.
I had a theory a while back that i considered withholding because it’s honestly really upsetting to think about. Realizing that it could even be a possibility hurt, and i’m sorry if it hurts you too.
I’ll keep it short. What if the governors who are trying to pass these bills know that cutting LGBTQ+ kids from information WILL encourage them to commit suicide, and they’re doing it to cleanse the “filth”? They’d have to find a roundabout way to end LGBTQ+’s future because they can’t just outright kill them.
I don’t know if it’s true, but it feels like it’d be pretty on-brand. Nevertheless, encouraging minors to off themselves in any way is RANCID, and even if they are trying to protect kids this is a shitty way to do that.
So how do we ACTUALLY keep minors safe on the internet?
TEACH THEM SHIT. Talk to them about how grooming happens, how to avoid getting into dangerous or illegal situations, how to be FUCKING KIND and MINDFUL, both because people are inclined to retaliate against rude comments even if they’re from children and because it’s just good to know how to be polite.
Wiping LGBTQ+ off the internet isn’t going to protect kids from a made-up threat of queer people brainwashing them into being gay. LGBTQ+ media isn’t going to make them gay either, because we grew up watching content with typical straight relationships and we still know who we are.
You know what i’ve seen firsthand? A little boy pretending to be trans like his big sibling. But that was okay, because at the end of the day he knew who he was.
Why do they think kids have no sense of their identity, and the notion that people can change their gender will immediately make them trans too? What significant damage will that do? Minors aren’t really allowed to get gender changing surgery besides puberty blockers so they can’t worry about kids “destroying” their bodies, and if they’re a functioning member of society then I don’t see the problem?? Maybe capitalism would benefit from accessible gender affirming care. Just sayin. More cash being circulated is better than a bunch of dead bodies :/
This post is related to the kosa bill but it’s how it’ll effect me (this is just my understanding of it so don’t take this too seriously)
If this bill gets passed I might be fine cause my parents do trust me and even my mom has a tumblr after I mentioned it a few times, she has seen my posts and my account, and didn’t say anything about it, she doesn’t know I have online friends but she knows one of my siblings has a online friend, and frankly she also trusts that I won’t reveal personal information, so I’m pretty sure I’ll be fine
But if this bill gets passed, I might lose my friends on here which in all honesty is really the only thing keeping me from actually attempting sui again, and I’m extremely socially awkward and even just messaging people on here takes a lot of courage for me to build up
I can’t help support the fight against this bill by contacting the rep (or whatever their called cause I can’t remember and I’m honestly too tired to) but I can at least try and spread the word
STOP KOSA PLEASE, THIS WILL NOT HELP THE PRE-TEENS AND TEENS OF THIS GENERATION, IT’LL HARM MORE TEENS THAN WHAT ANYONE CAN IMAGINE. A LOT OF AMERICAN TEENS FIND ONLINE PLACES AS AN ESCAPE, I AM ONE OF THEM AND IF TEENS WHO ALREADY DON’T HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR PARENTS KOSA WILL DESTROY THE ALREADY FAILING RELATIONSHIP AND WILL MOST LIKELY MAKE A LOT OF PARENTS IGNORE THEIR TEEN CHILDREN OR EVEN DISOWN THEIR CHILD CAUSE THE PARENT MAY THINK OF THE CHILD AS A FAILURE OR A DISAPPOINTMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF TEEN DEPRESSION CASES WILL MOST LIKELY SKY ROCKET.
hello brothers and sisters
you’re probably well aware of what kosa is after this point, but if you don’t, it’s a bill that is going to be reviewed by the senate this monday(february 26th, 2024) to see if it’ll pass and move onto the house.
if it passes, queer people and queer topics will be heavily censored online, as well as topics such as Palestine.
don’t panic quite yet though, as there IS still time to help prevent it passing in the senate, and also if it DOES pass in senate, it will have to also pass the house(which is a clusterfuck right now).
you can help stop it passing by emailing/calling your senate AND house representative and telling them WHY you oppose this bill. it’s important you call both of them
if you don’t know who your senate/house representatives are:
senate: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
house: https://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep_house?ZIP=
if you don’t know what to say, use these two scripts
USE THIS IF YOUR SENATOR/REPRESENTATIVE IS REPUBLICAN:
USE THIS IF YOUR SENATOR/REPRESENTATIVE IS DEMOCRAT:
and finally, make sure not to panic and keep yourself informed. the bill still has to pass house before it can be signed by biden(who really wants the bill to pass, so if you’re calling a republican with your script, maybe include that). this can take weeks or months, or it even can die in house if we are able to make it stall long enough
we also need to make a very big stink about kosa and make it trend wherever we possibly can(tumblr, twitter, tiktok, etc), and make sure people KNOW our hatred for the bill. use the hashtag #stopkosa so it can hopefully trend
i’d heavily encourage you to reblog this so the word can be spread, but know you are NOT a bad person if you don’t reblog it. i too have ocd and understand
for more resources:
here is a link to the stop kosa discord so you can get advice and updates on kosa
and here are some links with more information, call scripts, and petitions
good luck men
If you care about activism and DON'T WANT TO USE YOUR GOVERNMENT ID TO ACCESS THE INTERNET please contact your representatives.
THEY WILL BLOCK CRITICISM OF ISNOTREAL, SEX ED, LGBTQIA+ TOPICS, CRITICAL RACE THEORY, HISTORY, NSFW CONTENT, ETC.
FOR REPUBLICAN REPS:
FOR DEMOCRAT REPS:
Image captions credit to @fr0ggs
[image id 1: black text on a white background reading:
"My name is (blank underlines) and I'm one of your constitutents. I'm calling to urge you to vote NO on KOSA - the Kids Online Safety Act. The bill's sponsors claim it will protect kids by placing a duty of care on online platforms to prevent anything that could be harmful, but who decides what's harmful and what's free speech?
(next line) The power to decide has been ceded to the FTC. FTC leadership is made by presidential appointment. Current president Lina Khan, a Biden appointee, will have one agenda, but what happens when the someone even farther left than Joe Biden is in the Oval Office?
(next line) Imagine a President Gavin Newsom or Letitia James: Do you trust their appointee not to abuse this enforcement power to scrub information about your children's second amendment rights from the internet?
(next line) KOSA claims to protect kids, but it's poorly designed and will absolutely, without question, (underlined) harm (end underline) children, adults, and anyone who values free speech online. Vote No on KOSA." /end id.]
[image id 2: black text on a white background reading:
"My name is and I'm one of your constituents. I'm calling to urge you to vote NO on KOSA - the Kids Online Safety Act. The bill's sponsors claim it will protect kids by placing a duty of care on online platforms to prevent anything that could be harmful.
(next line) The power to decide what's harmful has been ceded to the FTC. FTC leadership is made by presidential appointment. Current president Lina Khan may proceed fairly, but what happens when the next Donald Trump is in the Oval Office? What if it's Trump himself? Do you trust a Trump appointee not to abuse this enforcement power?
(next line) KOSA claims to protect kids, but it's poorly designed and, given time, it will absolutely and without question, (underlined) harm (end underline) LGBTQ children, adults, and anyone who needs information on reproductive health or abortion.
(next line) KOSA author, Senator Marsha Blackburn, said she introduced KOSA in part - and I quote - "to protect minor children from the transgender in our society." The Heritage Foundation proudly said they'll apply pressure through KOSA to block information about abortion, reproductive health, & LGBTQ issues.
(next line) Vote NO on KOSA."
Alright guys, time to actually post something again instead of reblogging random things
KOSA is not a good thing, I know, shocker. But what I would like to point out is the fact that it goes directly against the constitution by eliminating our freedom of speech. Why is it that those who claim they are "Pro America," those who are so called "Patriots" are people who are signing this bill? Aren't they supposed to support the US and it's values? If so, then why do they actively work and support the erasure of one of the fundamental values of the people? What's stopping them from taking away our other rights?
Nothing. Absolutely fucking nothing
We HAVE to stop KOSA from being passed
Senate trying to pass a bill that would force you to use your government id just to use the internet. That means no anonymity at all, ever, and that every pro-Palestinian organizer is immediately a target that the government can track. And they will use it explicitly to come after protestors and organizers.
