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so everyone you all deserve your rest you fought hard today to stop screen act from passing while kosa passing the committee is scary it's shown our calls and voices have a effect on our senators so keep calling but also rest your heads and enjoy your day you deserve it ^w^

A battle was won (good job y’all!) with the SCREEN act being DOA Now we just need to push against KOSA & the KIDS act w/ more force! We can do this!! Call your Senators when you can today, it could be later today it could be the next day etc, you know the drill Don’t let up! 📞 Script below 👇

Oppose KOSA (UPDATED 8/5) ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates August 5, 2026: The Senate’s version of KOSA, S. 1748, cleared the Senate Commerce Committee with unanimous support, and will now await …

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Dieselbrain@dieselbrain.bsky.social · 10h ago

While the SCREEN Act failed in the committee, KOSA did move forward. Contact your senators immediately demanding it be opposed, and keep the pressure up until it comes to a vote in the Senate

We got one victory, but don't forget there's always another threat. KOSA is still around and it still way oversteps on surveillance at a time when there's literal secret police still abducting people. 5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Oppose KOSA (UPDATED 8/5) ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates August 5, 2026: The Senate’s version of KOSA, S. 1748, cleared the Senate Commerce Committee with unanimous support, and will now await …

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Cruz: "we've now passed KOSA unanimously out of this committee, confident we'll pass it on the Senate floor. Then need to work with House to get it to the President. We'll get there!" Maybe. But we stopped KOSA In 2024, and if we keep the pressure on, we can stop it again!

so good news everyone screen act is dead but we also still need to kill Kosa so keep calling everyone your call and voices matter and have power to make a better future for the internet!

Its gonna be a hard fight but yes. Be energized. Be angy. Bite their ankles and yell at them

#savespeech #stopKOSA Senate Comm. Markup News Bad News: Senate KOSA did pass with democrat support. We all saw this coming though. Unsure on other bills. Good News: Mike Lee's SCREEN Act is dead for now. It failed to pass the bar. Overall, good job fighting. We're far from finished. Keep at it

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Alison Boden@alisonboden.bsky.social · 13h ago

The SCREEN Act just failed to pass in the Senate Commerce Committee! 🎉 Enormous thanks to the thousands (!!) of you who told your Senators to vote no! Your voice matters and you should feel good that you made a difference. Obviously, the fight isn't over, but this was an important victory.

Here's some more good news from today's hearing: it seems like the SCREEN ACT totally failed. This was one of the most dangerous bills being considered: it would have created an Internet-wide ID check regime that would be a censorship and surveillance nightmare for marginalized communities.

While the SCREEN Act failed in the committee, KOSA did move forward. Contact your senators immediately demanding it be opposed, and keep the pressure up until it comes to a vote in the Senate

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 12h ago

The Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...

Now is not the time to back down. We need an overwhelm of calls going in to lawmakers this week. Call and call again tomorrow! 📲 www.badinternetbills.com

To be clear, the Senate version of KOSA passed today is completely different than the House version that passed earlier this year, making it very unlikely to become law. The Senate knows this yet they are committing to the farce of acting on kids safety.

And after what happened with the screen act, that meant that writing and calling worked! Keep doing it guys! It works bsky.app/profile/g1si...

L-Classer@g1sideclaw.bsky.social · 11h ago

We still have KIDS and KOSA to deal with but, this is good news because it means calling and writing works

Haven't seen who voted which way yet but I'm glad the SCREEN Act is at least dead, called & emailed both of my Senators but I doubt they listened since I'm in Texas. Hoping to vote them out this November and I'll still call them about KOSA & the KIDS Act to get those killed as well.

covered this terrible, terrible bill and it's implications (Senators often follow the lead of press more than they do policy papers) and the work of allies like @fightforthefuture.org @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social @eff.org and others who sounded the alarm on this.

The bill isn't dead, of course — it can be brought back before the end of session — but given today's lack of engagement on it, that seems less likely than it would have even a few days ago. That's because of your calls, because of the work of @fsc.bsky.social, because of the journalists who

And the vote today was to advance an amended version of the bill, which I suspect would have made it at least a less noxious. No appetite even for that. Not only was it a party line vote, but a number of Republicans stayed out of the room entirely, preventing quorum. There's a stench on this bill.

SCREEN failed to pass out of committee, despite a 15-13 vote (in favor). Not enough members voting, but looks like a party line vote. Good work everyone! Keep up the pressure for after recess and beyond!

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · yesterday

If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.

This is especially true for LGBTQ+ youth who need online communities now more than ever to connect, organize & find resources that are being restricted by the Trump administration & rightwing state governments. Read our full statement here: www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-08...

Senate Commerce passes censorship bill KOSA out of committee, SCREEN Act fails

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Despite the usual and continued insistence that KOSA protects kids, the duty of care enforced by a Trump FTC would be a censorship & surveillance nightmare.

The Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...

Tech: KOSA heads to Senate floor

The Senate Commerce Committee sent the Kids Online Safety Act to the floor on Wednesday, alongside three other bills designed to protect kids and teens using technology.

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GOOD NEWS! 👏 Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, a dangerous, obscenity censorship bill, is officially dead in the Senate committee. And it's all thanks to us using our voices of opposition. ... However, KOSA still did pass. Predictable, but we still need to keep our calls going.

The SCREEN Act just failed to pass in the Senate Commerce Committee! 🎉 Enormous thanks to the thousands (!!) of you who told your Senators to vote no! Your voice matters and you should feel good that you made a difference. Obviously, the fight isn't over, but this was an important victory.

The SCREEN act sounded horrible so glad it's dead for the time being, but KOSA and others are still a possibility, so don't stop fighting!

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 13h ago

SCREEN Act, which would have required mandatory age-verification for sites (like this) that allow "material harmful to minors" failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators. More work ahead!

SOME GOOD NEWS! continue to contact your reps re: KOSA and the KIDS Act, but also give yourself a pat on the back if you called! Your voice mattered!

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 13h ago

SCREEN Act, which would have required mandatory age-verification for sites (like this) that allow "material harmful to minors" failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators. More work ahead!

First, the bad news: as predicted the committee unanimously advanced the Kids Online Safety Act or KOSA. It's particularly embarrassing that progressive Democrats allowed this to advance on a voice vote despite opposition from human rights, LGBTQ+, racial justice, and civil liberties organizations.

KOSA passed review by unanimous consent, but the more dangerous SCREEN act died in committee. That’s better news than I expected today, but the fight continues.

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 13h ago

SCREEN failed to pass out of committee, despite a 15-13 vote (in favor). Not enough members voting, but looks like a party line vote. Good work everyone! Keep up the pressure for after recess and beyond!

KOSA did pass out, which is not entirely surprising given that it had a near unanimous vote in the Senate last year... but it doesn't seem like they're any closer to reconciling with the House. Notable that there was quorum for KOSA but not for SCREEN. I guess everyone was just running late today!

The committee's vote on the SCREEN Act paints a clearer picture of where Senate Democrats stand on it. It appears there's notable resistance to it passing as written. This is the silver lining of the committee vote, IMO.

As I've said before, I don't see the KIDS Act nor Senate KOSA passing as they are currently written. The only ways they'll pass are if 1: One chamber makes a deal with another and compromises on their version of KOSA or 2: They try to sneak it in via a rider to a must-pass bill.