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.

404 Media@404media.co · 4w ago

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

THIS IS WHY!!!! WE CALL!!! GREAT JOB EVERYONE 🩷 KOSA did pass the house but remember the senate has a conflicting version. Keep calling, it matters!

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 3w 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!

On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on four bills that would expand age verification, increase online surveillance, and make it harder to access lawful speech online. Take one minute to tell your senators to vote NO. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...

Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint

Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification

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What can you do? CALL. WRITE. SCREAM. The bill is up for a vote THIS WEDNESDAY. Call your Senator. Dem. Republican. Whomever. Right now, it's a solid R bill, but they're looking for Dems to take it across the finish line. Let them know how badly it stinks. www.defendonlineprivacy.com/screen/

Defend Online Privacy: Stop the SCREEN Act!

The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on the SCREEN Act on August 5. ACT NOW to stop it!

defendonlineprivacy.com

The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 4w ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

I and many of my friends stream on Twitch. I say, *absolutely the fuck not*. Friends who stream on Twitch, there is a comment thread here where you can make your voices heard: twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92338... This is the *least* they can do.

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 4w ago

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

I don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last mo.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco. www.koat.com/article/chac...

Chaco Canyon public comment period opens, as BLM proposes reopening 336,000 acres to mineral leasing

A new federal assessment could reshape the future of development near Chaco Canyon. Here’s what’s in the plan and how long the public has to weigh in.

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Idk when I'm gonna finish this so

Some practice He was always my favorite 😌↕️

Many a day in the mines

Oh whoops

I keep seeing people thinking this is a bluesky problem. If you're seeing this it thinks you're in a state or country with age verification laws. This is what every social media site will do if KOSA and the KIDS Act succeeds. Running to another socmed won't fix it, we have to fight the source.

Dredgen Sale 🔜 Maybe? PAX West 🟪⬜️⬛️@destinythememe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Well i dont know how long this login session is gonna last but @bsky.app just asked me to do an age verification with personal information. If this happens again i will not attempt to log back in. If i dont post here again let bsky know that i prefer my privacy over this platform.

Hey, a good way to celebrate Lindsey Graham kicking the bucket is to contact your senators about KOSA and the KIDS Act. Graham was a big proponent of these kinds of laws, as well as of gutting section 230.

Dieselbrain@dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The KIDS Act [containing KOSA] has passed the House This sucks, but its not the end. It still has to pass through the Senate committee and then be voted on by the Senate itself Please continue contactimg your Senators and demanding they oppose the KIDS Act & KOSA www.congress.gov/members/find...

I know im goin on about this a lot but please contact your senators about opposing KOSA and the KIDS Act. Please make friends and family aware of how this will effect them and their privacy.

🏳️‍⚧️ Fiona The Eepiest Kobold 🏳️‍⚧️@scalieshutterbug.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Okay, so I guess people in Texas can't use this app anymore. How many of my friends are going to disappear now? ☹️ Also, this isn't going to stop with Texas. If the KIDS Act or KOSA isn't stopped, this'll be your future, too:

Surely it’s the clothes getting smaller

We have a little over 24 hours to save the internet. The vote for a package of internet-freedom destroying bills is being rushed to the US House floor on Monday the 29th. Spread this beyond Bluesky, ASAP. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online

Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about p...

eff.org

Reminder that there will be motion on KOSA and the KIDS ACT on monday Please contact your representatives literally right now of you can and demand censorship/surveillance legislation be opposed

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 2mo ago

‼️ Bad Internet Bills, disguised as “kids safety” bills, are moving through Congress again ‼️ It's time to get those phones in Congress ringing off the hooks again w/ one simple message: we refuse any bill that age restricts, censors & surveils the Internet. : www.politico.com/live-updates...

(political post) yeah, those bills are still there. keep calling your senators and reps 5calls.org capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121 and say no to KOSA SCREEN Act COPPA 2.0 RESET Act Sammy Act App Store Accountability Act GAMING Act Safe Messaging for Kids Act Parents over Platforms Act

Lucidies (Comms Open)@lucidiesart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Look at dis and contact ya reps about how bad this is if it helps Kosa passing would mean almost every site online especially social media and YouTube or such will need ID verification and it won't be optional x.com/i/status/206...

Age verification and social media bans aren't a silver bullet for kids’ online safety - they just create more risk for kids and adults while taking decision-making power away from families where it belongs, EFF’s @mollibroccoli.bsky.social told @sfchronicle.com.

Landmark California bill to ban social media for teens under 16 passes crucial hurdle

Social media companies would be barred from allowing children under 16 to create accounts on their platforms under a bill passed by California lawmakers on Thursday.

sfchronicle.com

Idk when I'm gonna finish this so

Please contact your reps and demand they oppose the GUARD Act www.congress.gov/members/find...

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 4mo ago

Congress is moving quickly on the revised GUARD Act. The bill still requires intrusive age-verification and has massive penalties under vague standards. Tell Congress to oppose it: act.eff.org/action/tell...

futurism.com/artificial-i...

Uninstalls of ChatGPT Are Spiking at the Worst Time Imaginable for OpenAI

According to recent data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, uninstalls of OpenAI's ChatGPT are spiking — and at the worst time.

futurism.com

Hey seriously, literally in the bills it says they'll also use identifying information, such as your age data for "other purposes". That means your data goes into a government surveillance database. This would be for ANY *OS*, which is the thing your fucking PC runs off of. Call your reps NOW.

Liam @ GamingOnLinux@gamingonlinux.com · 5mo ago

New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages #Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification

the bill is 'H.R.8250' while usually i'd take a "wait and see" approach to a bill that has only been introduced, the us govt is moving FAST wrt age verification, so please, contact your representatives (particularly the house) and advocate against AV on device laws www.congress.gov/members/find...

Sarah 💜@vyletbunni.com · 5mo ago

the fact that legislators are trying to say that computers are devices that require id verification and tracking to use should put fear into EVERYONE. FIGHT AGAINST THIS.

the fact that legislators are trying to say that computers are devices that require id verification and tracking to use should put fear into EVERYONE. FIGHT AGAINST THIS.

Liam @ GamingOnLinux@gamingonlinux.com · 5mo ago

New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages #Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification

They are so, SO desperate for people to resub. PLEASE don't resub your Nitro everyone. Props if you aren't already subbed, props if you were subbed and you unsub right now. NOTHING changes unless a company FEARS for their bottom line. Feel free to use Discord still, but don't give them a penny. 💖

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 7mo ago

Discord is beta testing Nitro Squads for desktop users in Australia. Squads offers 6 users full Nitro perks, excluding Boosts, for $33.99 AUD (roughly the cost of 2.5 individual subscribers).

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I read through the article and through the letters sent to these paypros and you guys should too (like please actually read them, don't rely on me). It specifically cites religious and political views but the language is wide open. This is good

Eromancer@eromancer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The FTC has sent a warning to PayPal, Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard over debanking lawful businesses. ︀︀ ︀︀Lawful adult businesses have been financially targeted for years under the guise of "reputation risk." ︀︀ ︀︀If that is finally getting scrutiny, that’s good news. www.xbiz.com/news/297090/...

OS level age verification is a Meta lobbying project Pass it on

Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech

Meta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance requirements.

yahoo.com