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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 · 6h agoThe Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...
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.
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!
Alison Boden@alisonboden.bsky.social · 8h agoThe 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.
Hey artists get louder about your political views right now.
Tori🪷@ankaeverlasting.bsky.social · 6mo agoAnyway I'm going to say this now just so we understand; if at any point in time during my entire existence online if I get "too political" as an artist, I've got news for you buddy. OP is an artist btw, what a fucking shitty thing to say
KILL FASCISM bsky.app/profile/digi... And NO, being against genocide is not neutral, or universal, or "apolitical" (as if such a thing exists.) it's specifically a Left practice. You can't destroy the master's house with the master's tools. #freepalestine #freecongo #freevenezuela #freenigeria
Twiggie THE ROACH 🔞@twiggietime.bsky.social · 6mo agoHey artists get louder about your political views right now.
A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks
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This is.... something. I know we're all hoping for a Twitch alt, but Velora sure ain't is hoss... back to the drawing board
🌙 CamronJK 🐰 • Enby Bnuuy Vtuber • 🏳️⚧️@camronjk.com · yesterdaySo, hey, Velora's CEO thinks calling a genAI chatbot, a chatbot, is the same as misgendering trans people or attacking a disabled person. That is... okay then... Now is the time to tell them how you feel, cause that site needs to be over yesterday. bsky.app/profile/velo... Holy. Shit.
Every day is Backwards Day. Every day is Groundhog day. Every day is Gaslighting Day. Every day you go to work and try to explain that no, this actually won't work, and hasn't worked anywhere, and explain in detail what would work and legislators go "That's your opinion!"
Great work by @alisonboden.bsky.social: “In each state and country age-verification measures have been enacted, our member platforms have invested considerable resources to comply with the laws, only to lose their customers to noncompliant foreign sites"
Critics of SCREEN warn its reach is potentially much broader than even some state age verification laws: “It doesn’t differentiate between search engines, social media, bookstore websites, or porn... it could be up to a handful of individuals to decide whether a website has harmful content or not.”
Adult Entertainment Group Opposes Age-Verification Bill in Senate
A trade group representing the adult entertainment industry is mounting a last-minute blitz to defeat legislation that would require websites hosting sexually explicit content to verify users’ ages.
news.bloomberglaw.com
Both threads are true & historically accurate I also think it’s ok in this emergency to draw parallels to the increasingly culturally illiterate average bear wrt what they’re seeing in a way that doesn’t require extensive history lessons Yes the US has been fascist. Yes these are acting like Nazis
Everything A Border@bordered-lands.bsky.social · 2d agoPerpetually linking ICE activity to mid 20th century Nazism misses over a hundred years of US immigration law based on racial exclusion AND the very real policies of US empire both domestic and abroad. The US held Haitian asylum seekers in detention camps in Cuba for years as recently as the 90s.
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.
The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare
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...
404media.co
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 · yesterdayMike 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.
Please contact your senators about the SCREEN ACT, which is moving through the senate commerce committee TOMORROW And while youre at it, demand opposition to KOSA and the KIDS Act as well! www.congress.gov/members/find...
congress.gov
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat 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/
You guys better call your representatives right now! www.badinternetbills.com and sign this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/he... To fight for your rights against KOSA
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
badinternetbills.com
“Unlike KOSA and many of the other age verification laws that have spread across the country, the SCREEN Act does not have bipartisan support. It’s the latest in Lee’s repeated attempts to criminalize content he and his co-sponsors personally consider immoral.”
The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare
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 arc...
404media.co
Everyone should be calling their Senators right now to put a stink on this bill. But if one of these is your boy, drop what you're doing to take two minutes and tell them NO on SCREEN. www.defendonlineprivacy.com/screen/
SCREEN does not YET have bipartisan support in the Senate, but Lee is actively courting D members to find that support — and some are wavering. Keep up the phone calls, keep your emails, keep sharing so that others do as well. 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
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New from Andrew Joseph Pegoda: In an attempt to overcomply with Texas law, the University of Houston will eliminate over 100 women's studies, gender and sexuality courses from the core curriculum. It won't be enough to appease extremist Republicans.
University of Houston Nixed Its Gender and Sexuality Classes. That Won’t Stop Texas’ Crusade Against Higher Ed
College administrators wrongly hope that anticipatory obedience will satisfy a GOP-run Texas Legislature that is increasingly hostile toward education.
texasobserver.org
Together, these bills would allow Trump’s FTC to wipe abortion, sex ed, & LGBTQ resources off the Internet while instating nationwide age verification requirements. This could mean scanning your face or sending in your government ID just to post on Bluesky! ❌ Take action: fftf.link/bib
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
fftf.link
‼️ACTION ALERT: The Senate Commerce Committee is holding “kids safety” circus again, this time considering both KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) & SCREEN Act, two of the most dangerous censorship & age verification bills on the table! CALL YOUR LAWMAKERS & TELL THEM TO OPPOSE 📲 248-331-8665
Have you made your calls today? And if you aren’t in the US: make sure you bug your US friends to do so!
Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · yesterday‼️ACTION ALERT: The Senate Commerce Committee is holding “kids safety” circus again, this time considering both KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) & SCREEN Act, two of the most dangerous censorship & age verification bills on the table! CALL YOUR LAWMAKERS & TELL THEM TO OPPOSE 📲 248-331-8665
US folks: Today (August 4) is the last day to call your US senator before KOSA and the SCREEN Act go before committee tomorrow! Visit BadInternetBills.com for info and numbers to call. #StopKOSA #SaveSpeech #NodigitalID
🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 7d ago#stopKOSA #NoToDigitalID #savespeech Unfortunate news: The markup is real www.commerce.senate.gov/meetings/exe... Significantly fewer shitty bills but not good. Keep calling reps & the CST committee - www.congress.gov/state-legisl... - 5calls.org/issue/age-ve... - badinternetbills.com
If anyone needs a script for calling their senators today, here's what I said #StopKOSA #SaveSpeech #NodigitalID
![Script for calling senators, August 4, 2026:
Hi! I’m a constituent of Senator [name], and I have two things that I want the senator to know.
First, Trump has nominated Adam Candeub for the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. I would like the senator to vote against his appointment. Among other things, he wants to bring back anti-obscenity laws like the Comstock Act.
Second, KOSA and the SCREEN Act are scheduled to go before the Senate Commerce Committee tomorrow. Whether or not it makes it out of committee, I would like the senator to vote against these bills. They do not protect children, but instead age-gate the Internet, violate our privacy, and put our personal information at risk.
[staff may ask for your address or zip code]
[staff may ask if you have anything else you want to say]
That’s all I wanted to say today.
[staff will likely say they will pass along your message]
Thanks, have a great day!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2wk7ytsyd5kkoajilglbq5f/bafkreiaglu6h2oss54lfrc34jk6ddkn6deahqcimcgxucrcpbwadbhkjiu)
Cassandra Lowell 🔞 writing erotica@cassie69a.bsky.social · yesterdayUS folks: Today (August 4) is the last day to call your US senator before KOSA and the SCREEN Act go before committee tomorrow! Visit BadInternetBills.com for info and numbers to call. #StopKOSA #SaveSpeech #NodigitalID