a snippet of good news from an otherwise concerning ongoing push for KOSA (more details in full thread). i'm not even in USA but i'm so grateful that @fightforthefuture.org (and @evangreer.bsky.social) have been taking names and kicking ass on this for a damn decade. your work matters for us all ❤️‍🔥

Evan Greer@evangreer.bsky.social · 12h ago

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.

🚨 KOSA UPDATE The added "duty of care" standard would force websites to identify minors to avoid legal risk, pushing the internet toward ID checks, facial scans, mass age-gating, excessive data collection and censorship FOR EVERYONE. Next comes a full Senate vote. Contact your senators NOW. (1/2)

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 11h ago

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

Yet again, The Democratic party votes for fascism.

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 11h ago

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

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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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.

THREAD: Here's what happened in today's "We are exploiting peoples' legitimate fears around kids online safety to advance dangerous censorship and surveillance legislation" hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee... 🧵

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We will not comply with the EHRC 'guidance', and neither should you. Take action for trans liberation.

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

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Days after a WNBA team co-ownwer was suspended for confronting anti-trans activists courtside, Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx wore a "Trans Kids Belong" shirt while facing down Sophie Cunningham's team, the Fever. The Lynx won 108-100. Subscribe to support our journalism.

WNBA Coach Cheryl Reeve Wore “Trans Kids Belong” While Beating Sophie Cunningham’s Team

The crowd was equally indignant, reportedly booing whenever Cunningham touched the ball.

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This is a clear and obvious consequence of the appalling fearmongering and inciteful words from many of our politicians and media.

Shoaib M Khan@shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 2d ago

NHS staff have been called "dirty foreigners" and "monkeys" amid a "noticeable" and "unacceptable" rise in racism from patients, with some patients refusing to be treated by non-white staff. news.sky.com/story/nhs-st...

CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)

“A fundamental shift is needed in how we approach the development and deployment of AI agents,” argues Meredith Whittaker. “Basic lessons in privacy and digital security are being discarded,” she warns

AI agents are coming for your privacy, warns Meredith Whittaker

The Signal Foundation’s president worries they will also blunt competition and undermine cyber-security

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Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

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This will be the US if the SCREEN Act passes. Call your Senators before August 5 and tell them that you oppose the SCREEN Act, KOSA, and the KIDS Act. Use the official lookup tool at www.senate.gov/senators/sen... to find yours by state.

S.1748 will endanger vulnerable communities, allow censorship, and establish a de-factor age-verification system. It's obvious age verification is really more about online-ID and tying every interaction to a specific user. #KOSA #BadInternetBills #KIDSAct #Censorship #AgeVerification #OnlineID

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 6d ago

‼️ALERT: KOSA is moving next week to the Senate Commerce Committee for markup! Call your reps today, again tomorrow, and all weekend leaving messages opposing this dangerous censorship bill. www.badinternetbills.com

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Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 3d ago

🚨 Markup of Bad Internet Bills is happening THIS WEDNESDAY. Call your reps today and again tomorrow 🚨‼️ Our call tool makes it easy: www.badinternetbills.com

this is crazy lil bro. "the future we were promised" dogg you are becoming a nostalgiamaxxing turbofascist for the sake of a doctor's office computer mouse

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My #NEOPETS entry for the Usuki Couture contest was selected! I'm tickled that they chose to run with the dumb joke for their social media announcement lol If you were at CTcon and I talked your ear off about Neopets, this is what I was scribbling on my tablet!

if you think about it Lupin is kinda like the AVGN and Jigen is kinda like Guitar Guy.

I'm back to needing $400 for this, just due to random shit I've needed to do over the weekend and me NEVER REMEMBERING to account for transportation costs. If you can pitch in or boost this PLEASE DO I HAVE 2 DAYS LEFT

‼️PLEASE REPOST PINNED, $0/200 NEEDED FOR LIFESAVING RX‼️@irisposting.bsky.social · 5d ago

I forgot that Amazon doesn't take the money out until right before they ship it so I technically have the weekend to raise the rest of what I need for this (Abt $500 afaik)

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Living proof that even YouTube can't stand AI slop.

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 4d ago

YouTube has ramped up its crackdown on AI-generated spam, removing more than 130,000 “AI slop” channels over the past six months.

Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later.

New study finds Canadian trans youth rarely detransition | Xtra Magazine

A group of Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later

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Remember when it came out that Jeffrey Epstein and his billionaire rapist pals had deliberately manufactured modern movement transphobia to make us easier to exploit sexually and no one but us cared?

Bugs, Yaoist@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 3mo ago

all of contemporary transphobia feels so manufactured and fake and it's hard to explain how and why to people who haven't felt it happen at them but like people used to not like Really Care; there were shitty people but like no one built their life around being transphobic

I'm being serious when I say this. Please do WHATEVER you can to spread the word about this stream my sister and brother-in-law are doing. They've been very discouraged at the lack of any progress because, as a reminder, this money is going to a LIFE-SAVING SURGERY. This is the best I can do.

This sucks, but the fight is far from over. Keep calling your reps (local and federal) and tell that their "Online Safety" bills does nothing but hurt our free speech and privacy. These bills are becoming more unpopular, let's keep at it. www.congress.gov/members/find... www.badinternetbills.com

Bad Internet Bills

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

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Some bad news in Texas: Texas forces Discord to implement UK-style age verification and safety rules to Texas users within 90 days as the lawsuit against Discord moves foward in 2027.

Texas forces Discord to implement UK-style age verification and safety rules

Texas and Discord have agreed to a temporary injunction requiring the platform to roll out its UK-standard age verification and teen safety features to Texas users within 90 days as a state lawsuit ag...

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