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Baja - Commissions OPEN @baja.bsky.social · 18h

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Fleur @fleur.bsky.social · 23h

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 16h

"It's an ideological mission from people on the right," Jon Yaged, CEO of Macmillan Publishers, whose books are among those that have been targeted in the United States.

"This is just the most recent instance of hate demonstrating itself in culture."

Publishers fight back against US book bans

Escalating attempts to remove works featuring themes such as LGBTQ lifestyles and race relations from US bookshelves are facing growing resistance from publishers and rights groups, a major topic at t...

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 22h

IT'S A HALLOWEEN MIRACLE!

My new video, a review of the 2024 workplace safety horror STILL WAKES THE DEEP, is premiering tomorrow at 8PM Irish Time. Make sure to set your reminders because after quite a few months working on it, this is going to be very good!

youtu.be/63OqrjbT5M0

Still Wakes The Deep review

YouTube video by Casey Explosion

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KinoFabino 🇵🇸 @kinofabino.bsky.social · 18h

It's October so we're Blood posting

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dangle test initiate ☉∇ ☣ 🏜️ 🔜 BLFC @coyote.tel · 28d

why is it monday

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · 1d

Thoughts:

(1) Google makes it very difficult to cover this topic. It will ding your site.
(2) Advertisers make it very difficult to cover this topic. They may demand their ads removed from a given article. Which means no money from your work
(3) Games journalists are VERY squeamish about sex.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · 2d

In your personal opinion, why are so many games journalists allergic to the payment processor / adult content censorship issue impacting gaming?

Let’s get very 101 here. Why are so many games journalists ignoring this issue?

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

Alongside KOSA, the 'Stop CSAM act of 2025' is a big priority target we need people to yell at their representatives about!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 23d

The 'Stop CSAM Act of 2025' has had its govtrack likelihood t
[to be enacted] drop from from 56% down to 46%!

Keep calling your representatives in both the house and senate and hammer how this is a surveillance/anti-encryption bill under the guise of "protecting children". Tell them to OPPOSE!

STOP CSAM Act of 2025 (S. 1829)

A bill to combat the sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting accountability and transparency by the tech industry.

www.govtrack.us

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 4d

Michigan has a similar bill, House Bill 4938, that is also seeking the same goals!

VPN usage at risk in Michigan under new proposed adult content law

The "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" would force internet service providers to monitor and block VPN connections

www.techradar.com

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Knockoffthotep @knockoffthotep.bsky.social · 23h

It's the start of a new week, so you know what that means?

Go make your calls.

For those of you in Wisconsin, you must now also call up your State Reps and Senators about the VPN Ban Bill SB-130 /AB-105 and tell them to stop it.

The fight ever continues.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 10d

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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IronClaw99 @ironclaw99.bsky.social · 2d

If you live in the US, time to fucking bully the shit out of your senators and representatives and tell them to vote no on KOSA. If they're Republican, tell them that it will make leftists censor gun content. If they're Democrat, tell them that it will make Trump censor abortion and queer content.

𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙢 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙣 @mannlicherhund.bsky.social · 3d

KOSA is now in red alert priority.

Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA!

We need to turn out in numbers against this!

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 27d

#SaveSpeech

Ive updated this infographic with additional bill info, issues, etc

Find your federal and state reps below and make your voices heard!

www.congress.gov/members/find...

www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

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jouste @jouste.bsky.social · 1d

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 2d

Good Sunday morning to you.
#art

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Birmit @birmit.bsky.social · 1d

Scylla! 🐙
(quick doodle cause I love her)
(where can I join her fan club?)

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Only Jerry @dahecksajerry.bsky.social · 2d

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Brainlocki3 @brainlocki3.bsky.social · 2d

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Not really actionable as of yet, but still something to be aware of.

Brainlocki3 @brainlocki3.bsky.social · 2d

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Kids package comes together

We’d like to kick off this edition with a little news: The House Energy and Commerce Committee is firming up a package of bills that aim to protect kids online, including a revised version of the controversial Kids Online Safety Act.

This effort, which we learned about from multiple people familiar with the planning, is one we’ve been telling you is a growing possibility since the summer.

The lineup of bills is solidifying, and it could include about a dozen pieces of legislation. A hearing is expected on the bills, followed by a markup.

The timing for the package is in flux given the elephant currently dancing in Washington’s living room: the government shutdown. The House has been out during the funding lapse, and the panel isn’t expected to take the package up until the government reopens.

A package approach could serve as a sweetener for a slimmed-down KOSA, as it would likely address a lot of kids-protection impulses. It could also mark progress in an area lots of lawmakers care about, but where compromise has been hard to come by.

Let’s break it down.

The non-KOSA bits. We’ll get into all the KOSA wrangling below. But first, here’s a look at what might also be included in the package.

One part involves having smartphones check if users are old enough to view certain content. It could pit apps and websites — including powerful players like Meta — against Apple. Free speech and privacy groups also dislike the idea.

Another bill the panel has long liked would extend existing kids’ privacy protections online to some teens.

Then there’s an intriguing possibility we’ve come across: Both Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) have talked about wanting to tackle chatbots. That’s an area with a lot of ideas — and a lot of concern — but not necessarily legislative consensus.

KOSA. The most controversial part of the package will likely be KOSA. Its provisions include a crackdown on design features like infinite scroll and limits on data collection and algorithms for young users.

KOSA has previously also imposed a legal “duty of care” on platforms to mitigate certain harms for kids and teens.

Last year, that provision spurred an intra-Republican split. House leadership killed KOSA over concerns that a duty would result in censorship and be a massive liability for tech firms.

The House GOP lead on KOSA, Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) told us in recent weeks he has designed a new version amid more productive conversations with those same leaders.

The details of the new bill are still being worked out, but when we asked about the duty of care provision opposed by his leadership, Bilirakis said the bill will be “different.” We can take the hint.

House GOP leadership has indicated that watering that language down will be crucial for KOSA to clear the chamber.

Democrats. Pulling back on KOSA creates two problems — and that’s where the idea of the package could come in handy.

The first is Energy and Commerce Democrats who are committed to the duty of care policy. Bilirakis and Guthrie say they want to keep these Democrats on board. That will be difficult.

We’ll let Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Bilirakis’s erstwhile partner on the legislation, explain where she stands:

“I encourage House Republican leadership to spend more time listening to families who fear a watered-down bill from the House, and less time meeting with Big Tech executives who value profits over the best interests of kids.”

We’re not saying bundling KOSA with other bills meant to protect kids and teens online will overcome the objections of Castor, other panel Democrats and many parents’ groups.

A package, though, allows Guthrie to say he’s trying to give Democrats — as well as any quietly wishy-washy Republicans — more than they’re losing.

Senators. The second problem is the Senate, where the version of KOSA with a broad duty of care passed with more than 90 votes last year.

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Emmy @tetrabunz.bsky.social · 2d

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Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 5d

Dragon.

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 3d

Day 18 (for real this time) for #repostober

4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Pestilence

#darkart

4 horsemen of the apocalypse, Pestilence. Child wearing a mask holding a bow, riding a sickly white horse.rats run on the floor, and a orange sun hangs in the sky

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Brainlocki3 @brainlocki3.bsky.social · 2d

I've seen an article saying that it's with part of a "child safety" package that the House Energy & Commerce Committee is going to voted on when the shutdown stops.
Sadly i only know one article from punchbowl news and a email from FFTF mentioning it.

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megasoups.bsky.social @megasoups.bsky.social · 4d

So uh, I think EU OSA just dropped?

Please call your MEPs

#savespeech #europe #eu

@dieselbrain.bsky.social @fishqueen.bsky.social @acvalens.net @eff.org Also tagging a few of y'all to help spread awareness if you can.

www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home

www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

New EU measures needed to make online services safer for minors | News | European Parliament

Enforce Digital Services Act quickly and ban harmful practices such as addictive design and gambling-like game features to protect minors, say MEPs.

www.europarl.europa.eu

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Corinthian @corinthian0.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know that unfortunately. Best we can do is keep pestering our reps, especially ones who are co-sponsoring it.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 4d

Please contact your senators about KOSA. This bill has amassed a lot of cosponsors.

We can beat this, but we need people to call, email and send letters en mass. Please try to contact your reps as often as you are able to and encourage people you know to join you!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 6d

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#SaveSpeech

If you're like me and you are struggling to contact your senators re: KOSA via their phone lines this week, I recommend attempting to send physical letters or emails in the meantime.

Here is a script you can use to contact your reps!

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [LOCATION]
I'm messaging to demand [SENATOR] oppose S. 1748, the Kids Online Safety Act, also known as KOSA. This broad legislation does not protect anyone and instead will be used to block any speech that the Trump administration’s partisan FTC disagrees with. It pushes the “duty of care” onto websites and social media platforms to remove content that is “harmful to children”. It would lead to overcompliance, mass censorship, and remove access to crucial information re: everything from mental health, LGBT topics, substance abuse, eating disorders and more.
Additionally, while large, corporate platforms like X can shoulder the weight of “duty of care”, smaller websites cannot, leading to greater and greater concentrations of power online into giant corporate platforms rather than small and medium sized businesses.
KOSA will not make kids safer. It will make the internet more dangerous for anyone who relies on it to learn, connect, or speak freely. Lawmakers should reject it, and fast.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
IF SENATOR COSPONSORED KOSA: Additionally, I want to remark on [SENATOR]’s cosponsorship of this bill. I think it is shameful that [SENATOR] has backed a bill as transparently bad as KOSA. This will not keep kids safe, it is an excuse to censor the free and open internet. I will not be voting for nor donating to [SENATOR] in any future campaigns if they do not drop their co-sponsorship of this bill, and I will encourage everyone in my life to do the same.
Do the right thing.

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