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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

4chan has ghosted Ofcom, and is ignoring the UK regulators' pleas to comply with the Online Safety Act. Ofcom says it will fine them £100 a day until they answer their email.

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Ofcom fines 4chan £20K for Online Safety Act failings

: Regulator warns penalties will pile up until internet toilet does its paperwork

www.theregister.com

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GeekyGurl14 @geekygurl14.bsky.social · 2d

Got to see The Dark Crystal on the big screen tonight it was amazing! This is my favorite movie seeing on the big screen was a whole new experience! Excuse my hand lol. #TheDarkCrystal

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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9b8ll @9b8ll.bsky.social · 15d

They are absolute right. I am even tired of saying this. I really Hope People Fight and call your Reps to fight against KOSA and the Screen act reallly soon! Because this is going to go Nation wide where the Internet is going to be controlled by AV companies like Yoti and other AV Providers!

Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 15d

Online age verification bullshit has hit Ohio too now. None of these laws will actually keep children safe, it’s only an invasion of everyone’s privacy and freedoms. It’s making the internet smaller, more broken. It’s making it even harder as an artist to survive.

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phoebe draws!! (COMMS OPEN!!) 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @doodledoofus.bsky.social · 15d

Man FUCK Kosa and fuck this age verification bullshit.
you do not need my social security credit card or legal documents for me to look at furry art jesus

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GeekyGurl14 @geekygurl14.bsky.social · 15d

One of the many things I love about Norn9 is all three of the girls spending time together.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 15d

Tomorrow, @bsky.app will begin requiring all users in Ohio to submit facial scans, government IDs or other identity info to access the site, in order to prevent prosecution under the state's age-verification law.

Meanwhile, X does nothing. Because it likely doesn't fear prosecution.

Bluesky rolls out age verification for users in Ohio | TechCrunch

Users in Ohio will have to verify their age to use Bluesky's social network as of Monday.

techcrunch.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 15d

"It's not hard to imagine that a digital ID system, once created, would prove catnip to politicians and lawmakers who could take it even further. If you've already got this ID system ... why not require it for creating social media accounts or logging on to age-gated websites?"

First the U.K., next the U.S.? Britain’s digital ID plan should scare Americans.

Once created, a digital ID system will prove catnip to politicians who want to track what where we go online and off.

reason.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19d

Alejandra is not overselling this. This executive order, if weaponized by a lawless administration like Trump, could lead to the dismantling of institutional/nonprofit opposition to Trump.

It can also be used for surveillance and disruption ops similar to the civil rights era and red scare.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19d

Trump just signed an illegal executive order designed to target his political opposition by designating them terrorists and using the DOJ, IRS, FBI, and the JTTF to investigate and charge liberal organizations, funders, members, and protesters.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

www.whitehouse.gov

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22d

This isn't about antifa, this is about the NGO's. The goal here is to eliminate philanthropic support to major liberal groups through intimidation. They're going to starve liberal groups of funding while hitting them with millions in legal fees from investigations.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump to sign order designating antifa a terrorist organization

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order as soon as Monday designating the antifa movement a "terrorist organization," the White House said, after promising actions targeting left-wing groups following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

www.reuters.com

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 25d

“As the Trump administration attempts to silence left-coded orgs, Dems like @amyklobuchar.com line up to remove the Section 230 protections that everyone relies on to exercise their rights to speak + organize.” - @liaholland.bsky.social

www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-09...

Statement: Ted Cruz is really better than Democrats on the First Amendment?

The following statement can be attributed to Lia Holland (they/she), Campaigns and Communications Director at digital rights organization Fight for the Future: As the Trump administration attempts to ...

www.fightforthefuture.org

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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 25d

FBI Readies New War on Trans People www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie... #ProudBlue. FBI prepares to designate all trans folks as ”violent extremists” and a “threat group”. This is the prelude to a massive crackdown on trans folk never seen outside of countries such as Iran and Nazi Germany

FBI Readies New War on Trans People

“We’re looking at the entire spider web”

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 25d

"In parts of the country, the government would like sites to collect an unprecedented amount of identifying information about their users. In the whole country, the government would like to track down and prosecute those users if they are rude... It doesn’t take a mastermind to see the risks."

The right to anonymity is powerful, and America is destroying it

Age verification was already risky — now it’s downright dangerous.

www.theverge.com

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 25d

Under the First Amendment, the president doesn’t get to censor comedians, TV networks or political speech. Americans and our Constitution reject Kings, dictators and speech Commissars.

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Dyke Spiegel @cowgirlshebop.bsky.social · 25d

This is way more than a five alarm fire. This is an open declaration that they're going to brand trans people as terrorists and undesirables. We will be questioned by the FBI, we're going to be put on watch lists. The fact that nobody is talking about this scares me.

I just want to live.

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tacyrose.bsky.social @tacyrose.bsky.social · 25d

Dox the authors of project 2025, Heritage foundation and others using trump's cult to kill our democracy.

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The PRIQ 🏳️‍🌈🏴 @anachrin.bsky.social · 25d

Print...and BURN

Make Videos.

Let The HERITAGE Foundation know that you will NOT stand for Project 2025

static.heritage.org/project2025/...

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Anime Rakurai @animechan.bsky.social · 26d

A PSA for those who fall victim to this new disease and I call it that causes panic it’s called ACS or in its full name Alpha Chibi Savy Syndrome

ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 27d

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law.

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.

the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.

do not offer it to them.

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Anime Rakurai @animechan.bsky.social · 27d

Even the Repeal 230 panic is also the same thing man people have gone way beyond far in their panic

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27d

Power doesn't panic.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27d

It's pretty clear that they got their Reichstag Fire with the Kirk assassination. Democracy is dead.

We now have a fascist dictator.

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Screenshot of a Truth Social post by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) dated September 17, 2025, at 8:26 PM. The post reads:

"I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

The post shows 1.54k ReTruths and 4.97k Likes below the text.

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Anime Rakurai @animechan.bsky.social · 27d

There was panic of a so called “Repeal of 230” Boy Who Cried Wolf type of scenario so I decided to debunk this on my Twitter Account with a screenshot on my Twitter post if you want to see my thread debunking all of this stuff.

x.com/ARakurai7900...

Anime Rakurai on X: "As always here is the run down of this explanation of this repeal BS as I the person who has both left and right wing friends will debunk all of this so hold on to your pants!" / X

As always here is the run down of this explanation of this repeal BS as I the person who has both left and right wing friends will debunk all of this so hold on to your pants!

x.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 27d

The President just got a national broadcaster for lack of "civility."

Can the left please understand why giving the government more power to threaten platforms and punish speakers using vague and expansive legal terminology like "harmful to minors" might be a bad idea?

‘Chilling’: Hayes reacts to Jimmy Kimmel suspension following Trump FCC threats

ABC has “indefinitely” pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air after Trump’s FCC chair criticized the host’s Charlie Kirk comments. “This is just the latest chapter in Donald Trump's ongoing campaign ...

www.msnbc.com

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Kala Elizabeth 🐺 @kalaelizabeth.bsky.social · 27d

Hey so uh, anyone just going insane watching fascism take over? Free speech is dead. Censorship is on the rise. Our government is funding a genocide while we can't afford groceries and we are being lied to. I don't even know what the actual fuck

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 27d

🚨 The executive branch is actively consolidating power and the people deserve to know the truth.

Learn more: www.checktheexec.org?utm_source=i...

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Pearlmania500 @pearlmania500.bsky.social · 27d

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