Bored Pastel
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Congress is debating the Kids Online Safety Act — an overbroad bill that risks censoring everything from jokes and hyperbole to useful information about sex ed and suicide prevention.
This isn't about safety, it's about control.
This isn't about safety, it's about control.
Online Safety Bills Are Fueling a New Wave of Internet Censorship
State and federal bills seek to limit minors’ access to social media, but civil liberties advocates warn that the resulting online censorship threatens constitutional rights without delivering real safety.
www.aclu.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Congress is debating the Kids Online Safety Act — an overbroad bill that risks censoring everything from jokes and hyperbole to useful information about sex ed and suicide prevention.
This isn't about safety, it's about control.
This isn't about safety, it's about control.
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Capitol switchboard
(202) 225-3121
Call your reps. Demand impeachment.
No illegal war in our names.
(202) 225-3121
Call your reps. Demand impeachment.
No illegal war in our names.
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Capitol switchboard
(202) 225-3121
Call your reps. Demand impeachment.
No illegal war in our names.
(202) 225-3121
Call your reps. Demand impeachment.
No illegal war in our names.
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If you send out handwritten letters opposing KOSA, the SCREEN Act, etc, to your senators and reps tomorrow, they’ll probably get delivered around Tuesday or Wednesday.
You should probably do that.
Take one of these scripts and edit it to be a letter. Then mail it out.
You should probably do that.
Take one of these scripts and edit it to be a letter. Then mail it out.
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you send out handwritten letters opposing KOSA, the SCREEN Act, etc, to your senators and reps tomorrow, they’ll probably get delivered around Tuesday or Wednesday.
You should probably do that.
Take one of these scripts and edit it to be a letter. Then mail it out.
You should probably do that.
Take one of these scripts and edit it to be a letter. Then mail it out.
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while KOSA passed the subcommittee, there is still the full committee meeting it needs to go through before being voted on by the Senate/House
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
while KOSA passed the subcommittee, there is still the full committee meeting it needs to go through before being voted on by the Senate/House
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
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Remember the Congressional hearing last week on 19 Bills to Censor the Internet?
Welp, they're back. Legislators say tomorrow they'll begin the mark-up proposal and try to push them out of committee.
Call your legislator now: badinternetbills.com
Welp, they're back. Legislators say tomorrow they'll begin the mark-up proposal and try to push them out of committee.
Call your legislator now: badinternetbills.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Remember the Congressional hearing last week on 19 Bills to Censor the Internet?
Welp, they're back. Legislators say tomorrow they'll begin the mark-up proposal and try to push them out of committee.
Call your legislator now: badinternetbills.com
Welp, they're back. Legislators say tomorrow they'll begin the mark-up proposal and try to push them out of committee.
Call your legislator now: badinternetbills.com
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KOSA will obliterate trans people's ability to have spaces and even communicate online. It MUST be stopped.
Tell your lawmakers to oppose the Kids Online Safety Act- there are better ways to protect kids online without throwing other vulnerable people under the bus.
www.stopkosa.com
www.stopkosa.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
KOSA will obliterate trans people's ability to have spaces and even communicate online. It MUST be stopped.
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Adults shouldn't have to sacrifice their privacy in order to watch porn, R-rated movies, or anything else the government might deem offensive to kids.
Keeping kids safe can't come at the expense of our free speech rights.
Keeping kids safe can't come at the expense of our free speech rights.
The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
www.wired.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Adults shouldn't have to sacrifice their privacy in order to watch porn, R-rated movies, or anything else the government might deem offensive to kids.
Keeping kids safe can't come at the expense of our free speech rights.
Keeping kids safe can't come at the expense of our free speech rights.
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Really great coverage from @wired.com about our week of action against online ID verification and how these bills are setting a dangerous precedent by making the internet more exploitative rather than safer.
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Really great coverage from @wired.com about our week of action against online ID verification and how these bills are setting a dangerous precedent by making the internet more exploitative rather than safer.
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
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While KOSA has taken up much of the attention in kids online safety discussions, a bill mandating app stores conduct age verification has been sweeping states and Congress. It will be discussed at tomorrow's House hearing, and just picked up Pinterest as a supporter www.theverge.com/policy/83087...
A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress
The bill takes aim at Apple and Google’s app stores.
www.theverge.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
While KOSA has taken up much of the attention in kids online safety discussions, a bill mandating app stores conduct age verification has been sweeping states and Congress. It will be discussed at tomorrow's House hearing, and just picked up Pinterest as a supporter www.theverge.com/policy/83087...
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Porn was only ever the cover.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
www.404media.co
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Porn was only ever the cover.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.
What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.
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They’re describing it as a “shock and awe” campaign, which is why it’s essential to show them there’s huge opposition NOW. Call / email your reps to let them know you oppose censorship bills like KOSA and the SCREEN.
Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.
Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.
With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
They’re describing it as a “shock and awe” campaign, which is why it’s essential to show them there’s huge opposition NOW. Call / email your reps to let them know you oppose censorship bills like KOSA and the SCREEN.
Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.
Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.
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We are actually doing something. DON'T STOP CALLING.
Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We are actually doing something. DON'T STOP CALLING.
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Today is the day! Make some phone calls to Visa and Mastercard if youre able to and keep it going as much as you can muster until monday!
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today is the day! Make some phone calls to Visa and Mastercard if youre able to and keep it going as much as you can muster until monday!
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looking at the bills and talking to folks, these are the most actively threatening among this batch that will be present during Dec 2's hearing
House KOSA's audit policy is the one aspect im a little shaky on and havent found any more authoritative writing on, but felt should still be mentioned
House KOSA's audit policy is the one aspect im a little shaky on and havent found any more authoritative writing on, but felt should still be mentioned
![KOSA [house version]
-omits duty of care, but there is no guarantee this stays gone
-no exemption for nonprofit entities
-yearly audits of platforms. could possibly include even really small ones, ex: mastodon instances, discord servers?
Reducing Exploitative Social Media Exposure for Teens (RESET) Act [DRAFT BILL]
-prohibits kids/teens under 16 from maintaining socmed accounts
Sammy's LAW [H.R 2657]
-drastically increases surveillance of children
-leaves children MORE vulnerable to having their data and privacy violated
-isolates LGBTQ children
App Store Accountability Act [H.R.3149]
-requires Age Verification at the app store level
-transmitting Age Signals to developers.
SCREEN ACT [H.R.1623]
-instates nationwide age verification for websites lawmakers deem "harmful to minors"
-could include anything from porn sites to socmed, fanfiction sites or telecom networks.
-forces websites to contract with shady 3rd party verification companies
-collects and stores our ID info like drivers licenses and passports in insecure databases
-backed by far right politicians and anti-porn groups
Safer Guarding of Adolescents from Malicious Interactions on Network Games (GAMING) Act [HR. 6265]
-seeks to add parental tools to help act as safeguards for children
-the issue is, it seeks to install said safeguards by default, and the legislation goes hand in hand with AV legislation
Parents Over Platforms Act
-Age Verification for apps](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xawhcpoqu6pdxpp72fd43wuf/bafkreidjvw3v4k5iy26ih4bs3mbrznvwbfqcfrykrvrl5rmofzvxfzj7ye@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
looking at the bills and talking to folks, these are the most actively threatening among this batch that will be present during Dec 2's hearing
House KOSA's audit policy is the one aspect im a little shaky on and havent found any more authoritative writing on, but felt should still be mentioned
House KOSA's audit policy is the one aspect im a little shaky on and havent found any more authoritative writing on, but felt should still be mentioned
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Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
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This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
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Deleted the "don't use the word commission" on paypal post! Early this year I'd heard reports of people getting shut down for using that word and it was insinuated that the context was artists were being targeted for "high risk" words.
I appreciate this context and not trying to spread misinfo ❤️
I appreciate this context and not trying to spread misinfo ❤️
Clarification: Accepting payments for commissions through Friends & Family is against TOS (which you agree to by making an account), and it is TAX FRAUD.
Do not ask for comm payments via F & F. Dont let an artist convince you to pay this way, because your account can be taken down as well.
Do not ask for comm payments via F & F. Dont let an artist convince you to pay this way, because your account can be taken down as well.
Lots of "don't write 'commission' in PayPal's feedback box for invoices" misinfo/fearmongering going around.
Yes, PayPal is censoring nsfw/queer artists like other payment processors. No, the word 'commission' will not get you flagged unless youre taking Friends & Family payments for commissions.
Yes, PayPal is censoring nsfw/queer artists like other payment processors. No, the word 'commission' will not get you flagged unless youre taking Friends & Family payments for commissions.
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Deleted the "don't use the word commission" on paypal post! Early this year I'd heard reports of people getting shut down for using that word and it was insinuated that the context was artists were being targeted for "high risk" words.
I appreciate this context and not trying to spread misinfo ❤️
I appreciate this context and not trying to spread misinfo ❤️
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I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
#SaveSpeech
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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now that the govt shutdown is over, y'all will need to really yell and scream about these bills because many of them are going to be pushed again.
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
now that the govt shutdown is over, y'all will need to really yell and scream about these bills because many of them are going to be pushed again.
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
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We filed this lawsuit two hours after President Trump signed the illegal order, and we will keep fighting to make sure birthright citizenship stays the law of the land.
October 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
We filed this lawsuit two hours after President Trump signed the illegal order, and we will keep fighting to make sure birthright citizenship stays the law of the land.
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But really do not let this moment pass you up, call your reps and beat them over the head with evidence that ID verification will lead to uncontrollable sensitive information leaks and identity theft
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.
buff.ly
October 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
But really do not let this moment pass you up, call your reps and beat them over the head with evidence that ID verification will lead to uncontrollable sensitive information leaks and identity theft
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Remember there’s a campaign for this on 5Calls if you need a script to read from: 5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
September 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Remember there’s a campaign for this on 5Calls if you need a script to read from: 5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
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if you have democrat rep/senators i recommend calling and reminding them you will never vote for them again if they bend the knee on this. shutting down the government is the correct choice. that is the exact phrasing in my 3 calls and it took 5 min total
bsky.app/profile/pink...
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Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned
The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.
www.thepinknews.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
if you have democrat rep/senators i recommend calling and reminding them you will never vote for them again if they bend the knee on this. shutting down the government is the correct choice. that is the exact phrasing in my 3 calls and it took 5 min total
bsky.app/profile/pink...
bsky.app/profile/pink...