Crystalorbie
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Crystalorbie
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Alright panic over now. They’ve introduced this bill before and it’s died in subcommittee.

Also this didn’t happen today, it’s just getting attention now. It actually happened like 2-3 days ago. Read this thread if you want to know more.
#savespeech #stopKOSA

Today, I also come bearing notes from the Judiciary Committee hearing on "online child safety."

+ THE GOOD:
- No vote on any legislation.
- Anger on KOSA in the House being defanged.
- A few new bills, two of them seem ok:
+ the (ECHO) Act
+ the Stop Sextortion Act
December 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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But age-gating laws are about much more than restricting porn- Republican lawmakers are using the infrastructural power of the Internet to build a surveillance & censorship machine.

www.techpolicy.press/papers-pleas...
Papers, Please? The Republican Plan to Wall Off the Internet | TechPolicy.Press
We desperately need lawmakers to see ID check bills for what they really are: a right-wing information power grab, writes Anna Bonesteel.
www.techpolicy.press
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM