Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy.
We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.
This is exactly right.
Age verification / online ID check legislation literally forces companies to collect MORE data on children (and everyone else) not less.
We desperately need privacy, antitrust, and algorithmic justice legislation.
Not censorship bills like KOSA and expanded surveillance.
Make it stick and get these banned at your favorite local business and other public access spaces using some of our tools.
You can find those here: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/glas...
You can use this tool to contact your lawmakers: badinternetbills.com
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
You should be able to criticize your government anonymously online.
Full stop.
"Age verification" legislation is just a pretty name for "forced online ID checks," meaning everything you post is associated with your government name
We have to stop this.
theintercept.com/2026/03/05/k...
God if nothing else its nice to see -someone- in congress actually say the real facts on this shit rather than just spouting off the same heritage foundation talking points ad nauseum
I hope journalists covering tech caught this. It was by far the most unexpected and newsworthy moment of the hearing today
I've definitely got some criticisms of AOC but she's a damn sight better than her colleagues.
as much as i think AOC is a sheepdog and a total sellout and turncoat on most issues, still good to see she hasn't sold out on everything. good on her for speaking the truth on this at least.
What if we simply make selling data illegal
"The KIDS Act is being used as a smokescreen for everything Big Tech lobbyist want, which is a national surveillance program where they can harvest the personal and private data of every American, with zero actual protections."
The think tank that was over-quoted by the legislators of the NY age verification law is connected to people like Ajit Pai and Carr. These are monopoly-supporting puppets. bsky.app/profile/vexo...
"Flock’s document goes through every category of public record related to its system to identify possible exemptions, suggesting ones for police investigations, security exceptions, and privacy reasons. Throw exemptions at the requester and see what sticks."
#deflock #surveillance #alpr #foia
We thank @aoc.bsky.social for speaking the truth about age verification in the House E&C hearing today! As she stated plainly, and we agree, age verification is a smoke-screen for censorship. It is NOT about kids safety!
'Rising reactionary sentiment and right-wing extremism under Trump has accelerated the push for online age verification...Online protest, documenting war crimes, even news articles could be suppressed.' - @evangreer.bsky.social , Director at @fightforthefuture.org
BREAKING: An open letter with 60,000 people was sent to @housecommerce.bsky.social detailing opposition to age verification bills
We are the people who grew up on the internet. If anyone knows about harms it caused, it's us. Not parents, not congress, us.
Read here:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
KOSA creates a "duty of care" requiring social media platforms to prevent "harmful" content. It would empower FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, who considers transgender healthcare and LGBTQ content to be threats to children, to decide what counts as "harmful." @fightforthefuture.org
Awesome! Thanks for the shout-out and happy you're here!
🚨URGENT ACTION ALERT! 🚨
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing today to advance a frankenstein package of "kids safety" bills that are trojan horses for censorship and surveillance.
Follow @fightforthefuture.org for updates.
Use BadInternetBills.com to email & call yr reps
Happening today!
Whether it's ChatGPT or some other company, no one should be building tech that enables killer robots & mass surveillance.
Congress should ban both of these things. Until they do people should be boycotting to hit companies like ChatGPT where it hurts! Pledge to boycott now: quitgpt.org
Great newsletter to subscribe to but also if this is resonating with you & you want to make sure public spaces in your community are free of the threat of predators using Meta Ray-Bans w/ facial recognition to surveil or stalk you or kids- get em banned:
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Garbage Day newsletter excerpt that reads: Meta Ray-Bans are a Cybertruck for your face- they are great for weird fucking losers that want to look down your shirt and plaster it all over Instagram
@garbageday.email hit the nail on the head with this one!
If the comparing Meta Ray-Bans to a Cybertruck doesn't send the message it needs to about how these mass surveillance tools are a terrible idea, then what will actually get through to you?
Real smart move on Ray Ban's part here, hitching their iconic product to the Sex Pest Hell Technology. This is definitely the kind of thing you want your brand chained to. Ideally your eyewear apparel—especially if it's your only product—is expressly unwelcome in family spaces and courts of law. 😎
If you see someone using one of these things, it's your moral obligation to slap it out of their faces.
The House committee will be hearing on a package of 19 internet censorship and surveillance bills like KOSA that will take away our digital freedoms and privacy tomorrow on Thursday, March 5th. Please fill the committee members' phones with your calls of your opposition of these dangerous bills.
Our ability to see news online about what the many tentacled monster that is U.S. imperialism is doing in Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Palestine & more will be stripped away if lawmakers succeed with passing KOSA.
Our Director @evangreer.bsky.social puts this into perspective:
We created resources for family-friendly establishments that want to protect their vulnerable customers to post a ban sign at all their entrances & sign the pledge to ban these glasses.
Individuals can request this from businesses & community centers with tools here too:
fftf.link/MetaRayBans
Meta Ray-Bans integrating facial recognition tech is putting kids, women & other vulnerable customers in the crosshairs of predators.
We are urging businesses, schools, hospitals, community centers & places of worship to ban these glasses.
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