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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.

“These are censorship laws. In the South, where I live, these same proposals mimic a lot of the arguments that you see behind book bans and behind laws that criminalize gender-affirming health care or abortion information.”

Redditors + Repro Justice folks- we’ll see you at today’s r/prochoice AMA from 12-5pm ET ! Link below

i’ll be spending the day answering questions for our r/prochoice AMA on age verification — come join us !!

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.

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...

A leading kids safety bill has been poison pilled, supporters say App store age verification is beginning to take center stage.

"Everyone on every side of KOSA and age verification... have a shared frustration in what tech companies are able to do to us every day. Congress is giving all of us crumbs rather than doing what needs to be done.” - @sarahephilips.bsky.social

www.theverge.com/policy/83712...

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.

Great @wired.com reporting on the growing movement against online "age verification" legislation

(aka government mandated ID checks and face scans to access apps, websites and information online)

Congrats to my colleague @sarahephilips.bsky.social leading work on this.

🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨

A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.

Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...

It’s Day 2 of our week of action against online ID checks + we need you to make some noise and call your reps letting them know censorship bills like KOSA + Online ID Checks are EXTREMELY unpopular & they are doomed to fail 💅

Call Now +1 248-331-8665 or use our call tool: www.badinternetbills.com

Bad Internet Bill Theater 3000: Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online YouTube video by Fight for the Future

NOW: Congress is holding a hearing on 19(!) kids safety bills and several would age-gate/censor the internet, particularly for LGBTQ youth.

Our policy counsel + members of our team are live-streaming analysis and reactions, join us here! www.youtube.com/live/GwAAPmN...

Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.

Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.

Committee hearings begin tomorrow.

Fascists love online ID checks.

Our team at @fightforthefuture.org breaks down why this is and how it’s a threat for us all.

@sarahephilips.bsky.social
@evangreer.bsky.social

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Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous

Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.

It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

Olympic-level shooting yourself in the fucking foot to destroy the parts of your magazine that garnered awards and huge traffic/circulation increases just so you can fire all your employees of color which I’m forced to conclude was the goal

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

“please don’t vote for Zohran, his wife is also hot and frankly it’s unfair”

such a fucking blow. @leximcmenamin.com has been doing incredible work and the entire politics arm of teen vogue has stood out for its clarity in a mess of bullshit coverage of movements. unbelievable.

Amazon Ring cameras are a privacy nightmare 👹but we know there are many reasons why people get them, so we have some suggestions ….

Image comparing consenting devices with a protest against ICE. Text reads 'Share video with ICE?' alongside a Ring doorbell and ICE logo. A group of children with Halloween baskets are pictured saying 'We don't!' Below is the caption 'Don't invite ICE into your neighborhood.' Tone highlights privacy concerns."

Scissors placed on cut-out circular pamphlets with red, heart and ghost designs. Text discusses Amazon Ring, privacy concerns, and community safety.

NO RING FOR ICE 🎃

If you’re headed out trick or treating, you could also educate neighbors with Ring doorbells using our door tag!

Download it here: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/ring...

Ring = ICE

We should be ditching Amazon Ring altogether but for now, here are some helpful action steps you can take.

No RING FOR ICE 🧊 www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/ring...

‼️ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.

We wanted to understand what a Zohran Mamdani administration would mean for New York. So we talked to a Kentucky woman who once tied for 5th place in a swim race with a transgender woman and got really mad that she didn't get to hold the trophy.

"In less than 36 hours since we announced that we will be sending payments to disabled SNAP recipients in the South—$100 to individuals and $250 to households—we have received more than 12,400 applications, totaling $2.7 million in requests." - they have to close the form tomorrow... no way to cover

nice way to tell the secret police who's pregnant and who's smoking weed in your house - and it only costs you $750 for the first year!

"that isn't your aunt that's your parent's cousin" my grandmother is about to show up at your house with a cast iron pan btw

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