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"But I don't share porn or look at porn or make anything pornographic so it won't affect me"

Until they decide something you DO make or consume is "obscene" and they go after that too. Namely literally ANY queer content... also, looking at you Entire Furry Fandom.

We should ALL be angry about this

Here's the bill btw
Call your senators and tell them to shut it down

Visa and Mastercard released their public statements on censorship!

Visa and Mastercard are pretending they don't make any judgments on legal purchases, but Collective Shout CLEARLY told us they successfully pressured payment processors.

KEEP CALLING! IT'S WORKING!

DONT STOP CALLING

Great idea. Mastercard DID NOT WANT to be brought up negatively in the context of their sponsorship of Riot's esports

Weaponize that against them

I know this shit is working because I'm in FinTech and have been dealing with clients upset over their payment processor staggering with their funds and payments. Shit has been crazy all week. KEEP. CALLING.

Mastercard has reached the stage of desperately trying to gag people for saying bad things about them

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING

If you have ever wanted to yell directly at a Mastercard CEO: do it!! do it NOW

I have very bad phone anxiety, but I just called all my reps!
As OP said:
If you have phone anxiety and don't know what to say: all you NEED to pass along is "do not support [these bills]"

They're checking the raw number of citizens getting mad at them. Numbers matter more than time or persuasion.

SCREEN ACT: -full age verification. (biometric scans, ID uploads, background checks) -Deeply unsafe for personal and data privacy. Security/data breaches are rampant, and uploading so much sensitive data to every single we site is just asking for mass ID theft. -id verification is much, much harder on small websites than larger ones, creating a chilling effect and stifling speech for anyone that isnt a massive corporation -draw comparison to UK's OSA [online safety act] and the backlash it is receiving

KOSA: -creates "duty of care,” meaning that tech companies and platform giants would be required to take steps to prevent potentially harmful encounters, such as posts about eating disorders and instances of online bullying, from impacting minors. -who gets to decide what is or is not "unsafe for minors"? Especially under the current administration -it will block access to important info minors could use to keep themselves safe or advocate for themselves. Ex: sex ed. -the vague nature of the bill will almost certainly be used to target LGBT content under the guise of "protecting children"

#SaveSpeech

Remember, if youre american, contact your reps and urge them not to support KOSA and the SCREEN act!

Unlike Pay-pros, you dont need to waste time. All they NEED is to know is that you dont support it. Heres some talking points if desired tho:

www.congress.gov/members/find...

YouTube video by The Intercept Project 2025 Co-Author Caught On Secret Camera Talking About a National Porn Ban

Uhh.. Hey guys, I don't think it's just Collective Shout and payment processors. I think this was a planned assault to destroy the very foundations of internet freedom.

Politiks vs. Gooners was not on my 2025 bingo list but here we are.
youtu.be/0noIS9lmR0Y?...

i keep saying this because it keeps being true: the right wing does not actually care about pornography per se. the entire anti-NSFW/age-verification purge is about eliminating queer and LGBT content, and people, from the internet. Porn itself will continue unabated, even CP. they don't care.

they don't want to protect children, they want to molest children. they don't want to stop porn, they want to make it impossible for sex workers to be paid and queer indie games to be sold. they want the only porn that exists to cater solely to their desires, along with everything else in society.

they want to make the entire world into epstein island. they can't achieve an erection unless they know the girl is being coerced

From an Ofcom guidance: Business disruption measures 9.4 9.5 9.6 Business disruption measures are orders made by a court on an application from Ofcom. They apply to third parties which are able to disrupt the provision of the regulated service and thereby reduce the risk of harm to UK citizens and consumers. The third party need not be an Ofcom regulated entity and may not have had any previous dealings with Ofcom. The Act provides for four types of business disruption measure: a) a service restriction order; b) an interim service restriction order; c) an access restriction order; and d) an interim access restriction order. A service restriction order is an order applying to one or more providers of 'ancillary services' to a non-compliant regulated service. An ancillary service is a service that facilitates the provision of the regulated service (or part of it) (for example, payment processing services) or one that displays or promotes content in relation to the regulated service (for example an ad server). 110 The criteria with which a court must be satisfied to grant an application for an order are set out in section 144(3) and (4) of the Act and include that the court must be satisfied that the service provider has failed and is continuing to fail with an enforceable requirement or with a Technology Notice under section 121(1) of the Act. 111 A service restriction order requires the ancillary service against which an order is obtained to take steps aimed at disrupting the relevant regulated service in the UK...

Ofcom says that if you refuse to censor yourself under the Online Safety Act, it will force payment processors and ISPs to stop doing business with you.

When the government can't shut you up, the banks and credit cards will.

Absolutely terrifying.

www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...

in an administration full of murderous lunatics, this guy will cause the most lasting damage of all of them. he's the worst. worse than trump. worse than miller. worse than musk. RFK Jr is a generational killer.

millions will die because of rfk jr's conspiracy theories. millions more will be afflicted with preventable diseases. millions upon millions, we'll never know the extent. for decades. because of this fucking shithead's brainworms.

It's also still about porn too and despite everyone already having said it this week, I will say it again. Porn is exactly as worth fighting for as the rest of this stuff is. They just think every single one of these things is as dangerous and evil as they think porn is.

Visa is now actively shutting down calls regarding their censorship and prohibition of the sale of legal product.

They clearly retrained their staff on how to deal with our calls. That doesn't happen unless there's critical mass.

KEEP IT UP. They are trying to turf the calls as fast as they can.

Do not stop. If you stop at the acknowledgement and celebrate now, it will die where it stands. Keep calling, keep writing.

Keep calling your Congressmen about stopping KOSA and SCREEN dead in their tracks.

Keep calling Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Stripe.

This is why it's so important that we keep the pressure on. What we lack in money and powerful friends we make up for in our numbers and loudness. They want everything so we must give them nothing now.

Heavy wags….

🎨 by @jackyarts.bsky.social

#SaveSpeech

its been a week, and while we cannot let up pressure on making phone calls, we need to start applying pressure elsewhere now as well!

PHASE 2: START MAILING PHYSICAL LETTERS

imgur: imgur.com/a/3pVupWQ

more comprehensive info can be found here:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

The people who believe they NEED laws to ban porn do so because they lack self control and need God to tell them that it's bad to do sex crimes.

They think legal porn is a "slippery slope" because deep down they have disgusting urges and blame YOU for "tempting" them.

Check his hard drives.

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic

Hey, so, TOTALLY not suggesting that RFK Jr. BACKS DOWN when we PUSH BACK, BUT if you’d like to call…

HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775

HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000

PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well.

NONE of this is okay.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points:
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws

This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship

These payment processer restrictions are becoming a real pain in the you-know-where.
But this is a reminder from Helia to keep calling! If it was just a 1 week surge then they'll win the war in the long run.
Numbers taken from @dieselbrain.bsky.social 's infographic
Art by @thatdonkles.bsky.social

Be aware that another shitty bill has been introduced: The SCREEN Act.

If passed, it would require Full. Age. Verification.

Like KOSA, call all your reps & tell them what a horrible idea this is.

Spread this pls.

Link: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

#screenact #badinternetbills
#stopkosa