For the millionth time, this has never been about the kids. This is about adults who can't negotiate their own internal discomfort about the world around them or be open to the 8 billion other experiences on this planet and have now put that labor on their children.
every now and then we've had scares about ao3 shutting down and yet no one mentions the fact it CAN and probably WILL get censored because of bills like this, which are VERY LIKELY TO PASS if there is no opposition. use this site!!!
https://t.co/cMqhhk6OJk
ao3 is down because of a server error, but what's fandom gonna do when it's down because right-wing groups pass the Kid's Online Safety Act (KOSA) and use that to target queer content online? they literally call out fanfic sites as a target with this bill https://t.co/XrvFAodOKF
The fact that these online safety bills used to censor and sanitize the Internet have bipartisan support should alarm everyone.
KOSA is the new FOSTA. People gotta be paying attention, they’ve been hunting sex workers n trans people; now they’re coming for queer content, your fandoms:/
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A reminder to everyone that lawmakers have reintroduced Kids Online Safety Act which will dangerously censor many things especially queer spaces like Ao3, Tiktok, etc. If you can go to https://t.co/AuAwCFlyXw and find ways to show you don't want this bill to pass.
@SenGaryPeters KOSA is being pushed by far-right organizations because it will give every state attorney general the power to censor content they deem "harmful" online while also allowing for age verification. It doesn't protect anyone, especially minors.
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KOSA would not solve any of these issues, Senator. Please don't use a teenager's death to push internet censorship legislation, especially when the Heritage Foundation has said they will use KOSA to go after LGBTQ+ content online. Shame on the Democrats for pushing this bill.
Every Democratic senator is signing onto the Kids Online Safety Act as if it will help minors when the Heritage Foundation said the whole purpose was to censor trans and queer content online. Every expert in how internet laws work says its a horrible bill but no one is listening.