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[Libi😐 @Libiurrus]

Can anyone explain when the backlash starts?

Digital ID, age checks, limits on anonymous accounts, social media and gaming chats, online porn, private messaging, encryption and potentially VPNs. More surveillance, less privacy, fewer freedoms.

At what point do we say enough?

[Helgy @helgy2]

Does anyone actually believe this is the real reason.
They want total control of your life under the guise of protecting the children & people just let them.

[Julie Barrett @juliecbarrett]

Texas social media ban for the 2027 session just got pre-filed by Rep Patterson - bio claims he is working on the "conservative policies" his constituents expect.

There is nothing conservative about policies that sideline parents with government mandates that include surveillance, identity verification, and data collection.

Jeramy's got the full breakdown 👇

[Elizabeth Nolan Brown @ENBrown]

It's just adult websites, do you want kids watching porn?

It's just social media, do you want kids being bullied?

It's just ... ebay and depop?

Yeah. Age verification was obviously never going to stop at the "bad" stuff and soon we're all going to be carded to buy used books

[lani ݁ ˖Ი𐑼⋆ @_forKpart_2]

THE UK GOVERNMENT ARE TRYING TO BAN EBAY AND VINTED FOR UNDER 16S BECAUSE OF THE MESSAGING FUNCTION????? they can NOT be serious

[Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne]

THE UK IS TRYING TO REGULATE THE ENTIRE U.S. DIGITAL ECONOMY - AND ONLY THE GRANITE ACT CAN STOP IT

The UK's insane pivot to try to regulate eBay as a social media network (because it includes direct messaging) is simply the next step in the plan it has had all along:

Controlling the entire U.S. digital economy through extraterritorial regulations.

As the lawyer for the first four American targets of Ofcom, it was clear that the UK's attempted rollout of the Online Safety Act was to take place in phases. Based on the enforcement patterns, this is roughly what we observed:

STEP 1: TEST CASES

That step happened. Ofcom went after Gab, Kiwi Farms, 4chan, and SaSu. All four refused Ofcom's orders and refused to pay fines.

4chan, in particular, forced the UK to engage in an embarrassing climb-down in Parliament about enforcing its fine - but the UK's enforcement activity continues to escalate against progressively larger American targets.

STEP 2: PIVOT TO MAINSTREAM SOCIAL APPS

Having failed to tame 4chan, the UK then went after the social media majors - Roblox, X, TikTok, Meta - in order to (a) restore the regulatory regime's credibility and (b) chalk up some wins against targets that have domestic UK footprints and, accordingly, are not judgment-proof there.

STEP 3: WIDEN THE NET

This is today's announcement. The UK is extending the logic applicable to social media platforms to drag U.S. marketplaces into the ambit of the Online Safety Act, arguing that the messaging features of these platforms make them social media platforms.

STEP 4: WIDEN THE NET SOME MORE

If the UK is allowed to get away with this, it will start working its way down to progressively smaller platforms.

THE SOLUTION: THE GRANITE ACT

The UK won't try this crap if there's a risk that they'll face a U.S. federal lawsuit and a court defeat.

There is a bill before the House, H.R. 10174, the GRANITE Act (Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny and Extortion), that would fix this. It has a companion in the Senate.

CONGRESS: PROTECT THE U.S. DIGITAL ECONOMY AND PASS THE GRANITE ACT.

[mira77 ☭ @bruhmoent_]

This group used to be called morality in media btw. They may talk about "protecting women and children" but their goals never changed. They want to abolish free expression and force their religious extremist ideas on everyone. Anonymous access to Adult content and social media

[Lord Inquisitor Ineptus Astartes @AstartesIneptus]

"It's just for porn sites though."

"It's only for social media though."

"It's only certain types of porn though."

We fucking WARNED you this would happen. That it would be a slippery slope. But you just laughed and said we were only worries about porn sites.

[TheBasedBoi @based_succuboi]

Now that the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is raring its ugly head again its my duty to remind you that @NCOSE, the group who championed this bill, is a far-right christian lobby group masquerading as a legitimate government-backed agency.

[Tim Murphy🇺🇸♏️ @TimMurphyUSA]

No to KOSA!

[Hotcheesecakes (Clippy) @Hotcheesecakes]

If you sat down and read the bill. You realize just how bad KOSA really is. It will cause online age verification. No privacy. No privacy = no free speech. Thus 1A is damaged for americans.

[ChaoticTempleKnight @ChaoticTKnight]

To those that think this won't spread past illicit material and stuff you don't like, I have a bridge to sell you.

If you support the government literally controlling your device, they will extend it to fully legal material they don't like. They WILL silence you in totality.

[Reclaim The Net @ReclaimTheNetHQ]

California’s new social media law makes every user prove their age before they can get a personalized feed. Meta, Google, and TikTok are now suing, but only to exempt their own apps from the feed ban. The age checks that apply to everyone else are not part of the fight.

https://t.co/6yADS6qYte

[Julie Barrett @juliecbarrett]

Uniparty wants ID verification and surveillance online...conveniently branding it as "kids safety".

KOSA is bad news...the gateway to digital ID and much more surveillance of ALL users online. The end of the anonymous internet.

These government mandates do NOT protect children. In fact, they create a more dangerous environment and expose children to more harms.

PARENTS are the firewall, not the government. Let's not co-parent with the government, shall we?

[Puflito @Puflito___]

⚠️ Estan por cometer el mayor atropello a nuestra libertad de expresión de los últimos 30 años ⚠️

- La diputada Cecilia Pasquali (Union por La Patria) presentó un proyecto de ley para forzar la verificación digital de todas las personas que usen internet en el país

- Todas las cuentas, desde redes sociales hasta videojuegos, van a requerir verificación de identidad

- El proyecto no solo alcanza a las cuentas nuevas sino que también incluye a las cuentas actualmente existentes, las cuales van a requerir verificación o a quedar automáticamente bloqueadas

- Los datos van a vivir en la base del RENAPER, lo cual aumenta la gravedad del asunto, debido a que el RENAPER tuvo varios episodios de filtraciones de datos y mal manejo de sus claves

- En 2023, un jóven de 16 años filtró los datos de varios famosos como Duki, Coscuy Lilia Lemoine, y después se descubrió que lo hizo porque su hermana era policía y dejaba abierta la sesión del RENAPER en su PC

- Con esto se termina la libertad de expresión

- Nadie en Formosa va a poder hablar mal del gobierno de Gildo Insfran
- Nadie va a poder denunciar anónimamente a un juez o un policía corrupto sin poner en peligro su vida
- Nadie va a poder criticar a la gente poderosa, dueña de bancos y empresas, sin arriesgarse a ser perseguido o echado de su trabajo

- Están aprovechando que estamos todos distraídos con la visita del Papa para cometer un atropello ENORME a nuestra libertad

- Tenemos que actuar ya y hacerles notar nuestro fuerte repudio

Compartan
Divulguen
Difundan

Y sobre todo vayan y déjenle un saludo a la diputada Cecilia Pasquali en sus distintas redes sociales

[Julie Barrett @juliecbarrett]

🚫KOSA.
Yes, kids face harms online. No, government mandated data collection, identity verification, and surveillance is NOT the solution.

You can tell you Senator NOT TO PASS KOSA by calling (202) 224‑3121.

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Viral retro gaming creator Jacob “Retro Jake” Payne has died after he was hospitalized with severe heart failure

His family is now warning his 550,000 YouTube subscribers not to send money or answer messages from people impersonating Payne or his loved ones

[DariaDoodleArt @Daria_Doodle_A]

Do you wish to get rid of age verification and AI Slop?

[Blue @Blueisangel8]

@thegameawards Ace combat 8

[DBL MP / Double @dbl_mp1]

So far, most all of those "child safety" laws are implementing either censorship, surveillance, or both. They don't actually protect kids.