An urgent situation is unfolding in the U.S. Congress. The "KIDS Act"—a sweeping legislative package that includes measures such as stricter age verification for internet use and regulations on private messaging—is suddenly scheduled for a vote in the House of Representatives on the 29th.
While organizations like the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)—which advocates for freedom of expression in the digital age—are sounding the alarm, the situation is escalating so rapidly that public awareness appears to be lagging behind. Some analyses suggest the House is leaning toward passing the bill, making the outcome highly uncertain.
We urge everyone to pay close attention to this matter and call upon U.S. citizens to take action to halt it; we are hoping for a positive outcome from here in Japan as well.
Please follow the instructions to contact your representative and tell them to vote NO on the KIDS Act. The US House will vote on it at 6:30 PM on Monday. There is no time to waste. The free internet is at stake.
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You must call your representatives today. Public backlash can change this. This bill package is a privacy destroying abomination that will require data collection and ID verification for large parts of the internet. The vote will happen on Monday the 29th.
Biden: Putting his name on the Kennedy Center. Building an arch in his own honor. Even hiring his own pool guy to fix the reflecting pool.
Whoa. What a loser.
Meet MAGAt Adriana Camberos who has the honor of being pardoned by Trump not once but twice.
Originally convicted in an elaborate counterfeit energy drink conspiracy, her sentence was commuted by Trump in 2021. Shortly after her release, she and her brother embarked on a separate wholesale grocery fraud scheme, resulting in a 2024 conviction and a $48.8 million restitution order. Trump issued her a second full pardon in January 2026.
We have a little over 24 hours to save the internet. The vote is being rushed to the US House floor on Monday the 29th.
"Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about private and encrypted communications." -- EFF https://t.co/4vVQcYPDct
The bill has bipartisan support and large corporate donors, who all have a vested interest in eroding your privacy and freedom of speech. Similar bills have already passed in other countries and individual states and led to ID scanning mandates, faulty AI moderation, the removal of encrypted messaging, etc.
If passed, some platforms will require ID scans from all users, some may try to deploy faulty 'estimation' technology that will randomly trigger and cause your accounts to be either permanently deleted or locked until you fork over an ID. These systems have been a disaster where deployed in other regions and led to many account losses and data breaches.
America 250 was going to be like a World Fair that would have attracted millions of people.
But Trump stole the money, denied permits, & renamed it Freedom 250 so he could make it all about himself & Republicans.
Trump stole America's Birthday from you! 🤬
Natalina. She's not nearly as sweet as Celestina. In fact, she has a pretty abrasive and difficult personality.
I want each girl in the game to have her own distinct personality and character archetype, so they all feel as different from one another as possible =3