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[katt / vesper ✧ @polyshowtime]

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[Julie Barrett @juliecbarrett]

The App Store Accountability Act is a de facto Digital ID. It will not give parents the "right to protect their kids" - it is, in fact, a government mandate. That is NOT parental authority, it's government-as-parent.

Mike Lee's bill will force every family into the same mandate. These tools for parents already exist, giving parents the ultimate flexibility, without requiring every citizen to provide verified data to Big Tech just to download an app.

This bill will not protect children, and it will not empower parents. We must say NO to Digital ID!!

[Alex Daugherty @AlexDaugherty1]

Please join all of Nashville in saying hell no to this AI Data Center.

Maybe the easiest petition to sign I’ve ever come across.

[Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV]

This is worse than we thought.

Originally I thought it was hidden in the bill and most who voted for it didn’t know it was in there.

Now they are made aware and have the opportunity to remove it, and they REFUSE.

This is NOT ok.

[DeepHumor @DeepHumor]

The UK government avoids mentioning how this will be enforced: image scanning for all messages sent on phones, ID verification to use messaging, etc.

Not only are they ruining the UK, but they are also inspiring other malicious governments to enact mass surveillance laws like this

[🏴‍☠️CyberTechWolf🏴‍☠️ @CyberTechWolff]

These ass fuck governments wanna rebrand Age Verification and attempts for censorship don't let them fucking rebrand what we're trying to fight against stop them no matter the cost!!!!!!

[Julie Barrett @juliecbarrett]

🚨🚨Digital ID shenanigans happening in ARIZONA!!

HB 2991 is a broad Digital ID bill - one of the most expansive in state policy we've seen this year. Back in March the original HB 2991 was gutted and replaced with a striker that includes not just App Stores and social media platforms, but OS as well

‼️UPDATE: the striker passed out of the Senate committee but hasn't moved to a floor vote. Rumor has it the text of HB 2991 will be included in a BUDGET bill before the end of session. Sneaky sneaky!

See 🧵👇for bill details.

Contact your AZ senator and tell them PARENTS, not government, should be in control of their child's online experience and that this massive data collection is going to put sensitive information on all citizens at risk! https://t.co/KW11MrnQMm

[🏴‍☠️CyberTechWolf🏴‍☠️ @CyberTechWolff]

This age verification requirement is a violation of the first amendment and PARENTS should be the ones responsible for protecting their kids online. The first amendment reads the GOVERNMENT CANNOT interfere with Big Tech.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: The Government is considering a ban on children having conversations with strangers on gaming platforms like Roblox, Fortnite, Discord and Minecraft

[Hotcheesecakes (Clippy) @BLkhoih96132]

going into effect also stops Texans from freely accessing anything they want like books, games, newspapers and yes even social media to express freedom of speech. Yes this places their privacy at risk. https://t.co/JCbJHxo1mT
https://t.co/71AsdyYSn2
https://t.co/1LNvHGYJIg

[Together @Togetherdec]

DIGITAL ID: "Mexico passed law requiring all 127 million cell phone users to register their SIM to a biometric government ID by June 30"

Those supporting "social media bans" here should be aware they are normalising ID verification to get online & even use a phone

Protect internet freedom #together

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

This is what these social media ID verification/age verification laws are really about, and you’re an idiot if u think any of this is about “protecting children.”

[ChaoticTempleKnight @ChaoticTKnight]

There is nothing constitutional about age verification. It is a gross violation of the first amendment because it turns free speech into speech with extra steps.

Forcing me to upload my id to"verify my age" so I can speak at all is NOT free speech in any senses of the concept.

[D. HuskyTron @DHuskytron]

And its quickly becoming more and more important that more people start speaking up against this tyranny NOW!

[DeepHumor @DeepHumor]

Any government that is forcing Discord to implement ID age verification doesn't care about kids
Ken Paxton has a dodgy track record of his own, so this is clearly another attempt at mass surveillance

[Lyudmyla Kozlovska 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @LyudaKozlovska]

Age verification for the internet is the end of human rights and freedom of speech for generations to come.

We are watching the freedom values of Western civilization collapse — adopting the same digital cage that others are already trapped in.

Human rights are taken away every single day — all because too many of us are still not ready to defend them, mistakenly believing these rights are simply given.

Generations fought for these freedoms, high standards of values, and paid with their lives so that we could enjoy and live in a free Western society.

Ask yourself: what have you done, and what are you doing every day, to protect this heritage?

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

It’s giving North Korea

[Fae Johnstone 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @FaeJohnstone]

Bathroom bills, parental notification laws and healthcare bans all have the same goal: making life unlivable for transgender people.

[alpha @omarsbigsister]

Let me you a little secret.
This is a lie. This bill is called the Stop CSAM Act so that no one can look like a bad person by opposing it. But this bill does nothing for CSAM.

In fact, this is a bill to gut Section 230 completely.

Trojan horse of all trojan horses.

[Queen Chimerazilla ☭🐾 @Qveen_Potato]

🚨The US house passed HR 2616. A bill that forcefully outs trans students to their parents.

This bill would do nothing for protection and instead directly harm children, who may feel it's not safe to come out to their parents.

This is direct harm enabled by those in power.

[Gwen ☕ @GwenpostingTTV]

This is a stage in genocide btw. The goalposts have moved over the course of a decade from "trans people are confused" to "trans people are lunatic time bombs who should be imprisoned for the safety of society." It's genocidal language. Elon Musk is a Nazi.