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URGENT: Congress about to pass a mass censorship and surveillance bill under the guise of "protecting children"

May 13 2023

The Senate has been in a "do something!" mode regarding children's online safety. They're using this as an excuse to push for widespread internet censorship and surveillance. I already spoke about the EARN IT Act, which has a slimmer chance of passing with widespread opposition and a few senators saying they won't vote for it. The real threat is actually KOSA (s.1409), the Kid's Online Safety Act. It does two primary things:

First, KOSA pressures platforms to install filters that would wipe the net of anything deemed “inappropriate” for minors. This means instructing platforms to censor. We saw how these filters impacted websites firsthand with tumblr in 2018, with not only blocking all adult content but also sfw queer content such as suicide hotlines, art archives, wiping out entire blogs because they had queer fandom related posts, etc. Places that already use content filters have restricted important information about suicide prevention and LGBTQ+ support groups. KOSA would spread this kind of censorship to every corner of the internet. And who gets to decide what is and isn't harmful for minors? Oh don't worry, just every single state attorney general and the FTC, which is appointed by the president. You know, the same attorney generals that just banned gender-affirming healthcare under the guise that it "ruins mental health" of minors. This is why the Heritage Foundation was one of the first to sponsor the bill because they can use it to censor trans content, and Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is it's co-author.

Second, KOSA would ramp up the online surveillance of all internet users by forcing websites to use age verification and parental monitoring tools. Yup, that's right. Now every single person who wants to access the internet has to upload their govt ID online to third party apps that get hacked all the time. You queer in a red state? You undocumented? You an activist? Have fun getting all your online activity and metadata attached to your govt ID.  

Over 90+ human and LGBT rights groups agree that KOSA is dangerous and updates to the 2023 version won’t and can’t address the big problems with the bill. This bill has MASSIVE bipartisan support, and the authors Blumenthal and Blackburn (yes, that Blumenthal that's pushing the EARN IT Act, and who also sponsored the RESTRICT Act and SOPA/PIPA if you remember) are using the tragedy of mothers who lost their kids to online harassment and young adults who've been traumatized online to lobby for it, and got Dove the company to use a bunch of influencers to push for this under the guise it prevents eating disorders...I wish I was lying. There are already 30 co-sponsors.

HOW TO FIGHT KOSA

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES & THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

This is a link to the Senate Commerce Committee phone numbers and a call script to read off of. [phone] connects you to the congressional hotline

Opposition is getting drowned, and these upcoming weeks will be heavy for lobbying and they're using young people to do it. We NEED to show these senators that young people are actually opposed to this and don't want it.

2. Sign these petitions

Open Letter Against KOSA

Petition 1

Petition 2

Petition 3

Petition 4

Resistbot: Text PHJDYH to 50409

3. Spread the word.

The opposition is getting absolutely drowned online. Dove has nearly 100k signatures to push for KOSA. Influencers on tiktok are pushing for this without ever having read the bill. Fucking Lizzo is sponsoring it. If you have twitter, reddit, tiktok, are in any community, SPREAD THE WORD, PLEASE.

Here is a linktree with all the above petitions for easy shargin: Link to linktree

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I'm hungover and still slightly drunk, because day drinking is a bitch and so is napping for over an hour after a bit too much alcohol

I feel like I'm going to throw up, I've got a headache, and yet I still have to actively convince myself not to sing

BABYYYY I COMPARE YOU TO A KISS FROM A ROOOSE~

As if it's not 10:31 pm in a household that goes to sleep at 7:00 pm, and a house that has thin walls and no hallways

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You know, when I went to see the rocky horror picture show for the first time, I wasn't expecting someone to shout:

"RIFF RAFF SHOW US HOW YOU FINGER YOUR SISTER"

Like- 10 minutes into the movie. AND FOR HIM TO START MOVING HIS HAND LIKE HE IS IN FACT FINGERING MAGENTA, AND NOT STOP UNTIL THE TIME WARP STARTS

I also didn't expect to be displayed to the rest of the audience next to my best friend and make it to the final round of voting in the fashion show

Or for the cards we threw to be teenage mutant ninja turtle themed.

Or for my ex boyfriend's stepmother to lean over from her row after the time warp and say "your pelvic thrust needs work"

#the rocky horror picture show

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update:

There's multiple Simpburs (I've known about this for a while but it's only become relevant to this acc recently)

Pink, orange, blue, the yellows, and the newest addition: magenta.

Pink and magenta are the ones that are interested in me

But I hadn't met magenta till pretty recently.

She and pink are siblings.

Which is hilarious because:

This magenta has a brother too..

And my name certainly starts with a J

So, I talked to Toms (not the toothpaste brand)

He says that it's likely for simpbur to still be interested in me, just not romantically, because romance takes too much commitment.

So that'll be fun.

It'll be a fwb type situation

Honestly can't wait

#if it's not obvious I'm making a joke about #the rocky horror picture show #because #yk #magenta #and #riff raff #both fucked #Janet #sooo #it's funny #and I'm hyperfixated on the rocky horror picture show #simpbur

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So, I talked to Toms (not the toothpaste brand)

He says that it's likely for simpbur to still be interested in me, just not romantically, because romance takes too much commitment.

So that'll be fun.

It'll be a fwb type situation

Honestly can't wait

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"you don't seem autistic to me"

That's because you still see me as a woman, and you think women can't be autistic.

Along with the fact that I'm actually more intelligent than you, and you don't think autistic people can be smart. In fact I should be up a grade or two, but choose not to be, out of spite for an education system that has never accommodated me or my loved ones in a way that has been actually helpful without giving you all the opportunity to publicly make a fool of us.

The fact I don't seem autistic to you despite having very obvious and completely unmasked autistic traits, just tells me that you're an asshole that I'd never talk to outside of this environment, where I'm forced to entertain you like a circus animal, or I get in trouble for "being rude" for calling you out on your dehumanizing behavior.

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We broke up.

Techno texted me.

Simpbur and I are no longer dating.

Which means I'm single, and soon will be trying to repress my memories of being with him.

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Ways to get involved with the movement:

Attend your local March for Queer and Trans Youth Autonomy on 3/31 (find your nearest march here)

Donate—visit our website or find us on Venmo/Paypal/Cashapp (@queeryouthassemble); we are fundraising for poster and first aid supplies, to pay speakers/interpreters, and transportation costs :)

If you can directly donate services or materials, please reach out to [email protected]!

Be a marshal in DC—apply here!

Organize a walkout at your school

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shout out to all the queer folks whose parents were theoretically "liberal" and "allies" until their kid actually came out.

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Tw: father issues and abandonment

So recently (as in right now) I realized something.

I'm not scared because I think they're upset, I'm scared because I'm still braced for them to disappear one night.

I wake up looking for them, even if I know they're not in the house.

Every morning, my first thought is make sure they didn't disappear.

Get up, get ready, and make sure they're not gone forever.

I'm not scared because things aren't perfect. I'm scared because my dad left.

He just disappeared one night with all our electronics and our car.

I woke up in the bed alone, everyone was upset, and I just wanted to play on the Xbox with my dad.

But I couldn't because both were gone.

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It's a choker. He got me a choker for Valentine's day.

It's so fucking cute.

T^T he won't be here on Valentine's day

He'll probably be here on our anniversary, but I was rlly looking forward to seeing him on the 14th

(I live with his family now cus stepdad shit)

I'm so lucky to have him though <33

#simpbur #valentine's day #gift #cute accessories #valentine's day gift

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HE'S COMING OVER TOMORROW AND APPARENTLY HE GOT ME SOMETHING FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

T^T he won't be here on Valentine's day

He'll probably be here on our anniversary, but I was rlly looking forward to seeing him on the 14th

(I live with his family now cus stepdad shit)

I'm so lucky to have him though <33

#simpbur #valentine's day #cute relationship things #i'm so gay for him #gay love

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and for the love of Gd please reblog, I did not tag this with queer tags because it would be selectively biased

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T^T he won't be here on Valentine's day

He'll probably be here on our anniversary, but I was rlly looking forward to seeing him on the 14th

(I live with his family now cus stepdad shit)

I'm so lucky to have him though <33

#simpbur #introject #valentine's day

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It's fine now btw

Simpbur fronted and it was lighthearted enough of an initial conversation to mean we're back to normal.

But uh- holy shit that man is intoxicating.

He's so fucking hot.

Istg.

Head empty, no think, just stare at pretty man who give kiss

#simpbur #dating a simpbur introject is honestly the best decision I've made in a long while

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FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

I DID. I WAS RIGHT.

I FUCKING FORGOT AGAIN.

HOW THE FUCK DID I FORGET AGAIN?

FUCKING HELL

I'm not sure what to think, he just left the room and didn't say anything, until I asked if he was okay, then he asked for space.

I know he deserves space if he needs or wants it, but my anxiety is getting to me, telling me it's my fault, that I did something that made him not want to be around me.

But now comes a worse problem: I don't know if it's actually my anxiety or if it's right, and it's my intuition.

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I'm not sure what to think, he just left the room and didn't say anything, until I asked if he was okay, then he asked for space.

I know he deserves space if he needs or wants it, but my anxiety is getting to me, telling me it's my fault, that I did something that made him not want to be around me.

But now comes a worse problem: I don't know if it's actually my anxiety or if it's right, and it's my intuition.