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taggydrawsthingz335 · 2 months

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i doubt kosa will pass. im 100 percent sure it wont pass. we still have time.

...that being said. PLEASE spread awareness about it. even if u cant sign a petition or anything like that, please spread awareness about it.

theres still a chance it CAN pass. and i dont want that to happen.

i have so many ppl that i talk to through the internet. i dont want to lose that.

PLEASE research. PLEASE spread. PLEASE sign and email your represenetives. we still have time.

#kosa #stop kosa #fuck kosa #internet freedom #kosa bill #stop bad internet bills #important

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thelunarsystemwrites · 2 months

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ENDING KOSA!

The only reason it didn't pass the first two times is because we spoke out about it!

DON'T PANIC, TAKE ACTION.

LET'S GET KOSA TRENDING TO GET IT ENDING!

#End kosa #Kosa #Stop kosa #stop bad internet bills #bad internet bills #bad bills

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kimslovebin · 1 month

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hi again, im gonna link the KOSA masterpost and try and get the kosa tag to go on trending, we need more people to talk about how dangerous KOSA is and can affect all of us. If we can get the tiktok ban tag to trend, so we can with the stop kosa tag.

EDIT: IT HAS NOT BEEN PASSED YET. READ THIS TWEET.

if this bill passes (which I'm guaranteed it won't since it violates the first amendment and it has been shut down before.) it can affect queer people, palestinians, and more. you would need your ID to use socials, your parents can see what your doing online, you will NOT have any privacy if this bill ends up passing. (Which again it won't, we need to keep speaking up about it.)

also if you have an issue with me talking about this so much then just block me and move on, this is serious and should be more well known.

SPEAK UP ABOUT KOSA AND STOP INTERNET CENSORSHIP.

small edit: if this post has any misinfo then please let me know, a lot of misinformation has been going around and I don't want to spread something that is false !!

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spiritmander13 · 2 months

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CAN I GET A FUCK KOSA IN THE CHAT

#fuck kosa #kosa #kosa bill #stop kosa #bad internet bills #stop bad internet bills #kids online safety act #LET'S GET THIS BITCH TRENDING

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cheshire-j · 9 months

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KOSA UPDATE

It passed the Commerce Committee markup with a unaminous vote. But this shit is far from over.

Keep calling your senators and representatives, email them, and POST about the KOSA bill and its dangers!

KOSA is dangerous as it now threatens end to end encryption, which means EVERYTHING we have internet is in threat of being compromised. We NEED to do something about it and even if you have anxiety, you can do something about. I did, and I felt like I was going to die as I was doing it, but I did it!

If you're not comfortable with calling, email them, sign petitions, post about it on social media. Blow KOSA up, it worked last time and that's why it didn't pass. So let's do it again!

We need action, our privacy and our safety is at stake! This goes beyond violating our 1st and 4th amendments!

STOP KOSA

STOP EARN IT ACT

STOP RESTRICT ACT

These bills are a threat to kids AND adults and they need to be stopped! Keep calling, keep emailing, keep being a pain in their ass!

Edit: No further moves are going to be made on KOSA until after August as Congress is on recess, but it WILL come back in September. So we need to keep pushing, we need to be loud! Keep calling and email your representatives and senators!

#wattpad #fanfiction #archive of our own #kosa #politics #earn it act #restrict act #protest #stop kosa #bad internet bills #stop bad internet bills

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anobjectshowguy · 2 months

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I hope people in the OSC (and other fandoms in general) who are ok with or neutral about Kosa realize that not only will we lose a bunch of platforms that allow us to interact with each other (Tumblr, discord, Ao3, Wattpad, Twitter, YouTube, etc) but will also get rid of at least 80-95% of our fandom.

The OSC consists mostly of people between 13-17 who (if Kosa goes through the Senate and Houses of Representatives and gets passed as a law) will most likely no longer have access to YouTube and other social platforms which actively kills almost all the people who read and watch Object Shows!

By visiting and sharing animated shows like II or BFDI those creators make money which gives them the means to keep making their shows and paying their animators, voice actors, writers and so much more. This bill will actively get rid of most of the people who watch these shows which will cause a large loss in support and revenue for these creators and will most likely mean the end for any smaller object show.

Object show comics rely on people sharing them around in fandom spaces since they’re not animated and put on YouTube like animated object shows are. By losing these spaces and the people who support their content these creators will no longer be able to reach a large audience and get the support they need to continue their comics. This means that we will lose a lot of the comics that the OSC has!

Most of the content you see in the OSC is made by minors, which this bill will actively destroy and thus kill this fandom and many others!

So I am begging of you OSC and other communities, Please please please sign petitions, tell your senators and representatives that you don’t want this bill to pass, and tell anyone that you can reach about how this Bill is a violation of privacy and minors' rights! Re-blog anything you see with helpful information about what Kosa is and keep talking about it! We need to tell people about it so that this doesn’t go through the Senate. Remember, the final day is February 26, we don’t have that long!!!

Here’s some helpful resources:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills

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hyacinthmewn · 2 months

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Please do whatever you can to stop KOSA. The internet is supposed to be a safe place for all. And KOSA violating the 1st Amendment and is trying to BLOCK that freedom.

I hope and pray that this awful bill doesn’t pass. For me at least, the internet is a safe place for me. It’s one of the only places I can be myself and be supported by communities and friends I’ve made, and KOSA will tear that apart.

Please, do whatever you can to stop KOSA. Talk to reps, sign petitions, spread awareness. PLEASE.

KOSA will block awareness for world genocides and wars, support for the LGBTQ+ community, and more. It’s not just children they’re trying to “protect” (“protect” in this sense being; “CENSOR AND CODDLE TO MAKE SURE NO ONE IS AWARE OF **REAL** ISSUES IN THE WORLD AND ONLINE.”) .

So please, reach out and do whatever you can.

thank you

#STOP KOSA #SPREAD THE WORD!!!#anti kosa #anti-kosa #end KOSA #internet freedom #save the internet from kosa #stop bad internet bills #bad internet bills #freedom of speech #my post #text post #us politics

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akalikestodraw · 2 months

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Guys I'm genuinely fucking scared rn if kosa passes I'll lose everything I'll lose my moots ,friends,found family and my qpps which i have no other way to contact the internet is the only thing that kept me sane over the holidays it's the only reason I've learned so much about myself and other ppl like me,it's given me a major sense of belonging and i CAN'T have it taken away from me

All I beg is that we...

STOP KOSA!!!

#aka talks #stop kosa #we can do this #bad internet bills #kosa #stop bad internet bills #im sick and tired of this #art #artists on tumblr #osc #dragons

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taggydrawsthingz335 · 2 months

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this will be like the last kosa post ill make but

i keep seeing ppl quit on here and ppl saying "if it passes ill miss all of u" DONT HAVE THAT MINDSET!!!!

i get it seems pretty dreary, but we still have time!

keep sharing, keep reblogging posts! dont have a mentality like that!

#kosa #stop kosa #fuck kosa #bad internet bills #stop bad internet bills

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thelunarsystemwrites · 2 months

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WE. WILL. WIN.

KOSA Is gonna get defeated if we try hard enough, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHOSE SPOKE OUT ABOUT IT SO FAR!!

We keep pushing, keep hoping, keep fighting!

#end bad bills #stop bad internet bills #i'm bad with words #bad internet bills #bad bills #Stop kosa #End kosa #No kosa #Kosa #Anti kosa #kids online safety act #Definitely an 'act'#BECAUSE ITS BULLSHIT!

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kimslovebin · 17 days

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THE KOSA TAG IS TRENDING BUT DO NOT GIVE UP WE STILL HAVE TIME TO SPREAD AWARENESS AND DO SOMETHING TO STOP IT !!! STOP KOSA !!!

UPDATE: it stopped trending but still, keep pushing guys

link to the kosa masterpost + what you can do

my post about the bill

#kosa bill #kosa #kids online safety bill #stop bad internet bills #stop censorship #stop internet censorship #self ship #oc x canon #self ship community #fictional other #self shipping #f/o imagines #imagine your favorite character #stop kosa #signal boost #kids online safety act

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disabledopossum · 1 month

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The rich do not deserve peace.

The brutality of zionists and the US is absolutely gut wrenching.

I've seen parents carrying the remains of their children, some in bags and other's wrapped in white sheets.

How can you look at their suffering and wish more harm on them?

Greed is a sickening disease.

People are suffering, and all those in power can think is: "We need to ban tiktok, the chinese are causing them to turn on us."

No, we turned on you when you used OUR money to fund the genocide of so many innocent people.

You're the monsters.

Children are starving.

They're living in tents, while you sit in your ivory towers hoarding your wealth.

Break the old system. We have to dismantle it, board by board and ensure this cycle ends.

#palestine #congo #sudan #syria #eat the rich #tiktok ban #kosa #kosa bill #stop kids online safety act #stop bad internet bills

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cheshire-j · 3 months

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KOSA UPDATE!!

So I've been out of the loop for a while, but apparently we're going through this again 🙄.

From what I've heard, KOSA is going to be a topic of discussion this week (Jan 31, 2024) and from the sounds of it there have been ZERO changes made to the bill.

There is a fine line between legitimately protecting children and censoring and eliminating the privacy of everybody.

If protecting children is a concern, why not address the root cause of the issue. I.E. address any and all forms of bullying, take away communication options from people who have a history of being predatory....

There are other ways to protect children! And KOSA, and bills similar to it, are not it!

I ask that you please contact your senators and representatives, tell them to vote no, tell them the reason why KOSA is bad, read the bill and speak out about it.

KOSA does not protect kids, not with the way it currently is; it only seeks to remove the privacy of everybody such as implementing age verification. In addition, it will restrict or outright ban certain apps or media that the government deems as inappropriate, which is a violation of our First Ammendment to free press and speech.

Contact your senators and representatives ASAP. We CANNOT let this pass!

#stop kosa #kosa #stop bad internet bills #bad internet bills #wattpad #fanfiction #politics #archive of our own #protest #ao3 writer #art #tiktok #psa

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chaotickit · 2 months

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hey i havent really been commenting on kosa because i havent done enough research to know the details but like

Don't give up yet!

even if kosa passes today, there will still be time until anything actually happens. this means theres still time to sign petitions and keep spreading the word!

please dont say your goodbyes yet. keep fighting!

#sorry if i worded that weird .#i dont really know how to put my thoughts into words #kosa #kosa bill #stop kosa #kids online safety act #kids online safety bill #stop bad internet bills #stop internet censorship

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wist-eri · 2 months

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i’m not really sure about what KOSA does to censor the internet. what exactly is there to it? i’ve heard a lot of awareness posts about it but not about what it actually does

i’m just going to copy-paste and slightly edit a previous reblog i made. though i’m not too sure how completely accurate this is, hopefully this can be of help if anyone wants a bit more info or wants to write a letter on their own:

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basically, they’re forcing companies to limit certain content based on age and what could be considered dangerous to minors. they do somewhat give examples of what’s “mature content” but 1. they’re incredibly vague and 2. they open up for many other interpretations.

they also give the state attorney general the right to file a civil lawsuit against companies they think is infringing on this and showing minors “mature content.” however, this also means that this is completely up to the state attorney + state court’s interpretation, which can VERY EASILY be influenced by personal and political views. aka, a lot of LGBTQ information and other resources can be easily censored if the state deems it unnecessary for minors (and if the state court agrees with that belief). if one state does that successfully, it causes a ripple effect. aka, this can literally lead to censorship and the bill is straight up allowing that interpretation.

and another qualm i have with the bill (other than just the censorship part): the bill also states that they want ways to verify a user’s age so that they can filter content properly. however, the only way that’s truly foolproof is LITERAL GOVERNMENT IDS. this basically means that your personal information is collected by a “covered company” (the term they use for social media platforms and stuff) and used for age verification. let me tell you i don’t think that’s a good idea AT ALL. it compromises everyone’s security, not just minors. like, what are they gonna do in the case of a data leak / security breach? how many people will have their personal information revealed and taken advantage of?

KOSA is a trojan horse with a LOT of consequences. it’s way too risky to implement into congress at this current stage, unless either of these problems can be solved through amending the bill or just straight up not approving it entirely.

ALSO: the bill is currently introduced in the SENATE and is being contemplated over. however, there’s still a lot the bill needs to do before it passes into law (house of representatives, president, etc) aka, do not stop expressing how DANGEROUS this bill is, in the case it’s passed in the senate. keep talking when it’s in the house of representatives. do what you can

THIS TOO: (https://www.stopkosa.com/)

#wist talks #stop kosa #stop bad internet bills #stop kids online safety act #internet censorship #internet freedom

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