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roboe1 · 2 months

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News and Headlines: 2/16/2024.

In The News Today: U.S. and UN Funding Linked to Increase in Migrant Journey to Southern Border The United States government, under the Biden administration, has significantly increased its financial contributions to the United Nations’ migration-focused agencies, notably the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with allocations nearing $1.3 billion in 2023. This funding, aimed at…

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#Commentary/Opinion #Free Speech/Censorship #Globalism #Lara Logan #Tucker On Twitter #Videos

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elhopper1sm · 2 months

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If you wanna protect AO3 or character ai. Or Wattpad. Or Tumblr. Or discord. Or even the right for undocumented people and minors to use the fucking Internet reblog this I swear to God. Reblog this and reblog as many KOSA posts as you can go on their website and contact your Representatives. Do it. Do it. Do it.

#stop kosa #kosa #kids online safety act #internet freedom #pro ao3 #ao3 #lgbtq #free speech #anti censorship

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whydidisavethistomyphone · 1 year

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#tiktok ban #censorship #unconstitutional #free speech #first ammendment #big brother #dystopian

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txtstotheworld · 18 days

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Do you think kosa is actually going to pass?

Cause I keep on hearing rumors that it is going to…

While I do attempt to keep my opinions off of this blog, I will answer this question.

I feel like yes, there is a high probability of KOSA passing. Especially with bills akin to those in Florida and Kansas being passed.

I personally am against KOSA. I need you all to realize that if this passes, my blog is being deleted. I am a minor, and my parents do not know about my social medias. Nor do they need to know.

However, we must realize that

A: KOSA has not left senate as of April 5th (senate will not return until the 8th)

B: Many bills are being produced to provide better solutions to the problem KOSA claims to solve

C: It has to pass every other step in the law making process

D: The bill will not be enforced until 18 months after it is instated.

I highly encourage you all to research and protest. Do not take rumors at face value. Research. Look up what is true. If we don't look into things, misinformation can be spread. We do not know anything for sure until it happens.

RESOURCES:

STOP INTERNET CENSORSHIP DISCORD

BAD INTERNET BILLS

SENATE SCHEDULE

ANTI KOSA PETITION

FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE (SENATE)

FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE (HOUSE)

CALL SCRIPTS:

Use left if your rep is republican, use right if democratic.

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whereserpentswalk · 5 months

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Nonsexual nudity needs to be fully accepted in our society. It should be legal in public. It should be allowed in media regardless of rating or target audience. There is nothing about the human body that is inherently harmful to see or inherently sexual. Reblog if you agree.

#196 #my thougts #leftism #leftist #proship #anti censorship #anti capitalist #anti christianity #free speech #anarchism #libertarian socialism #social issues #social justice #queer #proshipper safe

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bear-cubs-art-things · 18 days

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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"

-Evelyn Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire

The first amendment allows us to say what we want, whenever we want, without our government punishing us for our words. KOSA, therefore, is violating our first amendment rights. It's mass censorship of the internet, and our right to freedom of speech is being suppressed BY THE GOVERNMENT. Our founding fathers created this as THE FIRST AMENDMENT, and clearly thought this was important. Oh, wouldn't they be disappointed to see what their descendants are doing now. KOSA, a mass censorship bill that will contradict our constitution as we know it. KOSA, which instead of protecting the kids is in fact putting them in harms way. KOSA, which will put so so many people in danger. And we can stop it, but we have to fight. We MUST fight

To hear one voice clearly, we must have the freedom to hear them all

#kosa #stop kosa #fuck kosa #anti kosa #internet censorship #internet freedom #censorship #censorship bill #first amendment #freedom of speech #kids online safety act #kids online safety bill #bear rambles #this is so important. We HAVE to fight for our right of free speech #We MUST.#We can't allow the government to take away our rights.#and this whole post is based on my knowledge that I've accumulated. It may not he entirely accurate but it's pretty damn close

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sealpup9 · 1 year

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Internet Archive Live Hearing happens tomorrow: March 20, 2023

Here's a link to the Internet Archive's page, describing how you can participate and listen to oral arguments on Monday March 20th at 1pm ET

You may know the Internet Archive because of the Wayback Machine!!

The court case Hachette v Internet Archive is being brought to court and threatens to tear down the Internet Archive as we know it.

"The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library, preserving and providing access to cultural artifacts of all kinds in electronic form. CDL allows people to check out digital copies of books for two weeks or less, and only permits patrons to check out as many copies as the Archive and its partner libraries physically own. That means that if the Archive and its partner libraries have only one copy of a book, then only one patron can borrow it at a time, just like any other library. Through CDL, the Internet Archive is helping to foster research and learning by helping its patrons access books and by keeping books in circulation when their publishers have lost interest in them."

This is so important because not only does the Internet Archive provide books that are long out of circulation and copies for people to borrow, they are also used as sources for things like Wikipedia articles! Imagine if suddenly, no one could access sources that someone cites for their information! Having access to information digitally today is a very important thing, and with all of the paywalls people face nowadays for news, imagine if you suddenly had to pay for access to any books. Websites like Amazon already are attempting to replace any sort of ebook rentals with paid services, when we have the right to borrow books online just as we do physically. The Internet Archive is extremely important and one of our rights- access to information- is actively being fought against.

REMEMBER: This will not JUST affect the internet archive. This could change how libraries in general work, and could threaten public access to information. Imagine how many youtube video essay sources would be null and void, imagine just trying to research an obscure topic at 3am-- If all of that was behind a paywall, only those with money would be able to access them! The harder it is for libraries to share books and archive information, the more the public suffers!

Please show your support! Read more about the case here: https://www.eff.org/cases/hachette-v-internet-archive

https://www.battleforlibraries.com/

I'm not sure how quick Tumblr will work on approving this blazed post but if the day/time has passed, please know that you can actively look into more information on this case and other info on the Internet Archive Blogs. You can also add your name to a list of supporters of Battle for Libraries Here.

Let's work together on making sure we have access to information! In this digital age, we deserve to access just as much online as we do offline!

#internet archive #Hachette v. Internet Archive #Battle for libraries #free speech #access to information #human rights #libraries #archive.org #wayback machine #non profit #signal boost #important #censorship #book banning #books #librarians #public libraries #public library #politics

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siryouarebeingmocked · 4 months

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A lot of people can't tell the difference between "a right" and "is right". They think people should only have the right to do Good Things™.

banning hate speech gives minorities more freedom to express themselves

They already had that freedom, same as anyone else, whether or not someone else was a dick about it.

Also, if they're minorities, you're reducing the freedom of the majority of people, which means that there's a net loss in freedom.

Also also, attempts to curb hate speech have also affected minorities. Like when Youtube tried to suppress far right videos, and somehow ended up suppressing LGBT creators.

>countries with HS laws don't rank worse when we look at results

Which I'm sure you're about to provide a citation for any minute now, which will totally not be from a left-wing statist organization that made up definitions to measure.

> banning even the tiniest amount of speech means there's no free speech

>if there's any restrictions on free speech, that means the restrictions I want are automatically okay

There's a slight difference between "will directly cause harm to others" (like inciting violence) and "doubleplus ungood crimespeech about certain identity groups".

“Hate speech” is just the latter, and it's been used to censor things which are objectively true.

Also, state censorship has frequently used to shut up minorities, especially political ones.

#censorship #reddit #stupid #lolgic #free speech #long #oh snap

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alwaysbewoke · 4 months

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being anti-genocide is not allowed on meta

like i said before, i don't mess with shaun king like that, but that being said, many things about one thing can be true at the same time. it is very clear that there is a wave of censorship happening across social media against pro-palestinian content in favor of israeli propaganda. so whether or not you like shaun or not, it is very clear what is happening and why. there is clearly a genocide happening in gaza that is being perpetuated by colonizing power. a genocide against an indigenous population for land, resources, and power. basically the same thing america did to the natives here. had it not been for people like shaun king (flawed as he may be), many people would not be aware of the heinous acts of israel against the palestinian people right now. so even as someone who is not a shaun king fan, i am not so myopic in my view of things to not realize that he served a positive purpose when it comes to the israeli genocide of palestinians.

on a much larger scale, whenever a platform or a power attacks someone popular, one of the goals is to send a message to everyone else that they are not safe and that they should back off. it's like a football coach picking on and cursing out their hall of fame quarterback. when everyone else who isn't as popular or powerful sees that on the team, they immediately realize that they must fall in line or worse can happen to them. that's the goal of banning shaun king from ig. however as a black man who understands how connected all oppressive systems are, we cannot slow down. may i remind all my brothers and sisters that israel is where police forces like the nypd go and train in abusive violent tactics, which they then come back to america and overwhelmingly exercise on black and brown bodies. so if you think this does not affect you, you are sadly and deeply mistaken. additionally, this kind of censorship is going to spread. if we don't fight back, it won't be long before you will be arrested for speaking out against israel. this is what israel wants, and they have the money and political power to make it happen. you can either sit back and let it happen or you can fight back. however, make no mistake, it's coming, and this is the first major blow that the enemy has struck in their offensive against our free speech.

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philosophicalconservatism · 2 months

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People who try to silence instead of refute an opposing point of view ultimately believe that human beings are too witless to be persuaded and therefore they must be herded and lead about like animals by a political shepherd who understands what is best for them. This is a vision in which the statesman does not represent but controls his constituents. The people do not have the control unless they have knowledge about everything that is going on around them, and all of their intellectual options.

#free speech #misinformation #censorship #conservative

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roboe1 · 2 months

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News and Headlines: 3/1/2024.

In The News Today: Schools BUCKLE under migrant strain and extra $2 billion price tag ‘Unchecked illegal immigration is having an impact on families across the country, and is being felt acutely by children in public schools,’ Burke and Ries told DailyMail.com in an email. US Customs and Border Protection says it encountered 145,474 children in the 2023 financial year — including both those…

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elhopper1sm · 2 months

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Stop KOSA. KOSA just got passed through the House and More organizations even Twitter and Snapchat. Social media companies it aims to delete are coming out in support of it. This content creator has been covering KOSA for a long time. If you remember when AO3 was down how everyone freaked out. KOSA could take AO3 off the Internet. Could remove queer content online. The ACLU opposes it. It's unconstitutional call your Senators. Call your Representatives. Call everyone you can in power and tell them to oppose this bill. Sign petitions follow the link in that creators bio. Go to bad Internet Bills dot com and get call script or fax script for it. Contact the ACLU about suing states that support KOSA. We can still fight. End KOSA protect online safety!

#stop kosa #kosa #kids online safety act #free speech #lgbtq #pro ao3 #ao3feed #anti censorship #internet freedom #aclu

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queerism1969 · 10 months

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txtstotheworld · 17 days

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Hey..I have a question for you : if they pass the Kosa bill then,they will not be enforced until 18 months after it is instated..This is true?

Also..

I saw on "hearing and meetings" that the hearing will be until April 17..

Yes, it sounds stupid and maybe it’s not true, but I’m very afraid and not ready to lose the Internet.I really don't know which information is true (because some of it is a lie).In addition, everyone is in a panic and everyone claims that after this date we will lose the Internet forever..Everyone says that we can stop the Kosa bill or something like that, but I doubt it…I'm against Kosa, but I'm still afraid

It is completely okay to be fearful. However, those who say that it is all over if KOSA gets passed are wrong. We can keep fighting back by protesting and making them hear us.

However going to the information bit...

As of right now, KOSA has not left the senate.

On April 17th, an entirely different thing will be discussed. The only thing that I saw that could potentially be KOSA is on the 10th.

If KOSA is voted on that day, majority needs to support it. And even if it passes senate, then it needs to go through the other steps to become a law on a national scale. We have time.

And yes, it says in the bill it will be put into effect 18 months after it becomes law.

Warning: I am getting into rant territory, if you do not want to read it, scroll on. There are resources at the very bottom.

I encourage you all to do your own research. Read laws, spread awareness, and make your own posts sharing what you know to be true. Fight misinformation. Misinformation is what kills a cause.

People saying that the fight is over if KOSA gets past is making people want to stop fighting. They think that they all be powerless after the proverbial event, but that's not true. We can keep fighting even after the law is potentially put in place.

Keep calling your reps, keep protesting, keep fighting.

RESOURCES:

STOP INTERNET CENSORSHIP DISCORD

BAD INTERNET BILLS

CHANGE DOT ORG PETITION

FIND YOUR REP (SENATE)

FIND YOUR REP (HOUSE)

CALL SCRIPTS:

Use left if your rep is democratic, use right if republican.

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whereserpentswalk · 9 days

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You have to be at peace with the fact that not everything you find disgusting is immoral. There's no secret way out of it.

#196 #my thougts #leftist #leftism #proship #profic #anti capitalism #anti censorship #free speech #discourse #social issues #social justice

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enigma2meagain · 1 year

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RESTRICT Act: The TikTok Ban is a Smokescreen for PATRIOT ACT 2.0. EDIT: KOSA and EARN IT Act are also back.

EDIT: So now we not only have RESTRICT to worry about, but we also have the EARN IT Act and the Kids Online Safety Act to deal with.

See here for my previous post on it. Fuck Blumenthal and Blackburn for trying to bring back two pro-censorship bills on top of the RESTRICT Act.

And Evan provides some insight on it.

EDIT: SO it turns out that Meta IS partly behind this, but it’s also due to Silicon Valley AND the government wanting more power and control. More information in the links provided below.

EDIT: List of Sponsors has been removed for easier reading. You can still find the list in the Link to the bill itself.

EDIT: Meta-related information apparently incorrect. Updated for accuracy.

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Here is a link to the bill:

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This RESTRICT Act is EXTREMELY authoritarian and violating privacy and the 1st Amendment. It’s being disguised as being about banning TikTok, but it’s VASTLY overreaching and basically gives far too much power to the government.

How bad is this bill? Bad enough that pretty much every side of the political spectrum opposes this bill once they took a closer look at it beyond the TikTok smokescreen.

The following points were articulated succinctly by tumblr user @logan-galbraith (used with permission):

This act, while saying it's to insure American's personal information will be safe from foreign powers, it goes much deeper than that.

It will give the United States Government the power to remove and ban ANY online service they deem "a security risk" while making it so they do not need just cause and do not need to clarify or release a public statement.

It allows them the power to gather American's data without our knowledge or consent and even force us to submit documentation for anything they wish.

It protects the government from scrutiny on this, and if you try to speak about it and inform people on what it ACTUALLY allows, they can claim it to be false information and charge you.

It prevents you from using a VPN as it's seen as a breach of information security, thus they can charge you. (Uncertain on accuracy. Crossed out until more concrete information is revealed)

Failure to abide by these "guidelines" can lead to a fine up to ONE MILLION DOLLARS and/or 20 YEARS in prison.

And above all it does NOTHING to prevent AMERICAN companies from collecting and selling your data.

It doesn't matter what political party you're on, because BOTH parties in office want this. This is not about sides. This is about the ENTIRE government stripping our rights away so they can keep lining their own pockets.

And that’s what the TikTok ban really is; a smokescreen for Congress to grab more power. This is the PATRIOT ACT VERSION 2. This has BIPARTISAN support and approval from the Biden Administration.

The scary part is that this bill is being approved under THIS administration...and it’s STILL incredibly bad.

What would end up happening if an openly fascist leader were brought into power? All of sudden, ANYONE and ANYTHING could become a target or considered an adversary under the flimsiest of pretenses.

What should YOU do?

Well, the same thing as past horribly invasive bills like EARN IT and KOSA; we make a LOT of noise, and get the word out.

While there has been increasing amounts of negative press and opposition on this bill, it’s hard to tell how much this has really slowed thing down. As such, getting the word out on how bad this bill is CRUCIAL. Make it EXTREMELY CLEAR that the TikTok ban is just a smokescreen, and that this is nakedly authoritarian and dangerously unconstitutional.

And PLEASE call your Senators.

Find your 2 senators numbers here.

Fax them, email them.

Tell them they MUST oppose this bill. Calmly make it clear to them that if they support this bill, then you will vote for someone else who doesn’t go along with this blatant act of authoritarian intent. CONTACT any major human rights and cybersecurity related organizations and let them know about this bill. Get this out to any local news groups that you can.

There’s some petitions by groups like ACLU: https://go.peoplepower.org/letter/tiktok-ban

They are betting on people being blissfully ignorant of this, that it’s “Just about a Silly App”, so they will not expect you to contact them about this. They are trying to weasel this through in order to give themselves more power, and we won’t be able to do anything about it without the risk of being jailed or censored.

Here’s a part of a rough script if you need one. Add in more based on what is relevant:

"Just to make you aware I do not support the TikTok ban and I do not support the Restrict Act. If this bill is passed I will not support any official who supports that bill. Instead, I will be spending all my time and energy supporting your opponents in the primaries."

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A list of links/citations:

Truthout Article 4/02/2023: Restrict Act Critics Call the Far-Reaching “TikTok Ban” Bill a “Patriot Act 2.0”

Dailydot Article 3/10/2023: “The RESTRICT Act isn’t about banning TikTok—it’s designed to force a sale”

Lawfareblog.com 3/23/2023: “Two New Bills on TikTok and Beyond: The DATA Act and RESTRICT Act”

Reuters Article 3/28/2023: “If TikTok is banned, brace for epic First Amendment fight”

VICE Article 3/29/2023: The 'Insanely Broad' RESTRICT Act Could Ban Much More Than Just TikTok

Reason Article 3/31/2023: The RESTRICT Act Would Restrict a Lot More Than TikTok

ArsTechnica Article 3/31/2023: Meta can’t buy TikTok, so it hired GOP operatives to run a smear campaign

https://twitter.com/evan_greer/status/1642721929013362688?s=46&t=9ilK5pqP73XDblTtTbb4Qg

https://twitter.com/Imani_Barbarin/status/1640527908790837250?t=nTf7qCAcXB1s1RE-fb2Cwg&s=19

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#STOPRESTRICTACT #tiktok ban #RESTRICT ACT #Fuck the RESTRICT Act #internet censorship #free speech #stop internet censorship #Mass surveillance #internet privacy #everyone for this bill wants to be even richer #legislation #politics

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