#censorship in usa

[strawberryraviegutz]

FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT TRUMP DID NOT SAVE TIKTOK!! THIS WAS ALL A STUNT TO MAKE HIM LOOK GOOD!!

PAY ATTENTION TO WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT!!

[ye-olde-tardis]

Because we have to talk in code about this on tiktok, I'm here to help spread some helpful tips to all my American anti-fascists out here who may need it. If you see police car that looks like this, (predominant blue stripe),

This is an ICE car. They are out and about right now hunting down immigrants, legal and illegal.

If you see them- or really, any police car- lurking, scream at the top of your lungs.

"La Migra"

Help save a family.

[recreating-reality]

People buy nude statues to put in their front garden and it’s considered typical Mediterranean landscaping. My grandma’s neighbour, and old man worried about his statue falling during grigale storms, tied his down with black ropes around its neck recently. Looked like a proper bdsm artpiece after getting knocked around in the storm one night, and we just look at it and think “cool.”

fountain in italy

[destiel-news-network]

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TikTok chose to shut down US access both earlier than the federal ban mandated (it would start tomorrow, 1/19/25) and in a further-reaching manner than the ban intended (it would have prevented Apple & Google from allowing updates but left the app intact on people's phones).

[kropotkindersurprise]

May 4, 2024 - CNN writes about how the mean anti-genocide protesters silenced a lone counter-protester at the University of Pennsylvania:

How did they silence him, you ask? They drew a circle around him in chalk, and labeled it "Designated Dingus Area":

[bunnyhugs22]

[what-if-i-just-did]

Guys, I would like to point out another important factor of what's going on in the USA the past few days/months.

A lot of websites are having more censorship. There's fascism. Shitty things are happening, yes?

You all know that because you live there. There was a 14 hour tiktok ban. You're sharing pictures, you're using rednote, you're expressing concerns. You're being ragebaited by AIs, put on watchlists, banned and flagged and more.

I only know this because I'm on tumblr, which so far doesn't seem to be censoring much. The more censorship there is... the less anyone outside of the USA will know what's going on.

Even within the USA, those not affected by certain things will become completely unaware of it's existence. Things like transgender bathroom right, disabled marriage disability, the cruelty of Autism Speaks or Salvation Army, all these things will be forgotten. Nobody, unless directly affected, will know what's going on. Allyship, to any minority, is going to massively sink. Advocating for any minority is going to become much, much harder.

[relaxedstyles]

[flurriethefox]

Hey, so, uh…

KOSA literally violates the First Amendment freedoms. If this is passed, then that means the Constitution and Bill of Rights are basically void, because Congress are ignoring them. THATS A PROBLEM

As a teen myself, it pisses me off. I wish for anarchy, with everything the US government has been doing, from supporting Israhell to this bullshit.

Please, do what you can to prevent this from getting passed. It violates everyone’s rights in the US, and if it gets passed, then we’re back to where we started; a monarchy. Just with far too many people.

[pintadorartist]

ADVOCATES IN CONGRESS HAVE THREATENED TO NOT VOTE FOR ANY SPENDING BILLS UNLESS KOSA IS INCLUDED

While the Continuing Resolutions does not include KOSA, advocates for the bill are still pushing VERY HARD to add it to the package of bills, even going as far as to not vote for disaster relief bills if KOSA is not added to the package of bills.

WE HAVE TO CALL AND MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. Below are the posts for contact info and call tools to call, email, and fax both representatives and senators to tell them to say NO to KOSA, it's important to keep up the pressure.

STOP KOSA (SENATE VERSION)

STOP KOSA (HOUSE VERSION)

[captainxtra]

HEADS UP! HR 9495 HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN SENATE!

Reminder on how to find your Senators!

If you have a GOP/MAGA Senator, use this advice from Reddit in trying to convince them to oppose it:

Do not stop fighting!

[mywitchcultblr]

If you are an American artist/fan, change your pixiv account region! Because there's new censorship

Number 5. If your drawing has no 'educational/scientific/artistic value' it won't be allowed to exist. These new censorship are absolute nonsense pushed by credit card company and conservative politicians. Fucking bonkers

It's the same thing when Tumblr banned NSFW and they promised that 'artistic nudity' will still be 'allowed'. I hope every purist on the internet realized that when they whine over anime fan art they are repeating what conservative billionaires and politician are pushing:

The death of art...

[wackypomko]

it does not matter if you are from USA, im chilean and I will still gonna help them!

[eziojensenthe3rd]

Hey if you're are reading this and you're in the us, please call your reps and tell them not to support KOSA because that bill will not do what it advertises and instead will make life on the internet much more dire.

[mysharona1987]