this-is-for-kosa

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URGENT: KOSA GOING TO HOUSE TODAY!!

[ID: a screenshot of a discord message from user @Taikeero-Lecoredier which reads: "@everyone

‼️URGENT: KOSA has been officially introduced in the House as of today.

We need to spread the word on social media and urge people to send emails to Congress through stopkosa.com.

https://www.stopkosa.com/

• There will be a hearing on Wednesday (17th April) where KOSA, along with some other bad internet bills, like the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act could be pushed.

• We will be having a calling day on TUESDAY (16 th April) to make clear to Congress that there is still a ton of opposition to these bills.

https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chair-rodgers-and-ranking-member-pallone-announce-legislative-hearing-on-data-privacy-proposals-1

• House Energy and Commerce is holding the hearing so they are the best offices to call this week ‼️

https://energycommerce.house.gov/representatives

DONT FORGET: You can go to what-to-write-and-say and check pins to know what to say !!

• You can use http://badinternetbills.com/ to contact your congress people!

• And https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative to find all of the phone numbers of your House Representative, and faxzero.com to send up to 5 free faxes a day

SPREAD THE WORD !!" End ID]

^^ PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND CALL, EMAIL AND FAX YOUR REPS ASAP!!

here's another site where you can find your Reps if the one provided above gives you trouble.

here's a perma link to the Stop Internet Censorship Discord, where there are loads of resources and petitions to sign and actions you can take to keep the Internet censorship free.

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omg...

True...

We really need to stop KOSA.

Riots and shit

Fuck this.

I'm going to go to twitter and find stuff there :))

I just realized that the KOSA bill is violating the first amendment. Freedom of speech, religion, & assembly

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HEY YOU.

STOP. KOSA. share these posts about. KOSA will practically destroy the internet. AO3. Character AI. Tumblr. EVERYTHING.

spread awareness!!!!

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YES

if you are a USAmerican and care about any of the following:

fandom spaces and activities, such as shipping, fanart, fanfiction, and more

the LGBTQ+ community

sexism, feminism

racisism, racial equality

the genocide in palestine

the things happening in sudan, congo, lebanon, yemen, etc...

equality and equity

being able to voice your opinions on the government

government transparency

your right to freedom of speech, expression, and press under the constitution

THEN PLEASE HELP STOP KOSA

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DO THOS IF YOU CAN!!!!

I know I said I would only be talking about Palestine this week, but I need to talk about this as well.

This is somewhat political and also a personal rant.

I stated on @crystalsandbubbletea (My main for those who are unaware) that I am a minor with ADHD, Autism, and possible anxiety who is part of the LGBTQIA+ community and is also Indigenous American (Ponca Tribe). Why am I mentioning this?

Because of the 'Kids Online Safety Act', AKA 'KOSA'.

If this bill gets passed, I will be unable to post Legacies or gain access to the things that inspire me to work on Legacies. I created Legacies because I wanted people like me to have a series to relate to, I also created Legacies to debunk multiple harmful stereotypes.

Here comes the personal rant part:

When I realized I was part of the LGBTQIA+ community (I was approximately nine years old at the time), I tried so hard to find pieces of media I could relate to, specifically media with queer neurodivergent non-white people. Unfortunately I didn't find that much media that covered those categories.

Fast forward to some time later (Specifically when I was fourteen), I ended up deciding that I can make a series that people like me can relate to. After multiple rough drafts in my brain, and multiple scrapped storylines, I came up with Legacies, a series that starts off as an alternative history of the world and then eventually becomes a piece of fanfiction. I eventually decided the first protagonist would be a nonbinary polyamorous lesbian living in the Ottoman Empire, and after some more time, I decided their name would be 'Alex Adil Emre Yukime'. I then started planning the second protagonist, this protagonist would be Hungarian-Palestinian that's nonbinary, polyamorous, trixic, demisexual and demiromantic (Note: All the arcs Berat is in takes place in the 2500's).

I was ultimately satisfied when I finalized the storyline, and was happy.

(Rant ends here)

Unfortunately that happiness wouldn't last long when I learned about KOSA. If KOSA gets passed, Legacies will be unable to reach it's targeted demographics, and that will mean all my hopes and dreams were for nothing.

I won't be the only one affected, many more people will also be affected, specifically LGBTQIA+ youth. We will be unable to find anything LGBTQIA+ related because it will be flagged as "Not safe for minors". Trans people are already facing censorship (Looking at you, Tumblr staff) and this bill will make it worse.

So please, call and email your representatives, and tell them to not let KOSA pass. This bill is censorship and censorship is a form of facism.

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STOP SCROLLING, STOP KOSA, AND LISTEN!

A BILL IS BEING PASSED AROUND TO EXPOSE LGBTQ / QUEER YOUTH AND SHIT

THIS SHIT EXPOSES QUEER CHILDREN TO THEIR HOMOPHOBIC, ABUSIVE, ECT PARENTS AND STUFF

PLEASE HELP OUT THE QUEER YOUTH, SAVE THE TRANS, GAY, LESBIAN, ECT CHILDREN!

IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOURSELF PRIVATE THAN PLEASE 🙏

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Anyone?

No.

EVERYONE!!!

PLEASE DO THIS SHIT!!!!!!

Do lawmakers even know how stupid KOSA truly is as a bill, if not dangerous. Think about it: having to give ID containing SENSITIVE INFORMATION (literally against Internet Safety 101) just to go on the internet. Being a minor having to do that is so dangerous and would put them in more danger at the hands of predators.

People who have to use the internet for educational uses will have to go through stupid, unneeded steps just to look up the purpose of the mitochondria!

Trans and Queer youth are in danger. Fandom spaces are in danger. Children, the very group of people that this bullshit bill is claiming to protect, are in DANGER!

The States having full monopoly over the internet is so, so ungodly stupid and dystopian. I can’t imagine being someone not from the States and having to witness all of this.

The bill doesn’t protect kids, it only puts them in more danger.

CALL YOUR REPS! SIGN PETITIONS! KEEP KOSA TRENDING! LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING!

THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR ALL OF US! NOT JUST A SELECTIVE!

SIMILAR BILLS HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE AND BEEN STOPPED THANKS TO THE INTERNET! LET’S DO THAT AGAIN!

STOP KOSA!

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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!

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#stop kosa

Please spread the word about the Kosa bill, I’m literally so scared what might happen to our safe communities and spaces.

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YES PLEASE

EVEN IF YOU CANT

FIND AND ASK SOMEONE WHO CAN 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

signing petitions and calling people in power won't be enough. protest on the streets. write letters to every radio station, every newspaper, and every news station you can. if you're a streamer, make a stream to protest and raise awareness. if you're not american, urge your government to publicly oppose this bill. do everything you can to stop kosa!

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I swear to whatever god exists out there, hiding in the clouds or in the darkness of space outside the Milky Way...

IF THAT FUCKING KOSA BILL PASSES, I'M GOING TO COMMIT ARSON! I'm not going through this again, NOT AGAIN.

I have seen this bill since LAST YEAR and the year BEFORE THAT, and if that bill ever passes, the government will regret it once I get my hands on their FUCKING NECKS!

Normally I'm not this violent but that bill, THAT BILL, OH I'M GOING TO BE SO PISSED.

DO NOT LET THAT BILL PASS! I REPEAT, DO NOT LET THAT BILL PASS! DO NOT LET IT PASS!

DON'T LET THAT FUCKING THING PASS!

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HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO:

email, call, or write your reps (this is the most important one) — use this tool to find your reps HERE IS A TEMPLATE that you can pull from.

Here is the text used in the petition that you can pull from to include in your email/letter to your reps:

I’m writing to urge you to reject the Kids Online Safety Act, a misguided bill that would put vulnerable young people at risk. KOSA would fail to address the root issues related to kid’s safety online. Instead, it would endanger some of the most vulnerable people in our society while undermining human rights and children’s privacy. The bill would result in widespread internet censorship by pressuring platforms to use incredibly broad “content filters” and giving state Attorneys General the power to decide what content kids should and shouldn’t have access to online. This power could be abused in a number of ways and be politicized to censor information and resources. KOSA would also likely lead to the greater surveillance of children online by requiring platforms to gather data to verify user identity. There is a way to protect kids and all people online from egregious data abuse and harmful content targeting: passing a strong Federal data privacy law that prevents tech companies from collecting so much sensitive data about all of us in the first place, and gives individuals the ability to sue companies that misuse their data. KOSA, although well-meaning, must not move forward. Please protect privacy and stop the spread of censorship online by opposing KOSA.

Here is an open letter from parents of trans and GNC kids that you can also add your name to/ pull from in writing your own letter

sign this petition

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Stop KOSA.

I know, I don't this stuff, but I keep on seeing this everywhere and not gonna lie, it's f r e a k i n g me out. I think we all know what KOSA is at this point, it's a bill that will restrict almost everything that we know in this time.(if passed, of course.) Information that will help our queer friends, help us express ourselves, and just genuinely know more about the world, gone. I just don't get it. It's the twentieth century, people can date the same gender or not have to choose at all. Everything can and will happen. So why hold on to the past, where everything has to be black and white? Why keep holding this gate closed? Free will, free speech- It exists. Hell, America's literally called 'The Land of the Free.' Act on it. Passing KOSA won't keep us safe. If a five-year-old can cuss, that's on the parent for not monitoring them. The internet is a vast place with it's ups and downs, and just because some little down might affect you does not mean you have to stomp all pissy on our lawns and subsequently ruin what we take joy in. The U.S. does not own the whole internet, it's all over the world. We've got one more day. So spread the word. Get this trending. Reblog it. Just- Do whatever you can. I don't want this bill passed just as much as the others who've reacted to other posts. The toll it will take on the internet will be devestating- And I don't want to live in a future where all wells of knowledge are locked away. Speak up, speak out.

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EXACTLY!!!!

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME

If this bill passes I may not be able to post here or on Youtube anymore

I may not be able to talk to my friends on Discord

I'll lose some of the most important people in my life

I'll lose some of the things that make me the happiest

This bill absolutely CANNOT pass, I'm literally begging that this doesn't pass

but I have a feeling that it will

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@h0ly-tea @moonsfavoritedaughter @anonymouscringe @a-random-mooshroom @mentaly-british-biologist @severeacrophobia @undeadandsleepy @b1gbeanshere @yum-zlurplie @scout985

Help us stop KOSA!!!!

🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑

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THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY AWARENESS BLOGS FOR STOPPING KOSA!!!!

MADE BY UNDEADANDSLEEPY

PLEASE STOP KOSA

ITS NOT RIGHT EVEN IF YOU THINK SO, IT ISNT

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE FOR KIDS AND OTHERS TO BE OPEN!!!

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START FOLLOWING #STOP KOSA!!!!!

ITS WRONG IN MANY MANY WAYS!!!!!!!!!

if you aren’t posting about kosa, you don’t care about minors. The fact that it isn’t trending at this point sucks.

(Get #stop kosa trending!)