🇺🇸⭐️PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ILLINOIS HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT HB 5511! ⭐️🇺🇸
It's an age verfication bill that has other negative side effects! It also violates constitutional laws. Here is a NetChoice article about it.
https://netchoice.org/netchoice-testimony-in-opposition-to-illinois-hb-5511-the-childrens-social-media-safety-act/
Age Bracket Verification: By January 1, 2028, it requires manufacturers of internet enabled devices and operating systems to prompt users to state the birth date or age bracket (under 13, 13-15, 16-17, 18+) of the device's primary user. (I'm guessing through some sort of age verfication process. ID's, selfies, etc. THAT IS BAD!)
Algorithmic Limits: It requires applications to alter how content is presented to minors, prohibiting "addictive" algorithmic feeds in favor of features like chronological only feeds for users under 18.
Privacy Controls: It mandates default privacy protections for minors, such as hiding location data and profile information and limits nighttime notifications.
What can you do about it 🫵⭐️🦅
1 — Send a physical letter (10 minutes) Physical letters to district offices are counted and taken seriously in a way emails are not. Find your rep at ilga.gov/members/FindMyLegislator. Download and edit the letter template here: [LINK]. Print it, sign it, mail it to their district office.
2 — Call their office (2 minutes) Let them know you sent a letter and strongly oppose these bills. Staff log every call.
3 — Submit a Witness Slip Illinois's formal system for going on record against a bill in committee. The slip window only opens once a committee hearing is officially scheduled — watch the bill status at ilga.gov and act fast when it posts, because the window can close within a day. Full written guide: aclu-il.org/illinois-witness-slip-faq — step by step video walkthrough: youtube.com/watch?v=Y4wHZWdWqQY — Find the bill at ilga.gov, click Witness Slips, select Opponent.
Here is a petition against it, too!
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/oppose-illinois-hb5511-app-store-operating-system-age-verification-legislation
THE SENATE IS ON IT'S THIRD READING NO UPDATES YET! THAT IS A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM BECOMING LAW! Be sure to find out your rep and senator opinion and make yours known to them!
These bills are moving fast! The window is weeks, not months! Don't let this pass without a fight! ⭐️🇺🇸⚔️✊️
@youtube-privacy-union @humanconditionpoetry
(PLEASE SPREAD THIS AS FAR AS YOU CAN! TAG/REBLOG! I see no awareness around this like in other states, so that is why I'm trying to help! Help your fellow humans out! 💕🫂)
