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[d0esery]

On May 13th I'm pretty sure there's hearing in the Senate Judicary on why national level age verification is necessary because of a lawsuit

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/from-the-courtroom-to-congress-why-landmark-social-media-verdicts-demand-federal-action-to-protect-kids-online

Yeah, I heard about it! ⭐️🇺🇸

Age verfication will not work it has proven it doesn't work. All they want is your private info to control you.

They are also recently censoring stuff here on Tumblr in the UK/Brazil that is not even mature or even if it's just labeled mature even if it isn't (The Tumblr system is awful at flagging). I saw a TON of complaints in posts about it over the weekend. So yeah, they are taking away content that isn't even mature!

We are all going into an age of authoritarianism and fascism where they are trying to strip democracy away/control the masses!

Don't be fooled by their cry for "child safety" they don't do much for kids as it is! I mean, we recently saw it with one of the largest scandals, the Epstein Files, and they swept under the rug!

These government officials are not for kids, and it shows when you see how kids are suffering because of a myriad of more important problems they could be fixing that they haven't for years!

Now, all of a sudden, they are ONLY concerned about "child safety" online when it comes with you have to fork over your private info??? Suspicious right?

Many countries are falling prey to this because they see we are not fighting or doing much!

WE NEED TO GET LOUDER!!!

🇺🇸⭐️TODAY, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR REPS! SIGN PETITIONS AND PROTEST AGAINST THIS STUFF! SHARE STUFF ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO RAISE AWARENESS! WE NEED TO STAND UP AGAINST THESE EVIL PEOPLE!⭐️🇺🇸

Source:

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/from-the-courtroom-to-congress-why-landmark-social-media-verdicts-demand-federal-action-to-protect-kids-online

(Thank you, Anon, for the info :) ❤️🙏!!!)

[unactivebutactive]

Not one day passes that the government hates basic human privacy. They wanna control the security protocol for browsers and routers that make sure that a site you go to is privately connected. Basically the government is making a law to force corporations to give the government 24/7 backdoor access. More specifically It is more so a rewrite to the risaa expansion section 702 of what classifies as electronic communication. Thus making the u.s. router the middle man for the u.s. government. In short they got lazy trying to counter privacy protocols so they made a law to just say "give me the damn keys". Call, email and mail reps and senators to fight against it. I am so fucking tired guys, I think we the people need to start being more aggressive toward anti-privacy and anti-freedom laws. The amount of times I have seen laws passed through bribery, corruption, and outright control and there is ZERO democracy utilized in these changes. Anyway, take it easy, stay safe and protect your liberty, cause the government wont clearly

[pinkyprincessnom]

Rebloging

[fuckdumblr]

RISAA: 56 “Reforms” that Preserve the Status Quo

RISAA: 56 "Reforms" that Preserve the Status Quo

A one-page document compiled by the Brennan Center for Justice, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and FreedomWorks illustrat

A one-page document compiled by the Brennan Center for Justice, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and FreedomWorks illustrating how the 56 “reforms” proposed in the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act codify the unacceptable status quo of Section 702.

Updated April 9, 2024

Published April 9, 2024

Government Power

FISA Section 702 is a foreign intelligence authority that was intended to make it easier for the government to monitor foreign terrorists overseas. Instead, it has been repeatedly abused to spy on Americans. The law will expire on April 19 unless reauthorized by Congress. On Thursday, the House will vote on the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson claims that RISAA reflects a compromise between the bipartisan Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act (H.R. 6570), offered by reformers on the House Judiciary Committee, and the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023 (H.R. 6611), offered by those on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence who prefer the status quo. In reality, this bill is not a “compromise,” and its 56 “reforms” codify the unacceptable status quo.

The one-pager below details how RISAA is a reform bill in name only and will do nothing to prevent the government’s repeated abuses of Section 702 to spy on Americans.

RISAA- 56 So-Called Reforms That Preserve the Status Quo 4.9.24

The Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA) is set for a House vote, but critics argue it merely preserves the status quo of

[sozzythearticfox]

Also pay atencion to TRUMP AMERICA AI act

In that act includes KOSA and the sunset of section 230

Contact your reps

[unactivebutactive]

Its in the thumbnail of the video (yet do watch for more context), All I got to say is uk went from protecting human privacy, and then FUCKING 180! Call, mail, email your reps and senators. This is fucking disgusting, call it out, share the news, spread the word, and fight, FIGHT for the simple basic fucking rights to be a normal damn person both irl and online. This is just, I hate the government I hate em, dont let this deter you. The more people who are aware, the more we have backing us up to fight against the corrupt government. FIGHT FOR BASIC MOTHERFUCKING RIGHTS!! How hard is it for the government who have already gotten legal above the law like privileges, to let the people be fucking people? If you are in the uk, please petition against this. As well as for other places if possible in copy cat government countries

[pinkyprincessnom]

Rebloging

[unactivebutactive]

Deep humor who has called out rick song (owner of persona age verification). Is now being ghosted after a few more callout's. Rick is still active on twitter responding to people who are less aware of the shady practices persona is involved with. Keep calling all age verification companies out for their bs. As well as always, call, mail, and email your reps and senators. Spam them the dangers and how we the people do not want these net laws. Sign the petitions that are against these net laws. Keep yourself and others informed of the dangers and censorship these age verification's are doing. Remember that america forced bytedance (tiktok owner) to make an exclusive american version and now we cant talk about the epstein files. Any government that forces an exclusive version of anything to their country, or can not decide/explain how age verification helps. Do not trust them with internet "protection" and people's id's. Especially do not trust them with kids, as they kept using kids as a smoke screen. Like the old book burnning when they said something like "Books not about the lord would harm children" (making a sad comeback btw). War on t.v. "T.v. makes kids violent with what they show", videogames that is still ongoing "Videogames makes kids violent and unaware the of fiction and reality". Now the internet as a whole, and ya know what all those have in common, parents trusting the government decisions over just simply parenting. Now we lost some books, t.v. is more strict for those wanting that format as a creative outlet, games getting targeted time and time again, now the entirety of the internet. And parents who are unaware are trusting the government once again and this is fucking ridiculous. Age verification vendors are being sued for poor data handling, and the government wont admit it. They wont because if they do, parents might actually distrust them. Inform everyone and the parents, online and offline.

(Legal reasons its a joke) Sometimes I just wanna pull one of these to the lobbyists who started the whole damn thing and to the ones still peddling this shit

[rudavoidish]

Y'all if you're American please email your politicians and senators against the parents decide act. I'm fucking begging because we're reaching a tipping point.

[hetrosjistin]

Call or Write Congress About H.R. 8250: Parents Decide Act - GovTrack.us

Quick and easy link to both find your congressmen/women and giving you a quick and easy way to copy / paste the message into it. You want to oppose. It's an act that will demand that all major OS makers integrate a direct forced age verification control into all OS.

[rudavoidish]

I received a comment on this that I figured would be very helpful- it's a template for communicating with your representatives. Be sure to use it for reference

Dear Representative [Name],

I am writing to express my strong opposition to H.R. 8250 (The "Parents Decide Act"). As your constituent and a concerned citizen, I believe this bill introduces unprecedented risks to digital privacy and security.

Specifically, I am alarmed by:

SEC. 2(a)(1)(B): Requiring age verification to even use an operating system creates a mandatory "hardware lockout" that ends anonymous computing and forces users to hand over sensitive identification data to major corporations just to power on their devices.

SEC. 2(a)(3): Mandating that OS providers create a system for all app developers to access verification data is a massive security vulnerability. This effectively creates a centralized API of user identities accessible to thousands of third-party developers, many of whom may lack adequate data protection.

This bill does not protect children; it creates a centralized surveillance infrastructure at the OS level. I urge you to protect the privacy of your constituents and vote NO on H.R. 8250.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Zip Code]

[willowtree1527]

This is a hell that us down under in Australia are already living in, and it’s not even effective at what it claims to do in protecting children.

Given that, in the wake of this mandatory identification policy, my country seems to be moving to hand over its citizens biometric data, like fingerprints, Face ID files, and identification documents, over to the USA and to ICE to maintain the visa free travel (ESTA) we have, I strongly urge any US resident to send these emails, or make calls.

But if you can’t do that, the most powerful thing you can do is spread the word. Tell your friends, family, coworkers, anyone who can help.

My reach will likely be small, and so I don’t know if this will mean very much in the grand scheme of things, but I cannot stand to see this tracking happen to another population as it did to mine.

And if you think it won’t affect you, it will. All anonymity goes out the window when your accounts can be linked via your personal ID

I wish you all luck in preventing this act from going through.

[rudavoidish]

Y'all if you're American please email your politicians and senators against the parents decide act. I'm fucking begging because we're reaching a tipping point.

[hetrosjistin]

Call or Write Congress About H.R. 8250: Parents Decide Act - GovTrack.us

Quick and easy link to both find your congressmen/women and giving you a quick and easy way to copy / paste the message into it. You want to oppose. It's an act that will demand that all major OS makers integrate a direct forced age verification control into all OS.

[rudavoidish]

I received a comment on this that I figured would be very helpful- it's a template for communicating with your representatives. Be sure to use it for reference

Dear Representative [Name],

I am writing to express my strong opposition to H.R. 8250 (The "Parents Decide Act"). As your constituent and a concerned citizen, I believe this bill introduces unprecedented risks to digital privacy and security.

Specifically, I am alarmed by:

SEC. 2(a)(1)(B): Requiring age verification to even use an operating system creates a mandatory "hardware lockout" that ends anonymous computing and forces users to hand over sensitive identification data to major corporations just to power on their devices.

SEC. 2(a)(3): Mandating that OS providers create a system for all app developers to access verification data is a massive security vulnerability. This effectively creates a centralized API of user identities accessible to thousands of third-party developers, many of whom may lack adequate data protection.

This bill does not protect children; it creates a centralized surveillance infrastructure at the OS level. I urge you to protect the privacy of your constituents and vote NO on H.R. 8250.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Zip Code]

[willowtree1527]

This is a hell that us down under in Australia are already living in, and it’s not even effective at what it claims to do in protecting children.

Given that, in the wake of this mandatory identification policy, my country seems to be moving to hand over its citizens biometric data, like fingerprints, Face ID files, and identification documents, over to the USA and to ICE to maintain the visa free travel (ESTA) we have, I strongly urge any US resident to send these emails, or make calls.

But if you can’t do that, the most powerful thing you can do is spread the word. Tell your friends, family, coworkers, anyone who can help.

My reach will likely be small, and so I don’t know if this will mean very much in the grand scheme of things, but I cannot stand to see this tracking happen to another population as it did to mine.

And if you think it won’t affect you, it will. All anonymity goes out the window when your accounts can be linked via your personal ID

I wish you all luck in preventing this act from going through.

[exxos-von-steamboldt]

[d0esery]

HEY, GUYS SPREAD THIS AROUND THIS IS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO PULL!!!! 🇺🇸⭐️

This is dystopian, and you need to start caring about this unless you want to hand over your ID/selfie, credit card, passport, etc. For every site!

This type of stuff is DANGEROUS, especially for minority groups who are vulnerable, as stated on my intro! This not only affects them ,but YOU TOO!

These bills/laws are a slippery slope into fascism and authoritarianism. They are literally getting to dictate what you view and do not through these laws! That means ANYTHING could be censored even non adult content like what is happening in Australia/UK.

Anything the government dictates to be censored WILL BE CENSORED! That is a VERY slippery slope!

WE NEED TO STOP THESE PEOPLE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!!

⭐️🇺🇸✊️CONTACT YOUR REPS! SIGN PETITIONS AND START PROTESTS!!!✊️🇺🇸⭐️

[unactivebutactive]

Watch the video for more context. This is fucking bs that this is getting more widespread. Call, mail, and email reps and senators against these laws. Sign petitions against these type of shitty net laws. Keep yourself informed and call this shit out.

[the-private-local-enemy]

Put forward by a democrat and co-sponsored by a republican btw

[the-private-local-enemy]

Put forward by a democrat and co-sponsored by a republican btw

[unactivebutactive]

Copy cat governments are now copying digital id's from the prime ministers and the rest of united kracked government. We need to spread the word about these risks outside the internet. Clearly people are being clouded by the government outside the internet. So if ya can how ever you can spread the word outside the net too. Also Bill gates (in the epstein files) is also promoting this too. Who would have thought the man who also participated is also promoting this. Call and mail your reps and senators. Keep showing your distaste and keep showing how we do not want this, keep informing parents the risks. Sign the petition against these bills. This shit is scrapping away the peoples right to say and make what they want freely. While abusing the dangers that kids do go through (And not actually making more online safety classes/guides) while having the reliance on parents staying unaware to push these laws. Lets Keep up the noise, if you want the free and open internet to make things, talk to people across the world, play games, have all possible current event news available? Fight for it, spread the word for it, inside, outside. However doable, Just keep the spirit of something so accessible, to be the same as it was for us back then. Make as much metaphorical noise as possible, spread the word however and everywhere. Thanks again for taking the time and reblogging these posts

[welcomedhappiness]

Farewell online privacy

[tikalgirl]

What happened?

[welcomedhappiness]

Trump happened.

[pizzaalle]

just get a VPN?

[earth-ruins]

You can’t just tell people to ‘get a VPN (Virtual Private Network)’. Buying a VPN is like buying a house. It’s very very important. Having no VPN or having a ‘wrong’ one can seriously damage your life. Especially for Americans because their privacy laws are garbage. I am going to try explain why you should get a VPN but bare with me, I am from Germany and my English is far from perfect. 

Let’s start with a simple test. Click this link here: https://whatismyipaddress.com/ It will tell your IP adres, your ISP (internet service provider), and your location. The location might not be very accurate, but then again, it’s just a simple website. Imagine what the government can do!

So basically, everyone can find out where you live. But there is more danger. Your ISP. Your ISP logs your every move online and they are required to keep it in case the government wants access to it (or if a 3rd party wants to buy your data (yikes). They have everything. What websites you visit. How long you stay on a website. What you download. Your search terms. European laws are more subtle on this but if you are from the US you are #@*#&, especially because Trump doesn’t support the open internet. It’s scary but maybe in the future you can’t get a job because the recruiter knows your searched on ‘how to deal with depression’ or anythings else that’s supposed to be private because it’s your f*cking right. Or you get a $100k fine because you pirated a movie 15 years ago. You need a VPN. You’re dumb for not using one. but what does a VPN do?

A VPN encrypts all your data so if it were be intercepted no one can ‘crack the code’ and damage your privacy. 

Usually being online goes like this (simplified): Your computer —-> ISP (—–> keeps data —–> sells it)

But with a VPN it goes like: Your computer —–> VPN (encrypts data)—–> ISP (ISP can’t see shit)

Furthermore, a VPN hides your IP address and location by giving you another IP address located in Spain for example (you can often choose from a list and change as many times as you want).  

Now that you know why you should get a VPN and what is does it is important to educate yourself because people often choose the wrong VPN. VPN providers are also businesses and have to obey the law. If you choose a VPN provider located in the US then you are throwing your money away because the laws in the US shits on your privacy. If the US gov wants the provider to give all their logs they have to obey.  The ISP  still can’t see what you are doing online and sell your data but the US gov can interfere with your VPN provider so NEVER CHOOSE A PROVIDER LOCATED IN THE US. 

I just wanted to make that very clear so my followers don’t buy false security.

There is still more danger!  Who says your VPN provider isn’t selling your data? You need to check their logging policy. Do they keep logs? If yes, what for? For how long do they keep them? Tip: Choose a provider who doesn’t keep logs

More about law  The US is part of the Five Eyes program (the worst):  

The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are bound by the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence (source)

There is also a Nine Eyes (bit better) and Fourteen Eyes Program (better).  You don’t want a VPN provider who is located in one the Five Eyes countries.  If you had to choose go for a provider located in a country that’s part of the Fourteen Eyes Program or even better, go for a country that isn’t part of any program! 

I know this is a shitty explanation and please pardon my english but now it’s time to do your own research. Take your privacy seriously. Maybe WWIII breaks out and you get killed for liking the ‘wrong’ FB-page.  

Go to this website: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/simple-vpn-comparison-chart/

Make sure that your future VPN provider both has green boxes for Privacy Jurisdiction and Privacy Logging. 

I recommend ovpn.se and trust.zone. ovpn is located in Sweden so they are part of the 14 Eyes Program and they keep minimal logs. Their business ethics, however, are alright. 

Trustzone is located in the Seychelles. No country can interfere and their privacy jurisdiction is the best you can get. The US want your data but needs to get it from Trustzone? The Seychelles will simply give them the finger and wave them goodbye. However, this makes this provider very appealing for people who torrent and criminals because they keep no logs (and that is how it shoud be) Also,  there are almost no marketing efforts so this provider is one the cheapest)

Also, often providers such as ExpressVPN are being called ‘The Best’ on websites about VPNs but know that this is just marketing which also makes those provider more expensive (and they too shit on your privacy)

This must be the worst article you have ever read but please, please take your privacy very seriously.

EDIT: I got many people asking me which provider I use. For those who want to know, I use Trust Zone. They offer a free 3-day trial with no strings attached. But still do your own research! 

[writing-prompt-s]

I am also with Trustzone but I think you forgot to explain one of it’s most important features. It protects you when you are using someone else’s Wi-Fi. If you are at Starbucks and you use their Wi-Fi your privacy is at risk. Anyone with ill intentions could steal your information. Especially if you are using an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot. With a VPN your data gets encrypted so no one can steal it. 

[rabbittiddy]

Wait, what’s going, on? Did trump destroy internet privacy with a bill or something? Where’s the news? Oh wait, why am I getting visions of Alex Jones and selling water purifiers?

[thecrystalfems]

He hasn’t yet but he says he wants to. And if he is serious about it it would be really easy to do. Since all our data is already recorded, as the person above explained.

[coltrer]

Trump wants more surveillance of Muslim Americans. This in a country where internet privacy is already close to non-existent. 

Trust.Zone has a free trial. Use it. 

btw this post only has 11k notes? That’s quite disappointing for something this important. 

Don’t reblog this post to save a life. Reblog this to protect an entire family!

[imthedoctor12]

@earth-ruins @writing-prompt-s Should I get trustzone for my mobile device?

[writing-prompt-s]

If you use public Wi-Fi, then yes. Which VPN you use is up to you, amigo. Take @earth-ruins advice. Do your own research first. 

[writing-prompt-s]

@elvesfromthedeep​ just brought the current situation in the US to my attention (March 30, 2017). 

Sources

Anger as US internet privacy law scrapped 

Congress just voted to let internet providers sell your browsing history 

To all my friends in the US, please read this entire post. Making everyone aware of VPNs is going to be my mission. Your privacy matters. Please reblog this post.

[greeneyespurpleheart]

Don’t tell me you just wanted to scroll past this. Stop looking at pictures of cats for a moment, okay? Don’t you realize how important this is? This is dangerous! ‘America, the best FREE country in the world’ my ass.

With this new law your ISP can sell your Internet history which could include passwords, usernames, religion, credit card numbers, race and much more to the highest bidder. So here is what I want you to do. You are going to read the whole thing and before you think ’this is so important. Let me reblog this real quick and go back to admiring cats again-’ NO! Don’t reblog this. Take action first. Then reblog. Sign up for a free trial! Trust.Zone offers one (here). Yes. It might be difficult to set up a VPN for some people. But is that going to stop you from protecting yourself and your family? 30 minutes. 30 minutes is all that it takes. 5 if you know how to install software. The problem with some of you is that you see ‘difficult’ as something negative. I want you to see difficult differently. I need you to push through this stuff. You are going to protect yourself. There is nothing negative about that. VPNs are fun and costsaving too! A VPN bypasses geographical restrictions so you can access websites you normally can’t or you could start Netflix’s one month free trial over and over again- forever. And it’s legal! (unless you use it to buy weapons etc.,) Don’t tell yourself that you are too tired and that you will do this tomorrow. Because that isn’t going to happen and you know it. You have to do this right now. You only have to click on it. Don’t let this/shit/life just happen to you. Take yourself seriously. Get a VPN.

Privacy is not a privilege, it’s a fundamental human right

[warmhappycat]

Hey is thatoneprivacysite still good? The link works and it does take me to an article about vpns, but it just looks like an ad for expressvpn with extra steps.

[skeleskeeller]

No they switched to https://thatoneprivacysite.xyz/#simple-vpn-comparison a couple years ago

Welcome to the VPN Comparison!  This section is meant to be a resource to those who value their privacy, specifical...

[skeleskeeller]

I had Trust.Zone when this post first started making the rounds on Tumblr and I forgot about it after Biden took office. I recently sent them an email asking why my subscription wasn’t automatically renewed and why their website hasn’t changed since 2017(?). Their answer:

Shady people, good people, this company only cares about privacy and doesn’t care who it serves. But now with Trump and Musk this is the only VPN I’ll use.

[firerockt]

I understand some people might not want to use this VPN on moral grounds, but it’s genuinely one of the very few VPNs set up in a way that no authority can touch you. ExpressVPN and other ‘popular’ options operate in jurisdictions favorable for profits but their privacy is just a band-aid our government can easily rip off if it demands information. I’m a trans man, I’m afraid of our government, and at this point, I simply don’t care anymore.

[moonxchaos]

For a second I was like noooooo, not this long post again! Haven’t seen it in years and I always thought it was a bit extreme and exaggerated. Now that we are in 2025, I am like, nahh, these people knew what they were talking about all along. First time I am reblogging this.

[moonxchaos]

Also I don’t think anyone has said this yet but the free trial only requires an email address. No credit card details or anything. Refreshing.

[foxbridgeni]

Could someone please put the link to the free trial here? I don’t want to scroll back up 10 miles. Thank you.

[skeleskeeller]

here you go @foxbridgeni

Trust.Zone Free Trial

[moonfireroulette]

The argument against VPNs has always been, “but I have nothing to hide.” Now that an unpredictable lunatic is in charge, purging based on whatever whim strikes him, that sentiment is quickly fading. VPNs aren’t just about hiding personal secrets; they’re about protecting freedom, autonomy, and your basic right to live without unjust scrutiny or arbitrary persecution.

[bearcubsandicecreammachines]

Reblogging again bc this is important

[unactivebutactive]

So, I just wanna remind people here that these might get copied by other governments that wanna censor its people and young citizens from news outlets and such about current events. If you like having the sense of privacy in your home, then the internet should feel the same and not checked in on by anybody especially the government. Call, irl mail your reps and senators. Share anything relating to this topic outside of tumblr. As well as signing against these bills on petitions that are also against it. As for the u.s. remember that section 230 also contributes to creative freedoms on any platform. Which you should fight to keep in effect as it protects platforms to not shutdown/censor based on its user's posts as the site or platform is not fully responsible for what the people who use it post in those sites and platforms. For better context (video below)

[unactivebutactive]

Keep making noise and do not stop talking about it, do not stop informing parents about it, do not stop spamming politicians to undo/to not implement this type of law. If we stop talking about this, if we stop spamming representatives. They win if we stop and just shut up. Make the topic harder to silence, keep doing what you are doing to keep the topic alive and known to the people who may be unaware

[turquoisedata]

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship

A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men

I am truly fucking horrified.

A graphic novel of Nineteen Eighty Four is on the list.

Good Omens.

Soul Music.

Fucking Michelle Obama. What the actual fuck.

[kimyoonmiauthor]

US Book ban on LGBTQIA books

The Nationwide Book Ban Bill Moves to the House: How to Take Action Now

The nationwide book ban bill, HR 7661, has progressed out of committee and into the House. Here's what you need to know to take action.

At least hit the shiny repost button if you're going to do nothing else. This should not stand.

Stop the bill dead in its tracks. LGBTQIA people have a right to be represented in books.