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I hope the people at Farmville, Royal Match, and Fishdom know that I will never be playing their games. Not because they are unenjoyable. They might be perfectly fine. But because they have the most Annoying Ads in the Known Universe :))

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#you’re right and you should say it

randomperson54321

Fight For the Future - VPN Ball Bill (Deadline: September 25)

There’s a big storm coming for politicians who want to mess with our VPNs. Next Thursday, September 25th is the Defend VPNs Day of Action.1 We’re calling on VPN companies, influencers, and VPN users all over the world to take decisive action against the troubling trend of banning virtual private networks (VPNs), a vital privacy tool that helps circumvent online censorship and surveillance. As more and more governments choose age-gating and content blocking over real solutions to Big Tech greed,2 lawmakers from Michigan3 to the UK4 are considering bans on VPNs to force compliance with their draconian policies.

Our small but mighty team has been hard at work creating a comprehensive toolkit,5 building an action site,6 and securing press coverage.1 With just a week until the big day, all signs are pointing to havoc for censorship-loving decisionmakers. There’s only one problem—this fight needs funding. The politicians ripping away our privacy tools would love nothing more than for this movement to peter out before it even begins. With so much on the line, we can’t let that happen. Without big grants supporting this work, we need your help to power the inbox-stuffing, phone-melting wave of pressure required to stop VPN bans in their tracks. We’re raising $10,000 this week to fuel this Day of Action and sustain the fight to Defend VPNs. Can we count on your support?

DONATE NOW

Thanks for pitching in, and don’t forget to mark your calendar for next Thursday’s Day of Action.For none of these crap politicians, Lia at Fight for the Future

Footnotes:

VPN Day of Action 9/25: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-09-15-advisory-vpn-day-of-action-9-25-dont-ban-vpns/

Stop Online ID Checks: https://www.stoponlineidchecks.org

404 Media: https://www.404media.co/michigan-porn-ban-bill-4938-anticorruption-of-public-morals-act/

GBNews: https://www.gbnews.com/politics/labour-ban-vpn-online-safety-act

VPN Day of Action Toolkit: https://fftf.cloud/s/bWJ8MMMP6BHP6Cm

Defend VPNs: https://www.defendvpns.com/

dicelibrarian

Information wants to be free.

Stop KOSA

Stop ESA

Stop OSA

Break up VISA and MasterCard.

You can have my rights when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. I would no sooner surrender my rights than I would surrender my life, my heart, my sacred memory of all that came before. My rights tell the story of who I am, where I've come from, and what I've done. YOU. SHALL. NOT. HAVE. MY. RIGHTS!

EDIT: Please Reblog

coolcurt452

Clearly they're feeling the pressure now they're trying to push out duck duck Go they clearly didn't like me telling people about this and it reaching so many people

inkcamellia

They send robots to call us children.

They prevent us from expressing ourselves.

They tell us that this is good for us.

I wish to access my favorite content creators.

I wish to support them.

I wish things could go back to normal.

The normal we took for granted.

Do not let them take your face.

eziojensenthe3rd

Sharing this from bluesky for all the anti-censorship folks on here:

"#SaveSpeech

so you see that there's a bunch of stuff that you need to call your representatives about lately re: free speech and censorship, but not sure what to do or where to start?

here's a handy guide with all the info you need!"

Find your members of Congress by typing in your address on Congress.gov.

Use USAGov’s Contact Your Elected Officials tool to get contact information for your members of Congress, the president, and state and local

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inexchangeforyoursoul

tl;dr if everyone is guilty, big brother longer needs to differentiate between slave and free man when meting out punishment

(in case anyone needs an example/breakdown to illustrate the current problem)

eziojensenthe3rd

So for folks in the us, can you please call and demand section 230 be protected, not repealed? Its gonna be a problem if that gets repealed sinces it allows for protection for sites who host user-generated content, including any nsfw content.

adoring-kitten

Section 230 is the reason creators can share accurate reproductive health information, including gender affirming care, sex education, contr

eziojensenthe3rd

Hey! If you haven't called some payment processors and card companie, and advocated for nsfw content to be allowed to be sold, then maybe you should get on that right now!

Also if you're in the UK, Canada or Austrailia, theres some relevant petitions you can sign.

e-petitions

Government should legislate that payment processing companies may not place stipulations on use of their services regarding sales of otherwi

Oh yeah, and US folks, call your reps to oppose bills such as KOSA, Screen Act, Beard Act , etc...

elhopper1sm

So Congress is back in session so is the Senate. The House Committee is hosting a meeting on Facebooks harm to minors so it would be great if we could use this as an opportunity to call against KOSA and other Internet Censorship bills such as the SCREEN Act and the Interstate Obscenities Definition Act.

Numbers to call: Rep Guthrie(R): 202-225-3501

Rep Pallone(D): 202-225-4671

https://energycommerce.house.gov/

Rest of the committee to call if you feel so inclined