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[flare4688]

Hey, look, I don't normally really post anything here, but I think this is important. California is planning to introduce a bill to ban under 16 kids from social media. It has support from the governor, who has said he would sign it if it made it to his desk. This is not how you protect kids, I have someone I know who has social media, and even their parents know to add basic parent control. If this passes, I don't know want to do. So please, if you live in California, please contact your senators or anyone, and tell them to oppose this bill. Link is down below for more information.

Bipartisan bill to ban social media for younger teens gains Governor's support - NewsBreak

SAN DIEGO — California legislators have introduced bipartisan legislation that would restrict social media access for young people. Governor

Edit: Contacting Senators, petition

Tell Congress: attacking Section 230 is dangerous

Free speech is under attack. Trump is suing journalists for unfavorable reporting, investigating companies that have DEI programs, and tryin

Stop KOSA

KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a fr

Bad Internet Bills

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

Edit: Yet again more stupidity from the governor on age verification that comes into affect Jan 1, 2027

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup - NewsBreak

I wonder how the government of California plans to enforce it?

GODDAMIT NEWSOM!!!

MIGHT AS WELL MAKE IT SO THAT NOBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET BY AGE GATING COMPUTERS AND PHONES:

PRAY THAT THE COMPANIES LOSE ALOT OF MONEY DUE TO THE AGE VERIFICATIONS, PRAY!!!!

Quote from the article:

"An operating system provider shall do all of the following:"

"(1) Provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account holder to indicate the birth date, age, or both, of the user of that device for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user’s age bracket to applications available in a covered application store.

"(2) Provide a developer who has requested a signal with respect to a particular user with a digital signal via a reasonably consistent real-time application programming interface that identifies, at a minimum, which of the following categories pertains to the user."

From the Reddit User:

[neonshroudedgraves]

Your Computer May Soon Require an Age Check. And It Might Not Take ‘No’ for an Answer

Age verification laws are moving beyond porn sites and social media. Soon, your operating system could be required to know how old you are.

[pinkyprincessnom]

IT NEVER ENDS

@d0esery @youtube-privacy-union @roxfox5 @gentleman-velvet @hannahhook7744

Sorry for tagging

[keyboardsmashoffical]

It pisses me off how much power parents have over their spawn. A parent is allowed to force their child to have a surgery they don’t want, punish them for anything, restrict their access to the internet, force them to be unhappy, not allow them to wear the clothes they want, not allow them the haircut they want. It pisses me off that a minor just has to cross their fingers and hope they have a parent who doesn’t think of the minor as a brainless innocent baby. It pisses me off that parents can control every little detail of your life. It would be pretty fucked up if you forced a full grown adult to eat a meal they didn’t want to (and didn’t need) because well i’d be crabby if I didn’t eat. But you can do that to a minor. It pisses me off that parents constantly undermine their kids decisions, whether in big ways or little. It pisses me off that parents can trivialize their kids suffering. Like saying that it doesn’t hurt doesn’t make it hurt less, it just makes me mad. It pisses me off that parents can deny medical care even if the kid begs for it, can cause their kid to die. It pisses me off that minors are treated like property. It pisses me off that minors are treated like infants, no matter the age. It pisses me off that being a minor means your life is filled with double standards. It pisses me off that minors don’t get a fucking choice.

[pinkyprincessnom]

Rebloging

[aetherclaw]

i painted this in watercolor and turned it into stickers specifically to put up near places that use such fash-tech as biometric surveillance as a way of speaking out against them. if you'd like some of the stickers i have sets of 5 available on my Etsy page for $5 and i usually throw in a few extra. www.etsy.com/shop/SaturnOddities but if you'd like this graphic on other things or in a different size, or if my supply runs out i also have the design on Redbubble www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/171685116

[d0esery]

❤️✊️SUPER COOL LOVE THE DESIGN! ⚔️❤️

Why not support artists and anti age verfication! Make sure to check this creator out! SUPPORT ARTISTS!!!!

[d0esery]

⭐️🇺🇸HEY, NORTH CAROLINA IS CONSIDERING AS AGE VERFICATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MINORS UNDER 14! 🇺🇸⭐️

This is VERY BAD! People from North Carolina, PLEASE GET ON THIS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

Source: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/education/nc-lawmakers-propose-bill-to-require-age-verification-on-social-media-ai-use-in-schools/275-d3a3aff3-568c-4224-8fcc-8408ab65c01e

(Thank you, @flare4688 , for notifying me of this! I wanna make sure you get credit :) 💕🙏!)

[flare4688]

Thank you for the credit, but either way, North Carolina, get ready to make calls, protests, and sign petitions.

[pastrypen]

This is a message for queer and/or abused youth in countries passing the under-16 (or younger) child social media bans:

Please live. Please, please, please live. I know when you're cut off from your only community it can feel tempting. But please don't. You are going to grow up. You are going to see beautiful sunsets and eat tasty meals and find constellations in the stars. It will be worth it. You will be worth it. You already are. So live. And some day, come back and tell us how you did it.

[pinkyprincessnom]

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@d0esery @gentleman-velvet @hannahhook7744 @roxfox5 @youtube-privacy-union

[d0esery]

⭐️🌐THIS WILL/HAS AFFECTED MARGINALIZED PEOPLE!🌐⭐️

These laws DIRECTLY affect vulnerable groups of people, not only minors ,but also: lgbtq+ people, intersex people, women, POC, immigrants, homeless/needy people, disabled people, people with mental health issues, people with any medical conditions, etc.

They are coming after those groups because they are trying to erase the people fighting against these evil people in government.

These laws affect EVERYONE!

⚔️✊️STEP UP TODAY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! LET'S HAVE SOLIDARITY ON THIS ISSUE!✊️⚔️

(Thank you, @pinkyprincessnom , for this news :) 💕🙏)

[hannahhook7744]

Sigh.

Texas’ app age verification law allowed to go into effect for now

A federal appeals court allowed Texas to require app stores to verify users’ ages and seek parental consent before a minor can download apps

[pinkyprincessnom]

Remember, give them nothing and wait for this to fuck it self up

@d0esery @roxfox5 @youtube-privacy-union

[d0esery]

⭐️🇺🇸YEP, GIVE THEM NOTHING GIVING THEM ANYTHING IS DANGEROUS! 🇺🇸⭐️

During this time, remember to use your VPNs if you have to update an app or make sure everything is updated before they put this into place!

(Thank you, @pinkyprincessnom , for this new :) 💕🙏)

[d0esery]

I found this from netchoice!

Congress Can SECURE American Data With a Nationwide Privacy Law - NetChoice

What does this mean?

🇺🇸⭐️NETCHOICE NEWS!⭐️🇺🇸

So NetChoice is trying to get a law passed called:

🔐💻The SECURE Data Act💻🔐

This is an encouraging step to advance a thorough, nationwide framework for safeguarding data privacy in the United States.

What is the SECURE Data Act?

It is a privacy bill that will establish a nationwide framework for data privacy, consumer rights, and data broker oversight. (There is a lot to it so I recommend looking at this: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8413/text )

These are the types of bills we NEED to be supporting! This bill is coming out of Texas! Please spread this news around! Reblog or tag as far as you can! Tell you Reps about this bill!

REMINDER TO:

🌐⭐️CONTACT YOUR REPS! SIGN PETITIONS AND PROTEST TODAY AGAINST THESE LAWS!⭐️🌐

(Thank you, @devildog452 , for this news :) 💕🙏)

[pastrypen]

This is a message for queer and/or abused youth in countries passing the under-16 (or younger) child social media bans:

Please live. Please, please, please live. I know when you're cut off from your only community it can feel tempting. But please don't. You are going to grow up. You are going to see beautiful sunsets and eat tasty meals and find constellations in the stars. It will be worth it. You will be worth it. You already are. So live. And some day, come back and tell us how you did it.

[tinstol-archive]

Always be skeptical when political figures try to push social media/internet bans and limits, even for children. Even if you believe social media does more harm for minors than good, remember that politicians motives for banning use isn’t totally altruistic. Many politicians have a vested interest in keeping you and your children uninformed and less able to communicate with the world.

Also keep in mind the amount of infrastructure connected to the internet. Doctors appointments, banking, school records, even restaurant menus rely on people having access to the Internet. Keep that in mind when people use the term “internet” instead of specifically “social media”

[pinkyprincessnom]

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[xxquilloo]

I feel like the effects of the quarantine on children are not talked about enough or the issue is blamed on cellphones existing.

For a year and a half kids were forced to stay inside and only talk to their friends through screens. After it ended and kids were allowed to go back to school there was still a lot of fear around getting sick and a lot of people's parents kept them doing online school for one or two more years after the quarantine ended. The stranger danger panic is still around but now there's also an interacting might actually kill you panic also. Most people over the age of nine remember the quarantine btw, and a lot of kids had to use zoom for school while they were in elementary school, some when they were in kindergarten/1st grade which affected their social skills for obvious reasons.

Kids were literally forced to use technology for communication and socialization and now people are mad that they're still doing that.

[pinkyprincessnom]

Man

[hannahhook7744]

[pinkyprincessnom]

Can we start planning a total internet blackout folks, at this point we really have to step up our game now or we really lose the internet completely

Tagging as many people as you can, we can't lose our safe spaces

@d0esery @hannahhook7744 @roxfox5 @youtube-privacy-union

[d0esery]

🌐⭐️I second that. We absolutely have to plan a date. This awful stuff can't go on any longer! We should do it globally!⭐️🌐

Since all of our governments are acting awful, we need to all stand up and start planning a date to blackout/a few days to black out!

(Thank you, @pinkyprincessnom , for bringing this up :) 💕🙏!)

[pinkyprincessnom]

Can we start planning a total internet blackout folks, at this point we really have to step up our game now or we really lose the internet completely

Tagging as many people as you can, we can't lose our safe spaces

@d0esery @hannahhook7744 @roxfox5 @youtube-privacy-union

[onlytiktoks]

[d0esery]

Is there anything we can do to stop the verification on operating systems before it's too late?

⭐️🇺🇸YES ABSOLUTELY! 🇺🇸⭐️

The three P's are very important! Politicians (Call them), Petitions, and Protesting! Even after the law has passed.

People in California are fighting back against theirs through litigation! IT IS WORKING! They are going through the legal process to get the law repealed! People who live in Illinois, YOU NEED TO FIGHT BACK AND DO THE SAME!

I dont think these dumb politicians realize that it would be nearly impossible to age gate a whole operating system. Especially with things like linux that could just bypass the age gate.

Also, most manufacturers wouldn't even have the capacity to do that. It is very difficult and costly, I hear.

You could also get a VPN to bypass the age gate if it happens! Make sure it's legitimate if you are gonna go that route!

To you all thinking, this will only affect people in that state like Illinois or California. IT WILL NOT! THIS WILL AFFECT YOU ALL! Manufacturers RARELY ever put things in place for a specific group of people. They have an all at once treatment. That means users outside of these states will be affected if put into place!

🇺🇸⭐️FIGHT BACK PEOPLE! YOU BACK THE DIFFERENT ON THESE LAWS! PUSH BACK AGAINST THESE CORRUPT POLITICIANS!⭐️🇺🇸

(Thank you, Anon, for the question :) 💕🙏)

@youtube-privacy-union

[neonshroudedgraves]

California Assembly Passes Under-16 Social Media Ban

Buried past the 76-to-0 vote is a clause letting the Attorney General widen who counts as a "covered platform' without the Legislature votin

[pinkyprincessnom]

Man, we really need to fight harder than ever boys

@d0esery @hannahhook7744 @gentleman-velvet @roxfox5 @youtube-privacy-union

[d0esery]

⭐️🇺🇸🐻CALIFORNIA PLEASE FIGHT BACK! CALL YOUR REPS! SIGN PETITIONS, AND PROTEST!!!!!!!⭐️🐻🇺🇸

Worse news to happen during Pride Month! These laws directly target lgbtq+ people and other marginalized groups!

(Thank you, @pinkyprincessnom , for the news :) 🙏💕)

[flare4688]

California, go and call them, there are many marginalized groups here, and the most to be targeted could be immigrants, LGBT people, and those who live in abusive situations.