liz / 23 / law student & internet policy advocate / she/her / bisexual
I started this blog for jojo's but it's expanded to be several anime, the occasional sports post, and a lot of internet stuff. Generally speaking I try to keep this blog sfw but occasionally rb lewd art/fics. Feel free to message me for other socials (Bsky, X which I hardly use, ig, discord, and signal which is my preferred method of comms) or to yap about anything, really.
Here's the thing about online censorship: people will always find a way around it. We're already seeing people using VPNs to bypass their government's censorship and ID verification laws so they can use the internet freely. If it's not VPNs, people are downloading something else to get around censorship. All censorship laws are doing is pushing people to learn better ways to get around them.
Andy bunham is now adding curfews to their kosa law. Also will roll out the rest of what keir stalin talked one at a time. Now I am saying and mentioning this, because they are the main source of the issue and domino'd this whole thing that reduces free speech. Now this is the time to again, notify your parents the dangers this shows and how it also affects their use of the internet if they only use it for work. Which they mose probably do and the rest of their time, its tv/mainstream news propaganda. Please share/spread the word like you do already online yet in the way that we have to do so irl. I know its annoying as hell. Yet someone has to wake them up. Remember, mainstream news on tv and paper will NEVER talk about it or if they do it will go like this
News reporter: How do you feel about these new restriction?
Kid: Well Im gonna be bored yet-*cut off*
News reporter: How do you think this will go as a parent?
Parent: Well protecting kids is important b-*cut off*
Along those lines. So please do what you can as much as you all have been online. The reason these laws never get questioned is because we also need to include the people/parents in person, in real life as well. Have them call, email, or irl mail their reps, senators and governors. Have them mention along the lines of "I will not give my support and will not give my vote if you are in favor of any kids act, verification law, and other monitoring esc law that is under the guise of "safety" " during the call, email, or letter. Also guide them to petitions against these laws. The more you help your family and neighbors be technologically aware, the better it is to maintain basic privacy rights as a person. I know it will be tedious as hell, yet every reblog/sharing links among people online. We also have to inform the people in our local area in person as much as we can. Thank you for your time. Stay safe, stay alert, stay free
this is mother who agreed for the KOSA act bc her kid also committed $uicide. and she blamed tech for it...
bud if this thing happens kids and teens with be UNSAFE on the Internet by giving thier whole ID to creeps (which if this does happen pls don't... it can be dangerous) and you know what I'm just going to say this. teens and kids online safe space will be TOOKEN away from them and I JUST KNOW $suicide rates will go up and that;s terrible and another reason why I think that is because they are taking suicide,eat disorder, abuse etc. hotlines AWAY from MINORS and TEENS that NEED them. this is not protecting children I am just saying parents if this does happen and your kid is having issues or even DID it... blame yourselves if you wanted this to happen and all the other people who wanted this to happen. society is FUCKING sick....
stop killing the internet just released their first newsletter
They say thank you to everyone who signed up for the letter
“Governments and powerful technology companies are walling off the open internet. But here you are at the start of our shared journey to build a better internet.”
They go over their mission and ideas for this campaign
“Around the world children are being used as moral cover for restrictions on the internet. That can take the form of digital ID gates, device scanning, social media bans, VPN restrictions, curfews, surveillance, internet blackouts, age-gated access to lawful spaces, and attacks on encryption.
These proposals won't make children safer but they will harm everyone's privacy and freedom of expression.
We should be asking why the root causes of online harms are not being fixed: exploitative business models that lead to addictive design choices, poor moderation, poor education, youth exclusion, weak enforcement, and lack of user power.
We support solutions to online harms that respect human rights and tackle the root causes of the problem.”
More than 23 organizations have already joined
“More than 2,100 people have also signed up individually to receive news and updates. This is down to a huge effort from our volunteer-run team and in-kind support from organisations within the movement.
Stop Killing the Internet will promote the work of our partner organisations around the world, connecting you with organisations working for change.
We are committed to the human rights framework. We won’t endorse any political party, candidate, product or service.
Our campaign is resonating because people see what is at stake.
The internet should not become a permission-based system where access to speech, communities, creativity, and information depends on identity checks, surveillance, or corporate gatekeepers.
We have momentum. Most importantly, we have hope that we aren't alone.”
The organizations can be seen here and on their website
Governments are walling off the open internet. We are a global movement opposing restrictions, and building a better internet.
Am i a bad person to say it brings me great joy that on the day I found out I secured the fall job I wanted and have received a post-grad interest intent to interview (idk what else you call it) I find out fascinatingly the man who tormented me for an entire semester is unemployed and becoming a grifter like lowkey u go through hell but there’s moments like that where it feels kind of worth it. Not only has my hard work paid off but ur chud loser ass FLOPPED. deserved.
I am wearing my prescription glasses from candie’s and listening to Eminem & early Fall Out Boy on my five disc changer nobody is y2kmaxxing like me rn
puritan culture getting so bad they're grouping in fictional art with csam
you are not the pro women & children advocate you think you are when you minimize a serious crime with serious, life altering, horrific harm to a drawing.