T.H.E.M

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Edgar A. P. this is a sideblog for when I need to write my thoughts down.

[herhimthem]

*taps microphone*

.. so about Jill Stien-

Aes🇺🇸 on X: "If this video goes viral, Jill Stein’s political career is done. https://t.co/vpfVrGZaN3" / X

[herhimthem]

BREAKING NEWS.

THERE IS A POSSIBLE SENATE VOTE ON KOSA AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK.

CALL IN. BLAST THOSE PHONES. CALL SCHUMER AS WELL AS OTHER SENATE AND HOUSE LEADERSHIP.

CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AT Stop KOSA.

[herhimthem]

BREAKING NEWS.

An age verification bill known as KKOSMA is getting marked up by the US Senate Committee on THURSDAY, MAY 16TH.

This bill would introduce age verification through digital ID for EVERYONE. Not just people under a certain age. It BANS social media for kids under the age of 13, requires parental consent for anyone under 18.

I'm working on getting more information, but for now here is the link to the website with the committee members. Highly recommend calling in/faxing and telling them to vote NO.

Committee Members - U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation

[pumpimpuking]

DON'T SKIP THIS POST AND READ THIS

THEY PUT THE KOSA BILL IN THE FAA

THIS IS TERRIBLE NEWS, AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING IT'S BECUESE SOME OF YOU YALL STAY SILENT BECUESE YOU GUYS GIVE UP

IF YALL DON'T WANNA LET THE KOSA BILL PASS THEN DONT STAY IN LISENT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT

https://www.stopkosa.com/

https://www.woodhullfoundation.org/get-involved/stop-kosa/

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-kosa

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act

AND REMENBER, DONT LET THEM WIN, BECUESE WE NEED TO STILL FIGHT.

[tsuunytsuun]

This is not true.

We DO still need to keep fighting, but KOSA was NOT added to the FAA. They voted against adding any amendments at all yesterday.

[herhimthem]

^^ I can confirm that KOSA was not added.

[herhimthem]

BREAKING NEWS!!

CRISIS AVERTED!!

The war isn't by any means over, but celebrate because WE WON THE BATTLE!!! :D

[herhimthem]

BREAKING NEWS.

KOSA wasn't even TALKED about at the hearing today. ANOTHER MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 10AM EST ON MAY 8TH.

THIS GIVES US ONLY A BIT MORE TIME. CALL IN. FAX. EMAIL. TAKE ACTION AT Stop KOSA!!!

[herhimthem]

TAKE ACTION NOW AT Stop KOSA

[saturdaymorningmemories]

There is a hearing today at 3 pm to consider adding KOSA to the FAA Must-Pass Bill. We can NOT let this happen. Please contact your reps and urge them to VOTE NO!

Y’all, I get that this is tiring, but these bad Internet bills are EXTREMELY DANGEROUS to our rights and our freedoms. PLEASE TAKE ACTION WHENEVER POSSIBLE!!!

[herhimthem]

GO TO Stop KOSA AND CALL/EMAIL NOW!!!

[tsuunsogstories]

TAKE ACTION AGAINST KOSA NOW AT Stop KOSA

[herhimthem]

CALL YOUR SENATORS! SEND EMAILS! THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT ADDING KOSA TO THE FAA TOMORROW. MAY 7TH.

THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING THEY DID WITH THE TIKTOK BAN.

DONT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.

CALL THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TOO, MAKE SURE HE KNOES HE'S MAKING THE RIGHT CALL BY NOT LETTING IT HAPPEN.

[herhimthem]

TAKE ACTION NOW AT Stop KOSA

[txtstotheworld]

Just heard they are trying to add KOSA to the must pass FAA bill.

Unfortunately, they have added KOSA to the FAA.

I have recently reblogged a post about this. It should be directly below this one on my page.

[herhimthem]

This isn't true, nothing has been added to the FAA must-pass package as of right now.

[hamadisthings]

URGENT

KOSA is now being discussed to go into the FAA Reauthorization Bill so I BEG you guys to MAKE A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT KOSA TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT HOW BAD THESE BILLS ARE. the chances may be low BUT ITS NOT 0 SO BE LOUD

[hunterscanonlover-deactivated20]

@txtstotheworld

[txtstotheworld]

RESOURCES:

BAD INTERNET BILLS

STOP INTERNET CENSORSHIP DISCORD

FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE (SENATE) (HOUSE)

CALL SCRIPTS:

If we do not cry out we cannot make a change. I urge you to call and email and fax your representatives as soon as possible.

[herhimthem]

ALSO CALL THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

He doesn't want any unrelated amendments to be added the FAA bill, LET HIM KNOW HE'S MAKING THE RIGHT CALL.

700+ parents recently sent him a letter telling him to push KOSA by any means necessary, we need to make sure he KNOWS he's doing the right thing by making sure it doesn't get through.

[herhimthem]

BREAKING NEWS

THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

SENATORS BLUMENTHAL AND BLACKBURN ARE ATTEMPTING TO ATTACH KOSA TO A MUST-PASS LEGISLATION.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID WITH THE TIKTOK BAN.

CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND HOUSE MEMBERS. CALL THEM HERE -> Stop KOSA

[taikeero-lecoredier]

STOP KOSA(and cie) MASTERPOST 2024

Both KOSA and the Earn It Act bill are dangerous for the future of the Internet.

In a nutshell, KOSA would allow states to sue any websites that host content deemed “harmful” to minors. With such a vague wording, its expected that any NSFW stuff, educational ressources or LGBT content, will immediately be taken down if govts dont approve of it.

Plus, it will be made mandatory to use IDs to confirm your age when going online, to so called “protect kids” but all that will cause is a huge potential data breach and endanger more kids.

As for the Earn It Act bill, it would allow the governement to spy and filter out anything they dont like in private dms for any users,as well as blowing a hole into Section 230 : The thing that prevent websites from being directly liable in case a user post something illegal,instead of the user being punished directly. The comics I made about KOSA and Earn It Act are old but sadly still relevant. All the info you need are in this post.

•KOSA Comic •Earn It Act comic

•KOSA UPDATE + CALL IN DAY THE 16TH OF APRIL ! (Made the April 11, 2024)

•When contacting your reps, you may also add that they should support better bills that will make kids (and anyone) safer by focusing on data privacy legislations instead of KOSA • Contact Congress through here https://www.stopkosa.com/ • House Energy and Commerce are the best to contact for the hearing of 17th April 2024 https://energycommerce.house.gov/representatives (the link doesnt work properly so you'll need to head to the site and select "Members" to find them)

• Find all your Congresspeople here http://badinternetbills.com/

• Find your House representative here https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative •Never forget to make tweets, posts, tiktoks, or use any social media you can think of to talk about this : Spreading the word will be crucial. As always, if you wish to help us fight against bad inetrnet bills,and have the latest infos about KOSA, consider joining our Discord server (if not, please just share it around) • https://discord.gg/pwTSXZMxnH

[herhimthem]

!!!

[taikeero-lecoredier]

STOP KOSA CALL IN DAY THE 16TH APRIL 2024

• There will be a hearing on Wednesday (17th April) where KOSA, along with some other bad internet bills, like the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act could be pushed.

• We will be having a calling day on TUESDAY (16 th April) to make clear to Congress that there is still a ton of opposition to these bills. https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chair-rodgers-and-ranking-member-pallone-announce-legislative-hearing-on-data-privacy-proposals-1 •We need to contact Congress and urge people to use this site for this https://www.stopkosa.com/

• House Energy and Commerce is holding the hearing so they are the best offices to call this week !! https://energycommerce.house.gov/representatives (the link doesnt work properly so you'll need to head to the site and select "Members" to find them)

• You can use http://badinternetbills.com/ to contact your congresspeople !

• And https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative to find all of the phone numbers of your House Representative ! •Don't forget to use faxzero.com to send up to 5 free faxes a day ! If you get a response talking about the changes made to the bills, please dont forget to point out it still makes it dangerous as explained here https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act Here are scripts you can use when contacting reps !

Please make sure to not mention how LGBT people will be affected by KOSA if your rep is republican, they don't care. Use freedom of speech instead like shown above !!! ^^^

Here is the Democrat version ! You may also tell your reps to support privacy legislations instead of the dangerous KOSA bill, as this will actually protect kids and anyone. Check my masterpost for more info And dont forget to join our discord server for the latest news and steps to take ! https://discord.com/invite/pwTSXZMxnH REBLOGS ENCOURAGED ! Making tweets, tiktoks, anything you want to spread awareness against KOSA is welcomed as well !!

[herhimthem]

!!!!

[txtstotheworld]

any news on KOSA?

UPDATE KOSA 4/10/24

KOSA has unfortunately been introduced to the house of representatives. However, we have not heard if it has passed senate yet.

Please keep fighting. If KOSA becomes law, I will not be able to run this account anymore.

[herhimthem]

Note for people calling their House Reps.

If you're Representative is a Republican, chances are-

THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT LGBTQ+ ISSUES.

Even mentioning how BIPOC people or people with disabilities/mental health issues (and many more marginalized groups) are at risk is a gamble. They won't be swayed by the fact that this bill will harm these communities, in fact, that could spur them into voting YES on KOSA.

You have to cater to your representative's views. Say something about freedom of speech, or how this bill could be misused by the left to force their agenda into online spaces, etc.

Stop KOSA

Bad Internet Bills

Find Your Representative | house.gov

[herhimthem]

Hi

I can find no info on if there will be a vote on KOSA tomorrow. There nothing on the senate schedule about it for this week. Do you have more info?

OKAY, so I was just about to edit yesterday's post about this-

KOSA won't be voted on tomorrow.

Somebody in the server found a tweet saying that Senator Schumer made it clear that KOSA is on the top list of priorities for this Congress, and it caused such an uproar that nobody bothered to fact-check it. We don't doubt in the slightest that the people trying to pass this bill would one-HUNDRED percent pull something like trying to push KOSA through while everyone is distracted with a big event.

It was only a few hours ago (I wasn't online at the time) that someone else in the server realized that this is untrue, and that level of misinformation is one of the biggest factors working against us to get rid of KOSA in the first place, and I apologize.

However, the Senate IS going back into session on Monday, so calling in about KOSA won't be for nothing.

By all means, call your reps tomorrow and tell them to vote NO on KOSA, we need every single bit of pushback we can get.

[herhimthem]

ATTENTION EVERYONE.

GO READ THIS POST I JUST.. POSTED

KOSA is NOT being pushed through or voted on tomorrow as far as we know, but STILL CALL IN ON MONDAY IF YOU CAN.

MONDAY IS THE DAY THE SENATE COMES BACK FROM RECESS.