#screen act

[cosmonaut-observer]

If you live in the UK you need to see this

Protect Internet Freedom from now until forever. It's important existentially! Americans stand with UK citizens in our struggle against government censorship

[derekscorner]

Since Thursday our politicians have been trying to rush the 'Kids Online Safety Act' (KOSA) and SCREEN acts alongside 15 other bills through committee in order to censor the internet while lying about it being for child safety. It was such laws that allowed the UK, Australia, and Europe to become the hellholes they are where youre arrested for mean posts.

Sadly, our same leaders are also trying to repeal Section 230 alongside these bills. What Section 230 does, in simple terms, is categorize stuff you make online as part of your freedom of speech.

If they aren't stopped they will strip that from you. Be wary.

[the-creature-verse]

Guys, it got so much freaking worse. KOSA is bad, but SCREEN is even worse, somehow.

Text - S.737 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): SCREEN Act

Text for S.737 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): SCREEN Act

"Sen. Mike Lee has introduced the SCREEN ACT, a bill that applies the "harmful to minors" standard used to ban LGBTQ+ books and resources in schools and libraries and apply it nationally to the internet.

Any site that has any amount of material "harmful to minors" would be forced to employ surveillance tech (biometric scans, ID uploads, background checks) to prevent minors from accessing "pornography."

You will not be surprised to learn that this is backed by the Heritage Foundation.

Unlike some of the state age-verification laws, many of which are being challenged in court, SC will be enforced by the FTC, which has the ability to levy fines, raid business and freeze bank accounts. Yes, meaning that even non-for-profits like Ao3 will suffer.

This is something for all US users to keep on their radar. Call your reps, call your senators, and spread the word to protect our archive!"

- When talking with Republicans play up the fact that this would force Elon to implement age verification systems on X (yes do call it X during the call). Elon's been threatening to primary Republicans who stand in his way so there's fear of him. Also play up concerns about "Liberals" doxxing people or Chinese hackers.

- When talking with Democrats, play up the connections to Project 2025 and suggest voters will not be happy to see Democrats siding with it.

Republicans:

Ted Cruz, Texas (Chairman) - Phone: [phone]

John Thune, South Dakota - Phone: [phone]

Roger Wicker, Mississippi - Phone: [phone]

Deb Fischer, Nebraska - Phone: [phone]

Jerry Moran, Kansas - Phone: [phone]

Dan Sullivan, Alaska - Phone: [phone]

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee - Phone: [phone]

Todd Young, Indiana - Phone: [phone]

Ted Budd, North Carolina - [phone]

Eric Schmitt, Missouri - [phone]

John Curtis, Utah - Phone: [phone]

Bernie Moreno, Ohio - Phone: [phone]

Tim Sheehy, Montana - Phone: [phone]

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia - Phone: [phone]

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming - Phone: [phone]

Democrats:

Maria Cantwell, Washington (Ranking Member) - Phone: [phone]

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota - Phone: [phone]

Brian Schatz, Hawaii - Phone: [phone]

Ed Markey, Massachusetts - Phone: [phone]

Gary Peters, Michigan - Phone: [phone]

Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin - Phone: [phone]

Tammy Duckworth, Illinois - Phone: [phone]

Jacky Rosen, Nevada - Phone: [phone]

Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico - Phone: [phone]

John Hickenlooper, Colorado - Phone: [phone]

John Fetterman, Pennsylvania - Phone: [phone]

Andy Kim, New Jersey - Phone: [phone]

Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware - Phone: [phone]

SCRIPT

Hi, my name is [], and I am one of Senator []’s constituents. I live in [city, zip code - leave your full address if leaving a voicemail].

I am calling in regards to a bill that was recently introduced in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transport: the SCREEN act.

I am asking Senator [] to either take no action or vote against this bill because of its implications for freedom of speech. [insert one of the other concerns listed above]. Thank you for your time and for listening to my concerns.

[ratttailz]

i love u wikipedia. i love u internet archive. i love u pirate bay. i love u all other pirating sites. i love u tubi. i love u vpns. i love u digital media. i love u libraries. i love u archival communities. i love u developers and researchers. i love u

[homucifer-ryotan]

When calling your reps/ministers about any age certification internet bills (KOSA, Screen Act, Bill S-209, etc) use this as an example on why they should oppose those bills. Please tell them the name of the article and who wrote it so they can look up and read the article themselves. Tell them they won't make the same bad decision as the UK government did.

Craig McCutcheon - commissions open (@craggylotus.bsky.social)

For the online safety!

[botgal]

Congress is back on their bullshit again

For those who have been keeping their ear to the ground, you may have heard that the House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning a Markup vote that will include several pieces of internet legislation that we have been fighting against. This is correct. The announcement of what bills will be going up on Thursday have just been announced today, on Tuesday, as they normally have.

However, they have one trick to add to their attempts to bulldoze this invasive legislation through the halls of power.

As can be seen here, there are four bills related to internet legislation in this nine bill markup vote. Three may seem familiar to you: Sammy's Law, the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act, and the App Store Accountability Act. The last one, however, the KIDS Act (Kids Internet and Digital Safety), is one that you likely have not heard of before. And there's a reason for that. They only just made it for the worst possible reason.

HR 7757 The Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act) is an unholy amalgamation made up of all the bad faith online legislation that Chairman Guthrie and his cronies could possibly cram in there. Including KOSA, the SCREEN Act, anti NSFW legislation, age verification, ID Verification. All the worst players. All of it shoved into one giant bill with a brand new name to hide everything sinister it wants to claim is "for the kids" to further push their agenda of censorship and control.

Before this bill goes up for a Markup, which would push it into the House, on this Thursday the 5th, call as many of the House Energy and Commerce Committee members as you can. Tell them everything wrong with the KIDS Act. Especially if you're one of their constituents. But still call into as many as you can.

Don't let them think they can sneak this in under our noses. And do not let them push this through without a fight.

[theghostentire]

"It's to protect the kids, it's all about protecting kids! We just want kids to be safe and not exposed to anything inappropriate!"

Well, if that's the case, you'd think you'd be doing something about the 34 states where child marriage is still legal, but it's been all crickets there, huh?

[wolflover33100aj]

When I was a kid, my parents taught me to never give out personal information, especially ID, online

Now websites will demand it

That will still be a huge ' NO! ' for me