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alpha@omarsbigsisterSep 30
THE VOTE FAILED WOOO 🥳 we are safe.........for now.......
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American Consumer Institute
@consumerpalSep 30
🚨🚨🚨@MarshaBlackburn is seeking unanimous consent on KOSA today. The research on social media and teen mental health? Mixed and weak, at best. Small effects across nearly every study. Meanwhile, states that tried similar laws got over-censorship, legal limbo, and First Amendment problems. Slow down. Get the evidence right first. theamericanconsumer.org/2026…

The Center Square: The quiet part said out loud - The American Consumer Institute Center for...

The United States Senate Commerce Committee's recent markup hearing discussed a package of kids’ online safety bills that are good politics but bad policy. Despite the public narrative, the underly...

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Nick Krosse
@nkrosseSep 30
Today the Senate will consider passing the Kids Online Safety Act by unanimous consent. My @AAF Insight from the summer explores why the knowledge standard in KOSA will inevitably lead to age verification, and what the consequences of that will be for privacy, speech, and innovation.
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Sara Higdon
@SaraHigdonSep 30
Always remember that the name of the bill is rarely the actual aims of the bill. KOSA requires platforms to censor stuff, much like we see in the UK right now, under the guise of protecting kids. Not only that, it requires every platform to check your ID so they can monitor everyone (bye anonymity) as that is the only way to prove you, an adult, are not a child. Check everyone. Not to mention, where implemented, these bills have been shown to not actually protect kids at all.
Ari Cohn
@AriCohnSep 30
Today Senator Blackburn is expected to try ramming KOSA--the Kids Online Safety Act--through the Senate via unanimous consent. KOSA was an Internet censorship bill in its inception, and in 4 years the only thing its authors have done is try to disguise KOSA's nature, not fix it.
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Preston Byrne
@prestonjbyrneSep 30
Foreign governments are threatening hundreds of American websites with jail time, right now, today, as we speak, for exercising their First Amendment rights online Why isn’t the Senate considering unanimous consent for the GRANITE Act today? Surely that’s just as urgent?
Trace Mitchell
@TraceTheLawSep 30
The Senate will consider unanimous consent requests for KOSA, the GUARD Act, and the NO FAKES Act today. All three serve as major threats to online speech, and all three would likely violate the First Amendment. The internet is, and should remain, a bulwark for free expression
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Ari Cohn
@AriCohnSep 30
Sen. Blumenthal calls the objections "irrelevant," saying "it's not a free speech issue...the bill focuses on design features" This is misdirection. Design features do not lead to the enumerated harms absent specific content. This has been explained repeatedly.
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Ari Cohn
@AriCohnSep 30
The fact that Senator Blumenthal is now listing specific types of problematic content directly contradicts his claim, seconds ago, that this isn't about content.
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Reclaim The Net
@ReclaimTheNetHQSep 19
Spain just blocked Archive Today. Try to visit the web archive and many Spanish ISPs now redirect you to a government page warning: “YOU ARE TRYING TO ACCESS AN ILLEGAL WEBSITE.” It even tells users they’re “contributing to an illegal and criminal activity” simply by trying to access it. A tool used by journalists and researchers to preserve the web is now treated like contraband. The block reportedly followed a complaint from an unnamed rights holder and was imposed by Spain’s Intellectual Property Commission, not through a court ruling. That's an entire web-archiving service blocked over copyright and the complainant isn’t even public.
Reclaim The Net
@ReclaimTheNetHQSep 19
Spain Orders Blocks On Archive Today And Its Mirrors reclaimthenet.org/spain-bloc…

Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.Today and Its Mirrors

No court ruling was required; only a complaint, a commission, and a censorship protocol built for speed.

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Nyrae@TemiXo_1Sep 19
"Underage girls testing positive for pregnancy at detention centers." Let me fix that for you. “ICE officers are raping little girls in detention centers.” There you go.
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Hotcheesecakes (Clippy)@HotcheesecakesSep 20
to track us
Nym
@nymSep 20
Governments are pushing for Age Verification to access parts of the internet in order to:
6%protect children
2%stop scams and fraud
4%stop misinformation
88%other (comment below)
635 votes • Final results
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DeepHumor
@DeepHumorSep 20
Wait a minute, so the government LIED when they said ID age verification was created to "protect the kids?" Shocking!
Protecting Kids Online
@PKOprojectSep 18
Australia just released the first real data on nationwide age‑verification laws and it’s not what lawmakers promised. 🚫 Kids weren’t protected. 🚫 Parents weren’t empowered. ✅ Surveillance expanded. We broke down the findings and what they mean for U.S. families on our Substack: protectingkidsonline.substac…
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Danny Stark@dstark86Sep 14
Ms. Rachel said I hate a neutral ass bitch
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Adam Mockler
@adammocklerrSep 14
WHO IS THAT ONE REPUBLICAN???
Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliverSep 14
🚨 West Virginia House passes ban on bestiality. One Republican voted no.
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Lauren Windsor
@lawindsorSep 13
call me crazy, but i think pedophile enablers should go to prison
Sigurdur Nordal
@essenviewsSep 12
"We're going to prison if we lose the midterms. They're coming after pedophiles and their supporters."
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🐻@woman0fwiseSep 14
Men need laws to tell them not to marry little girls. Repeat after me, males should NOT vote.
GOP Ls
@GOP__LsSep 13
🚨 Thirty-six Oklahoma House Republicans voted against banning child marriage.
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Tim Hannan
@TimHannanSep 13
What the fuck. Our government is facilitating pedophilia.
Daily Mail
@DailyMailSep 13
US secretly flew American diplomat out of UK without telling British police after he was found with child abuse images in dawn raid trib.al/kf4jgk5

US flew diplomat out of UK after he was found with child abuse images

The ex US serviceman, who was working at the American Embassy in Nine Elms, south London, was allegedly taken from his flat in Putney on August 25.

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soup🕷️@thrluvSep 13
YES, your political stance does in fact define the kind of person you are
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ICE brutally detain 2 U.S. citizen teens—driving to hand in papers to join Marines. Now changing their minds about enlisting. "How can I serve a country that doesn't even uphold my basic rights?" Agents shot them with pepper spray—then punched them in the face. Just because they stopped to film an ICE operation arresting parents outside of a school. They were locked up for 8 hours—despite having proof they were U.S. citizens. Agent told them: "I don't give a damn... your parents can't help you now." Incident occurred near Santos Livas Elementary School in Alamo, Texas. Posting first full length English language credited video here to help raise awareness.
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JESUS FUCKING CHRIST Republicans won't be happy until the United States is a smoldering toxic wasteland ruled by billionaires and all their grandchildren have cancer.
The New York Times
@nytimesSep 14
Breaking News: The E.P.A. is said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants. nyti.ms/4yyEUfR

E.P.A. Erases Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

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Kelly@broadwaybabytoSep 14
Dear members of the media: Stop saying “had sex with” when you’re referring to minors. Children can’t consent. “Having sex” implies consent. When an adult assaults a child, it’s rape. You’re enabling the predator class by refusing to call it what it is.
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