@areaofacceptance.bsky.socialThink of how this will affect anti-ICE accounts on Instagram and Facebook, as well as Palestine liberation accounts, voting rights accounts, and ESPECIALLY accounts like ours that advocate for the lives and safety of trans people. #stopcensorship #stopmasssurveillance #savespeech
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #fightchatcontrol #notosocialmediaban
Despite several EU countries pushing against a social media ban, Ursula & Ireland(possibly even Macron) now want to force an EU wide ban.
TELL YOUR REPS TO REJECT THIS & CC 2.0
@echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights
If I see one more person doom on this, I'm going to have a conniption.
Trans rights MATTER. If politicians brush you off or put you down, GET TWICE AS FUCKING MAD. DO. NOT. COMPROMISE.
BUT STOP. ACTING. LIKE. THERE'S. NO. HOPE.
KEEP EXISTING
@zeldatheswordsman.bsky.social"Age verification" doesn't protect kids, it prevents them from reporting harm.
It's also a massive cybersecurity risk, in an era when cybersecurity has never been more important.
Death to bills like #KOSA
#savespeech
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #notopornban
Friday FYI - US Bills to Oppose, NEW TODAY:
- From Preston Bryne: "This is unconstitutional." Rep Auchincloss & Rep Houchin introduced the 16 & Up Social Media Act today. No bill text is available yet.
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #notopornban
Friday FYI - US Bills to Oppose, NEW TODAY:
- CA AB 1709 & 1856 have been approved by the Governor with no additional changes
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #NOTOOSLEVELVERIFICATION
Linux isn't exempt. In theory, you won't be able to use any app or even your machine if forced to "give over your birthdate" so age signals can be sent to complying apps
Yell at reps. Tell them to repeal HB 5511
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #NOTOOSLEVELVERIFICATION
IL HB 5511 is now officially law. It goes into effect Jan 1st 2027/2028
Not surprising but disheartening
@eff.org
@aclu.org
@netchoice.bsky.social @fightforthefuture.org
@fsc.bsky.social
@sexworkhistorian.bsky.social
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialKOSA/KIDS Status Report:
- House Republicans set to cut pre-election session short. Possibly Sep. 17th?
Keep leaving messages for reps. Tell them to OPPOSE KOSA, KIDS Act, SB 5090, Stop CSAM Act(would override Section 230), KOSMA, and others i will list later
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialKOSA/KIDS Status Report:
- Senate KOSA passed comm. Govtrack: 48% likely to pass
- No Senate markup on House KIDS Act yet
- Mike Lee's SCREEN Act dead for now.
- Cruz & Schatz are using Meta's settlement to try and drum up support to pass KOSMA
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #notopornban
Friday FYI - US Bills to Oppose, Additional Bills:
- TOTAL Screen Time Act
- GUARDIAN Act(HB 6488) - Social media ban for under 16s
- Parental Approval for Youth Social Media Act of 2026(Senate's companion to the GUARDIAN Act)
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #NoToDigitalID #notopornban
Friday FYI - US Bills to Oppose:
- Mike Lee's PROTECT Act & S 5129
- OMBs prop. Fed. Financial Assistance Rule
- CA AB 1709 & CA AB 1856(Passed both houses, onto Govenor)
- S5090 Digital Age Assurance Act(open source OSs & private accounts illegal)
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- Indonesian Queer & Trans individuals are apparently facing extremism from the governmemt with pushes for illegalising transgenderism & promoting violence against them
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- Steam has implemented AV measures for Australian customers, restricting them from purchasing/viewing titles that carry a local age rating of R18+.
The only method of AVing is linking supported credit card to a Steam account
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- Denmark gov. proposes requirement for you to be 15 years old to use social media
- Failing to be able to impose it in France, Emmanuel Macron is calling for "a European text" to ban social networks for those under 15
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- UK to force Apple, Google to block explicit images on kid’s smartphones
- UK Parl. Comm. published gov. response to report on kids’s screentime(phone scanning, social media ban). Proposed, not set in stone
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- According to exit polls, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the Saxony-Anhalt elections in Germany’s east.
This does not gurantee they will have majority power to govern, but it is nonetheless concerning
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US:
- Nym update on some world censorship & surveillance:
- Twitter alternatives Xcancel & Nitter seem to be returning after seeking legal council
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US Megathread(CRITICAL):
- Android soon to have "sideloading" locked down this September
- FFTF releases post going over Discord's revitalized push for Global ID verification