https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/ndaa-no-place-sweeping-internet-legislation-stop-csam-act
The STOP CSAM Act of 2023 would undermine services offering end-to-end encryption and push internet companies to take down lawful user speech. This dangerous bill would threaten security and free speech on the internet—but incredibly, it may pass Congress without even being seriously debated. Some...
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/young-people-should-oppose-kids-online-safety-act
Congress plans to move a bill forward that is opposed by dozens of organizations, digital rights protectors, LGBTQ+ activists, and human rights defenders: the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).
https://infosec.exchange/@thenexusofprivacy/110754630848313101
#followfriday for #digitalrights -- and #BadInternetBills campaign! This post is US-focused, see the reply for European digital rights advocates. @fight@fightforthefuture.org - their page at https://badinternetbills.com/ has links to take action! @eff@mastodon.social -- their page on [You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills) also has links to take action! @evangreer@mastodon.online -- [Digital Rights Groups Launch Week of Action Against 'Bad Internet Bills' ](https://www.commondreams.org/news/badinternetbills) has quotes from Evan on #KOSA @evacide@hachyderm.io -- EFF's Director of Cybersecurity @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Cory Doctorow's linkblog. @KelsonV@wandering.shop , whose [Lemmy post](https://lemmy.world/post/1783401) put the Bad Internet Bills on a lot of people's radar. @bad_internet_bills@lemmy.sdf.org and @BadInternetBills@kbin.social, for news and actions. [Can the Fediverse Help Stop Bad Internet Bills? ](https://wedistribute.org/2023/07/can-the-fediverse-help-stop-bad-internet-bills/) has more on why #KOSA, #EARNIT, #STOPCSAM, and the other bad internet bills are so bad -- including the threats to encryption and the harms they'll cause to LGBTQIA2S+ people -- and how #fediverse activism can help make a difference. Here's four easy ways to help: 1. Upvote and boost posts in @bad_internet_bills@lemmy.sdf.org -- and cross-post them to other communities and magazines where they're on-topic 2. On Mastodon, boost posts on the #BadInternetBills and #KOSA hashtags 3. Get the word out on other social networks too 4. If you live in the US, contact your legislators using Fight for the Future’s https://www.badinternetbills.com/ [Edited to add Cory Doctorow's linkblog, and to highlith that this i the US version] (3/N)
https://wedistribute.org/2023/07/can-the-fediverse-help-stop-bad-internet-bills/
https://wedistribute.org/2023/07/can-the-fediverse-help-stop-bad-internet-bills/
https://wedistribute.org/2023/07/can-the-fediverse-help-stop-bad-internet-bills/
A slew of bad internet bills are being pushed through the US Legislature. Can we look to the Fediverse to carry activist causes?
https://cdt.org/press/more-than-90-human-rights-and-lgbtq-groups-sign-letter-opposing-kosa/
The poorly drafted “Kids Online Safety Act” would make kids less safe, and would be weaponized to attack LGBTQ+ people and abortion rights Over 90 organizations have signed on to a letter led by the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Fight for the Future opposing the Kids Online Safety […]
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills
Red alert! For the last six months, EFF, our supporters, and dozens of other groups have been sounding the alarm about several #BadInternetBills that have been put forward in Congress. We’ve made it clear that these bills are terrible ideas, but Congress is now considering packaging them together—possibly into must-pass legislation.
https://www.badinternetbills.com/
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
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