RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115644471843497904

Americans!

Reminder: The House Energy and Commerce Committee is debating a whopping 19 bills regarding "child safety." This includes dangerous bills such as:

-Kids Online Safety Act (especially if "Duty of Care" is maintained)

-SCREEN Act (Broadest and most censor happy Age Verification Law)

-App Store Accountability Act (Age Verification for App Stores)

-Parents over Platforms Act (Age Verification for Apps)

-RESET Act (Under 16 social media ban)

-Sammy's Law (Mass surveillance on minors, would out closeted LGBTQ+ youth, etc.)

Call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #SocialMedia #DigitalRights #US #UnitedStates

The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. #Activists Are Fighting Back

Half of the country now requires #ageVerification to watch #porn or access “harmful” content. #DigitalRights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
#rights #privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/age-verification-is-sweeping-the-us-activists-are-fighting-back/

The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. #Activists Are Fighting Back

Half of the country now requires #ageVerification to watch #porn or access “harmful” content. #DigitalRights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
#rights #privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/age-verification-is-sweeping-the-us-activists-are-fighting-back/

Age verification is emerging in the EU as a tool to protect minors online ⚠️. But it raises privacy risks, expands surveillance, and excludes millions from digital spaces 🔒.

Experts warn it creates a false sense of security while failing to address root causes of online harm.

@edri

🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/why-age-verification-misses-the-mark-and-puts-everyone-at-risk/

#TechNews #Privacy #DataRights #DigitalSafety #CyberSecurity #UserData #ChildRights #DigitalRights #OnlineSafety #GDPR #Inclusion #DigitalEthics #AI #Surveillance #HumanRights

Sign this petition by @fight to send a message to Congress that we will not accept the loss of privacy that comes with online ID checks and age verification!

And then call them directly and tell them again!

https://www.stoponlineidchecks.org/

#DigitalRights #StopOnlineIDChecks #StopAgeVerification #Privacy #Security

My goal is to use the #Fairphone6 for 10 years or longer.

Starting with @murena's fantastic /e/OS #Android, replacing it later with @ubports's mobile Linux when that becomes available for the device.

I cannot overstate how grateful I am for all the people working on those free and open source projects that make the world a better place by defending our #DigitalRights. 💪

Sign this petition by @fight to send a message to Congress that we will not accept the loss of privacy that comes with online ID checks and age verification!

And then call them directly and tell them again!

https://www.stoponlineidchecks.org/

#DigitalRights #StopOnlineIDChecks #StopAgeVerification #Privacy #Security

Public servants are meant to be transparent. Private citizens are meant to be… private. Flip that, and you don’t have a democracy anymore — you have surveillance.

#Privacy #DigitalRights #AntiSurveillance #CivilLiberties #Accountability #Transparency #FediPrivacy

Public servants are meant to be transparent. Private citizens are meant to be… private. Flip that, and you don’t have a democracy anymore — you have surveillance.

#Privacy #DigitalRights #AntiSurveillance #CivilLiberties #Accountability #Transparency #FediPrivacy

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115644471843497904

Americans!

Reminder: The House Energy and Commerce Committee is debating a whopping 19 bills regarding "child safety." This includes dangerous bills such as:

-Kids Online Safety Act (especially if "Duty of Care" is maintained)

-SCREEN Act (Broadest and most censor happy Age Verification Law)

-App Store Accountability Act (Age Verification for App Stores)

-Parents over Platforms Act (Age Verification for Apps)

-RESET Act (Under 16 social media ban)

-Sammy's Law (Mass surveillance on minors, would out closeted LGBTQ+ youth, etc.)

Call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #SocialMedia #DigitalRights #US #UnitedStates