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A FISA vote coming this week (maybe) - US Politics (getfisaright.net)
It’s still not clear just what will get voted on. So, if you’re in the US, now’s a great time to contact Congress. EFF’s action Tell Congress: Absent Major Changes, 702 Should Not be Renewed has as a form that will connect you nd provides talking points. Or if you’d rather contact them directly, here’s a short...
Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration (www.theverge.com)
FISA Section 702 Reauthorization: House likely to vote on two surveillance bills tomorrow (US) (www.politico.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/6414337...
Stop the surveillance power grab. Tell Congress to OPPOSE HPSCI’s Horrific Surveillance Bill and SUPPORT real reforms! (getfisaright.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/9011376...
A poll: are followers-only posts on Mastodon public? (infosec.exchange)
On Mastodon, Followers-only posts are only visible to your followers – and to admins of any instances your followers on. But if you haven’t turned on “approve followes”, anybody who’s logged in to an instance you haven’t blocked can follow you and get access to your followers-only posts....
KOSA sponsor appears to suggest bipartisan bill will censor transgender content online (US focused) (www.nbcnews.com)
In a video recently published by the conservative group Family Policy Alliance, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said “protecting minor children from the transgender in this culture” should be among the top priorities of conservative lawmakers…...
Senator Admits "Kids Online Safety Act" Will Target Trans Content Online. (www.erininthemorning.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/4403827...
The Kids Online Safety Act isn’t all right, critics say (US) (arstechnica.com)
Evan Greer of Fight for the Future:...
Congress Is Pushing An Online Safety Bill Supported By Anti-LGBTQ Groups (www.vice.com)
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is a bipartisan bill that lawmakers say is intended to stop online platforms from targeting and recommending harmful content to minors. It sounds good but it’s supported by a slew of far-right, anti-LGBTQ organizations, and opponents are warning it will enable states to censor LGBTQ content by...
Heritage Foundation Says That Of Course GOP Will Use KOSA To Censor LGBTQ Content - Please contact your legislators! (US) (www.techdirt.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1170157...
Young People Should Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act (US-specific) (www.eff.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/1163015...
Digital Rights Groups Launch Week of Action Against 'Bad Internet Bills' (www.commondreams.org)
Coverage of the week of action in Common Dreams, with quotes from @evangreer of Fight for the Future....
Bad Internet Bills: Letter from over 90 Human Rights and LGBTQ Groups Opposing KOSA (US-focused) (cdt.org)
The “Kids Online Safety Act” (KOSA) is one of the Bad Internet Bills EFF is asking for help trying to stop. KOSA sounds like a good bill. Who doesn’t want kids to be safe online? But KOSA wouldn’t actually make kids safer – and the way it’s written would be especially harmful to LGBTQIA2S+ people....
Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, preventing data broker sales to government agencies, moves forward (cyberscoop.com)
The House Judiciary Committee advanced the bill 30-0....
Help EFF Stop Bad Internet Bills (www.eff.org)
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...
Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act has a markup session tomorrow - if you're in the US, ask your Representative to support and pass the bill! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
UPDATE : The House Judiciary Committee advanced the bill unanimously, 30-0!. It still has to pass the full House, and then the Senate, so please still contact your legislators!...