KOSA to be voted on in the House next week
hi everyone, as you all know age verification/identity verification is a major threat to fandoms but speech, information, and privacy as a whole.
KOSA has been put in a package called the KIDS Act, which has 19 bills (a majority which are age/identity verification bills). it's being voted on in the House on Monday at 6:30 pm.
there is already a lot of controversy around this bill due to KOSA, many pro-KOSA orgs not liking the House version taking out the "duty of care" portion (which makes this 'weaker' on censorship) but many anti-KOSA orgs also not liking the other 18 bills that are pro-age verification. TLDR; this entire package is a mess and should be stopped from moving forward
actions to take:
- call your House member! use either https://www.badinternetbills.com/ or call 202-224-3121 to connect.
- sign the open letter against the KIDS Act. i'm part of a discord server that has been fighting this for 5 years and we are planning on sending this directly to the House and Senate
and lastly, spread the news!! this vote is imminent and we need as much backlash as possible. contact influencers, people who are popular, idk just anyone who could help spread this!