"All this policy around keeping kids off the internet is couched in language of protecting them...But there is a piece of it that is inherently rooted in the idea that they have nothing valuable to add to society or that there's no point in listening to them." www.businessinsider.com/kids-parenti...
What adults lose when kids are banned from social media
Banning kids on social media today will hurt tomorrow's internet.
www.businessinsider.com
March 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The Wayback Machine is a vital resource for preserving the cultural record, ensuring history remains accessible to all.
Read more in the recent NPR profile ➡️ www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
#SaveTheWeb #DigitalPreservation #MemoryHole #WaybackMachine
Read more in the recent NPR profile ➡️ www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
#SaveTheWeb #DigitalPreservation #MemoryHole #WaybackMachine
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Wayback Machine is a vital resource for preserving the cultural record, ensuring history remains accessible to all.
Read more in the recent NPR profile ➡️ www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
#SaveTheWeb #DigitalPreservation #MemoryHole #WaybackMachine
Read more in the recent NPR profile ➡️ www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
#SaveTheWeb #DigitalPreservation #MemoryHole #WaybackMachine
Far-reaching powers over Internet access are being rushed through.
Last minute amendments have been shoved into the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Ministers will be able to force anyone over 13 to use unsafe and unregulated age-ID services to access whatever content the government wants.
Last minute amendments have been shoved into the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Ministers will be able to force anyone over 13 to use unsafe and unregulated age-ID services to access whatever content the government wants.
13 year olds could be compelled to use unregulated age verification
Last minute amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will have huge implications for freedom of expression and privacy in the UK, Open Rights Group has warned.
www.openrightsgroup.org
March 24, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Hey, if youre like me, i know that it's hard to keep track of everything you need to call your reps about right now
this isnt exhaustive but here's a script with a check list of issues that demand attention right now. I'll likely be add more later
CALL YOUR REPS
www.congress.gov/members/find...
this isnt exhaustive but here's a script with a check list of issues that demand attention right now. I'll likely be add more later
CALL YOUR REPS
www.congress.gov/members/find...
![Hello, I'm a constituent from [PLACE] and im contacting [REPRESENTATIVE] because I would like to give my opinion on a number of bills and issues.
The following legislation I believe should be OPPOSED should it come to a vote before [REPRESENTATIVE]
The SAVE ACT/SAVE AMERICA ACT
The KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT
The KIDS ACT
The SCREEN ACT
The APP STORE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
HR 7661
The TRUMP AMERICA AI ACT
Additionally, I want to voice my opinion on the following issues:
I want to see opposition to any attempt to reform/repeal SECTION 230
I want to see opposition to ONLINE ID/ ONLINE AGE VERIFICATION LAWS, as well as repealing any existing laws
I want to see ICE ABOLISHED
I want to see OPPOSITION TO THE WAR IN IRAN as well as its aggression towards VENEZUELA, GREENLAND AND MORE](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xawhcpoqu6pdxpp72fd43wuf/bafkreibuhqwxfnbl7ldg42m6aa7j5wvsmm5fhiu5az74s7wkk65mluyqoq)
March 21, 2026 at 1:06 AM
HEY
CALL YOUR MEPS ABOUT CHATCONTROL #chatcontrol #privacy #europe #eu #stopchatcontrol #savespeech #savetheweb
NEXT TRILOGUE IS MAY 11
CALL YOUR MEPS ABOUT CHATCONTROL #chatcontrol #privacy #europe #eu #stopchatcontrol #savespeech #savetheweb
NEXT TRILOGUE IS MAY 11
#savespeech #europe #chatcontrol #stopchatcontrol #eu Hey, time to call your MEPs again, remind the EU parliament to remain firm and not give in to the mass surveillance demands, whichever ways they try to sneak it in.
This is serious, call/email them when you can, use fightchatcontrol for it,etc
This is serious, call/email them when you can, use fightchatcontrol for it,etc
#savespeech #fightchatcontrol
Dr. Breyer posted a PDF on the latest Parliament & Commission discussions on CC 2.0. Its... confusing some, but it sounds like there is a compromise being worked on.
Please keep calling your reps through @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social
Dr. Breyer posted a PDF on the latest Parliament & Commission discussions on CC 2.0. Its... confusing some, but it sounds like there is a compromise being worked on.
Please keep calling your reps through @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social
May 8, 2026 at 1:42 PM
HEY
CALL YOUR MEPS ABOUT CHATCONTROL #chatcontrol #privacy #europe #eu #stopchatcontrol #savespeech #savetheweb
NEXT TRILOGUE IS MAY 11
CALL YOUR MEPS ABOUT CHATCONTROL #chatcontrol #privacy #europe #eu #stopchatcontrol #savespeech #savetheweb
NEXT TRILOGUE IS MAY 11
Saying "this isn't about speech, it's about consumer protection" or "this isn't about speech, it's about product design" is just the latest tactic from state attorneys general greedy for cash & cache. they've been trying this in different forms for decades
March 25, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Speak up, be loud.
Please don't allow this to be normalized.
Call, email, spread awareness.
Please don't let them take away our web, our communities. Everything we have together. #savespeech #privacy #savetheweb #stopcensorship #furry
Please don't allow this to be normalized.
Call, email, spread awareness.
Please don't let them take away our web, our communities. Everything we have together. #savespeech #privacy #savetheweb #stopcensorship #furry
What’s at stake in the fight against age verification is not just a single bill in a single state. It’s about whether “protecting children” becomes a legal pretext for embedding government control online that reinforces specific moral and religious worldviews. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control
What’s at stake is whether “protecting children” becomes a legal pretext for embedding government control over the internet to enforce specific moral and religious judgments—judgments that deny
www.eff.org
March 20, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Speak up, be loud.
Please don't allow this to be normalized.
Call, email, spread awareness.
Please don't let them take away our web, our communities. Everything we have together. #savespeech #privacy #savetheweb #stopcensorship #furry
Please don't allow this to be normalized.
Call, email, spread awareness.
Please don't let them take away our web, our communities. Everything we have together. #savespeech #privacy #savetheweb #stopcensorship #furry
HEY
THE CJEU JUST WRECKED THE EU'S EQUIVALENT OF #section230
THIS IS A PROBLEM
CALL YOUR MEPS ABOUT IT AND TELL THEM THIS IS BAD PLEASE #eu #chatcontrol #savespeech #savetheweb #stopkillingtheinternet
THE CJEU JUST WRECKED THE EU'S EQUIVALENT OF #section230
THIS IS A PROBLEM
CALL YOUR MEPS ABOUT IT AND TELL THEM THIS IS BAD PLEASE #eu #chatcontrol #savespeech #savetheweb #stopkillingtheinternet
If anyone thinks that liability for "algorithms" is an easy call and/or an unalloyed good, consider: Wikipedia uses automated edit filters.
EU, tech law
CJEU: Member States can require age verification for porn, and ban rebroadcast of traffic cop information
also ***a website that controls what viewers see via an algorithm is liable for the content*** curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...
CJEU: Member States can require age verification for porn, and ban rebroadcast of traffic cop information
also ***a website that controls what viewers see via an algorithm is liable for the content*** curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...
June 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
HEY
THE CJEU JUST WRECKED THE EU'S EQUIVALENT OF #section230
THIS IS A PROBLEM
CALL YOUR MEPS ABOUT IT AND TELL THEM THIS IS BAD PLEASE #eu #chatcontrol #savespeech #savetheweb #stopkillingtheinternet
THE CJEU JUST WRECKED THE EU'S EQUIVALENT OF #section230
THIS IS A PROBLEM
CALL YOUR MEPS ABOUT IT AND TELL THEM THIS IS BAD PLEASE #eu #chatcontrol #savespeech #savetheweb #stopkillingtheinternet
#chatcontrol #stopbigtech #stopcensorship #privacy #nomassurveillance #stopchatcontrol #censorship #discord #eu #europe #savespeech #savetheweb #stopkillinggames #stopkillingtheinternet #notodigitalID #ageverification
THE FIGHT AGAINST CHAT CONTROL IS NOT OVER YET 🚨
MEPs still haven't come to an agreement on Chat Control and will meet next week before the summer break.
Make your voices heard, say NO to #chatcontrol and email your MEPs now: fightchatcontrol.eu
MEPs still haven't come to an agreement on Chat Control and will meet next week before the summer break.
Make your voices heard, say NO to #chatcontrol and email your MEPs now: fightchatcontrol.eu
July 3, 2026 at 2:19 PM
@oversightdemocrats.house.gov the Energy and Comcerce comittee is trying to eliminate the free speech of the internet by killing or sunsetting section 230.
leaving millions of americans vunerable and making sure that any viewpoint the government deems harmful is not in sight of kiids
leaving millions of americans vunerable and making sure that any viewpoint the government deems harmful is not in sight of kiids
March 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Seconding #privacy #chatcontrol #savespeech #savetheweb #stopcensorship #stopchatcontrol #noIDverification
#Privacy
Keep going with the backlash about age verification, not just on Discord, but also on every other app/site where it's about to be implemented.
Also: as long as we still have KOSA, Chatcontrol, real name requirements and many other shit laws going on, do complain loudly about them aswell.
Keep going with the backlash about age verification, not just on Discord, but also on every other app/site where it's about to be implemented.
Also: as long as we still have KOSA, Chatcontrol, real name requirements and many other shit laws going on, do complain loudly about them aswell.
Discord says its delaying the age verification rollout until the second half of the year
This comes after massive backlash
This comes after massive backlash
March 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This seems, pretty bad. Section 230 needs to not just be defended, but restored. They're quietly killing the web through the courts. #savespeech #savetheweb #stopcensorship #section230 #defends230 #furry
The social media cases are going south. @elizabethsipod.bsky.social pointed out that this is going to hit mental health and fitness content the hardest.
I think that's right. I don't know how you operate a social media service these days. But I do know content on the fringes can't survive.
I think that's right. I don't know how you operate a social media service these days. But I do know content on the fringes can't survive.
March 25, 2026 at 9:06 PM
This seems, pretty bad. Section 230 needs to not just be defended, but restored. They're quietly killing the web through the courts. #savespeech #savetheweb #stopcensorship #section230 #defends230 #furry
MUST READ if you're interested in the future of adult content, censorship, the War on Porn, etc.
Michael McGrady — a tireless journalist for @avn.bsky.social and others — has written a really solid, very comprehensive and well-sourced survey of what's going on rn:
thebaffler.com/latest/paper...
Michael McGrady — a tireless journalist for @avn.bsky.social and others — has written a really solid, very comprehensive and well-sourced survey of what's going on rn:
thebaffler.com/latest/paper...
Papers, Please | Michael McGrady Jr.
Age verification laws have proven costly to freedom of expression for adult consumers and chill sexual speech.
thebaffler.com
April 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Please stop these bills. Keep calling the lawmakers of whatever country you're in, please stop this stuff it's ruining so much of our digital privacy and right to expression. #savespeech #stopcensorship #savetheweb
"The assumption the adult entertainment industry is 'recession-proof' is looking more dubious by the day. For digital sex workers, these issues are compounded... [Age-verification laws] are proving even more costly for the people who actually work in the online adult entertainment industry."
Papers, Please | Michael McGrady Jr.
Age verification laws have proven costly to freedom of expression for adult consumers and chill sexual speech.
thebaffler.com
April 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Please stop these bills. Keep calling the lawmakers of whatever country you're in, please stop this stuff it's ruining so much of our digital privacy and right to expression. #savespeech #stopcensorship #savetheweb
#savespeech #notoAVlaws
Xbiz covers bills in West Virginia(passed), Wisconsin(governor's desk), and Ohio's "innocence act)(passes house)
www.xbiz.com/news/297299/...
Consider yelling at reps & contact groups like @netchoice.bsky.social & @fightforthefuture.org
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
Xbiz covers bills in West Virginia(passed), Wisconsin(governor's desk), and Ohio's "innocence act)(passes house)
www.xbiz.com/news/297299/...
Consider yelling at reps & contact groups like @netchoice.bsky.social & @fightforthefuture.org
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
AV Bulletin: West Virginia Enacts AV Law, Wisconsin Next?
This roundup provides an update on the latest news and developments on the age verification front as it impacts the adult industry.
www.xbiz.com
April 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
This may make it harder to fight these mass-censorship bills in court + likely to embolden anti-social media/anti-internet crowds.
Keep calling. #savespeech #savetheweb #stopcensorship
Keep calling. #savespeech #savetheweb #stopcensorship
This case will now be cited by lawmakers seeking to enact mass surveillance & censorship laws in the name of "kids online safety" despite the fact that NONE of their laws do that. It will also only further the moral panic about open internet access w/o doing a thing to regulate biz model of big tech
BREAKING: New Mexico jury finds that Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp are harmful to children's mental health and orders Meta to pay a $375 million penalty.
March 25, 2026 at 12:22 AM
This may make it harder to fight these mass-censorship bills in court + likely to embolden anti-social media/anti-internet crowds.
Keep calling. #savespeech #savetheweb #stopcensorship
Keep calling. #savespeech #savetheweb #stopcensorship
All of these bills are ultimately just small-tech killers.
Small forums, platforms, art sites, etc will get annihilated by them.
It doesn't rein in big tech, it leaves big tech THE ONLY SURVIVORS
#savespeech #savetheweb
Small forums, platforms, art sites, etc will get annihilated by them.
It doesn't rein in big tech, it leaves big tech THE ONLY SURVIVORS
#savespeech #savetheweb
something not talked about enough with these "protect the children" bills designed to "rein in big tech" is the fact that there is so much Non-Big Tech getting lumped in with Apple and Google. what do you fucking mean you want me to mail my birth certificate to Linux before i can use debian???
March 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
All of these bills are ultimately just small-tech killers.
Small forums, platforms, art sites, etc will get annihilated by them.
It doesn't rein in big tech, it leaves big tech THE ONLY SURVIVORS
#savespeech #savetheweb
Small forums, platforms, art sites, etc will get annihilated by them.
It doesn't rein in big tech, it leaves big tech THE ONLY SURVIVORS
#savespeech #savetheweb
#savespeech #savetheweb #stopcensorship Meta sucks but please, this case's outcome is genuinely nothing to cheer about. This renders section 230 pseudo-dead currently. #defends230 #section230
Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For
First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining the challenges of social media trust & safety, all…
First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining the challenges of social media trust & safety, all…
Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For
First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining the challenges of social media trust & safety, all while prioritizing growth metrics over user safety. If you've been reading Techdirt for any length of time, you know we've been critical of the company for years. Mark Zuckerberg deserves zero benefit of the doubt.
www.techdirt.com
March 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
#savespeech #savetheweb #stopcensorship Meta sucks but please, this case's outcome is genuinely nothing to cheer about. This renders section 230 pseudo-dead currently. #defends230 #section230
The Meta ruling isn't good news for the web guys, we need to tell lawmakers to reinforce section 230 #savetheweb #savespeech #defends230 #section230
billionaires, oddly enough I felt a pit of sadness. I have nothing nice to say about Zuckerberg, but I also don’t think this is meta’s fault, especially not in this case. Both of those things can be true. I think this is the true beginning of the end for 230 or some would even say the (3/?)
March 26, 2026 at 4:07 AM
The Meta ruling isn't good news for the web guys, we need to tell lawmakers to reinforce section 230 #savetheweb #savespeech #defends230 #section230
Hurting section 230, through carveouts or court decisions, hurts the entire web.
Don't do that. stop doing that. #section230 #defends230 #savespeech #stopcensorship #savetheweb #furry
Don't do that. stop doing that. #section230 #defends230 #savespeech #stopcensorship #savetheweb #furry
Anger towards big tech companies exists because these companies harvest and exploit peoples’ data. We should pass laws to stop that. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Weakening Speech Protections Will Punish All of Us—Not Just Meta
Recently, a California Superior Court jury found that Meta and YouTube harmed a user through some of the features they offered. And a New Mexico jury concluded that Meta deceived young users into
www.eff.org
April 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hurting section 230, through carveouts or court decisions, hurts the entire web.
Don't do that. stop doing that. #section230 #defends230 #savespeech #stopcensorship #savetheweb #furry
Don't do that. stop doing that. #section230 #defends230 #savespeech #stopcensorship #savetheweb #furry
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social and @kattenbarge.bsky.social video on the new suit is required watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ype6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ype6...
The Truth About the Social Media Addiction Trial
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Continueing on from my last statement, even if things look bleak, please don't give up.
I'm having a bad day today but that doesn't mean I've given up either. Keep going, keep opposing #censorship, #ageverification, #chatcontrol, etc.
#savespeech #savetheweb #nomorepornbans
I'm having a bad day today but that doesn't mean I've given up either. Keep going, keep opposing #censorship, #ageverification, #chatcontrol, etc.
#savespeech #savetheweb #nomorepornbans
Please remember, the future is not set in stone. We can turn things around, but it takes effort. Contact your reps, get involved in local orgs, do what you can.
BREAKING: Boston City Council just unanimously passed a resolution condemning dangerous age verification and censorship laws, including the proposals put forward by @massgovernor.bsky.social and the MA House.
Backlash to age gating social media is growing!
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-05...
Backlash to age gating social media is growing!
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-05...
May 13, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Continueing on from my last statement, even if things look bleak, please don't give up.
I'm having a bad day today but that doesn't mean I've given up either. Keep going, keep opposing #censorship, #ageverification, #chatcontrol, etc.
#savespeech #savetheweb #nomorepornbans
I'm having a bad day today but that doesn't mean I've given up either. Keep going, keep opposing #censorship, #ageverification, #chatcontrol, etc.
#savespeech #savetheweb #nomorepornbans
#savespeech #protectsection230
Blog Piece: Ninth Circuit Panel Goes Out of Its Way to Question Section 230--Doe v. Meta
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
Supposedly the Ninth circuit set up a situation where, through an en banc review, they could nullify section 230.
Keep an eye on this.
Blog Piece: Ninth Circuit Panel Goes Out of Its Way to Question Section 230--Doe v. Meta
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
Supposedly the Ninth circuit set up a situation where, through an en banc review, they could nullify section 230.
Keep an eye on this.
Ninth Circuit Panel Goes Out of Its Way to Question Section 230-Doe v. Meta - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
[I’ve been sitting on this ruling for almost a month because blog posts like this are time-consuming and emotionally draining to write. It may not look it, but this post took about 6 hours to write.] ...
blog.ericgoldman.org
May 25, 2026 at 11:15 PM
DAILY. REMINDER. #Discord is still pushing on with the global AV policy rollout later this year. Relatively fucking soon!
Pressure Discord, pressure your reps, please stop the mass-adoption of AV/ID scans before it's too late for the internet. #stopcensorship #savespeech #savetheweb #privacy
Pressure Discord, pressure your reps, please stop the mass-adoption of AV/ID scans before it's too late for the internet. #stopcensorship #savespeech #savetheweb #privacy
March 25, 2026 at 4:12 PM
DAILY. REMINDER. #Discord is still pushing on with the global AV policy rollout later this year. Relatively fucking soon!
Pressure Discord, pressure your reps, please stop the mass-adoption of AV/ID scans before it's too late for the internet. #stopcensorship #savespeech #savetheweb #privacy
Pressure Discord, pressure your reps, please stop the mass-adoption of AV/ID scans before it's too late for the internet. #stopcensorship #savespeech #savetheweb #privacy