this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
206 points (98.6% liked)

Technology

57472 readers
3606 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bit of a wall of text, but I figure it does more good than harm to have this in the comments with links:

The Kids Online Safety Act would increase surveillance and restrict access to information under the guise of protecting children online. KOSA would put the tools of censorship in the hands of state attorneys general. It would greatly endanger the rights and safety of young people online. KOSA’s burdens will affect adults, too, who will likely face hurdles, like age verification, to access legal content online as a result of the bill. TELL CONGRESS: OPPOSE THE KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT

The STOP CSAM Act would put security and free speech at risk by potentially making it a crime to offer encryption. The law would undermine digital security for all internet users, impacting private messaging and email app providers, social media platforms, cloud storage providers, and many other internet intermediaries and online services. TELL CONGRESS NOT TO OUTLAW ENCRYPTED APPS

The EARN IT Act would likely mandate scanning of messages and other files similar to the plan that Apple wisely walked away from last year. Digital rights supporters sent more than 200,000 messages to Congress to kill earlier versions of this bill. We’ve beaten it twice before, and we can do it again. We need your support to stop the EARN IT Act one more time. PROTECT OUR PRIVACY—STOP "EARN IT"

The RESTRICT Act would set the stage for a restriction on the use of TikTok, but could also criminalize common practices like using a VPN or side-loading to install a prohibited app. There are legitimate data privacy concerns about social media platforms, but this bill is a distraction from real progress on privacy. TELL CONGRESS: DON'T PASS THE RESTRICT ACT

The Cooper Davis Act would turn messaging services, social media companies, and even cloud providers into Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informants. The bill is likely to result in companies sweeping up innocent conversations, including discussions about past drug use or treatment. This bill contains no warrant requirement, no required notice, and limited user protections., andIt deserves to be defeated on the Senate floor. TELL CONGRESS: Don't turn messaging services into DEA informants

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@plumbercraic @KelsonV I'm feeling 50/50 on this. I usually like anything that bitcoiners hate, and feel like 4a is so totally dead that it is irrelevant.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Many thanks for posting this. I'm doing my part!

Edit: I've so far received one response from a representative...to tell me that he added me to his newsletter.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

It looks like this is for US citizens only. If I am wrong please correct me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Alas, that's par for the course. But, the email they receive gets counted (and they'll often run some kind of sentiment analysis software on it) and staffers pay attention to how much mail they're getting, so it still makes a difference!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for posting this. I used their form to send a message to my senators and representative.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This seems to concern the US only, OP can you put that in the title please

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Done. Sorry I missed it at first!

load more comments
view more: next ›