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And it's political suicide for the Democrats if they DO sign it, considering how the internet is pretty much a necessity at this point and how this would impact younger voters and minority/LGBTQ ones.

Full_Pokedex posted...

There's no way to stop this. You can e-mail your representative a million times they aren't going to no vote a law called the Kids Online Safety Act, it would be political suicide.

It could get struck down for violating First Amendment rights for adults like COPA did.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

Is there an explanation of how its enforced? And what constitutes user uploaded content?

Like, does wikipedia fall under it? And what about sites not based in the US? Does it rely on people reporting rule breakers?

The FTC and state Attorney Generals enforce it. While on paper it would not apply to sites not based in the US, considering the majority of sites and internet infrastructure is based in the US, it's likely foreign sites would block access to US users unless they give their ID. The wording is so broad that Attorney Generals could nail websites for pretty much anything they consider unacceptable for 16 year olds or younger, hence why they'd have to implement harsh age verification to comply.

More direct link for how to contact your Senators and House Representatives to fight against KOSA: https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids

Could KOSA be struck down as unconstitutional for limiting the First Amendment rights of adults like COPA was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcroft_v._American_Civil_Liberties_Union ?

Here are the dangers this bill presents: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/kids-online-safety-act-still-huge-danger-our-rights-online

CADE_FOSTER posted...

what the freak is that link

A link on how to contact your representatives to fight against KOSA.

https://fxtwitter.com/t_h_e_b_i_t_e/status/1765194956518613070?s=46

This also obviously violates the Constitution and effectively guts Section 230, though we all know the old fogies and right-wingers don't care about that.

0K_Then posted...

let me guess,

this is somehow a cumulation of all the random & BS af gay & trans ppl are trying to corrupt our youth!!1! rhetoric that all the old useless right-wing fucks spew & propagate online constantly since they got nothing better to do with their past-expiration lives than spitefully strip as many rights away from the youth as possible

(possibly, i theorize sometimes, due to deep-rooted jealousy stemming from how their mom & dads guilted them from doing anything fun their whole lives and how much time and effort they wasted trying to conform to americas BS sense of normalcy & patriotism as a result,
all of which revealed to them via these new smart-phones they're finally becoming acquainted with after years of living in defiant ignorance w/ their pridefully-stupid im perfectly just fine with my flip-phone! crap,
and now that these johnny-come-latelys are finally caught up now they want to destroy it all b/c its not all catered exclusively toward them & in-fact shows a bit of favoritism toward the generation & demographics of which have made up the bulk of the internets population long before the dusty old MAGA fuckers had gotten involved)

fuck old people, seriously.
but guess who the senate is full to brim with??
please just tell me we arent completely fucked.

It's already expected to pass the Senate and Biden has said he'd sign it if it reaches his desk, so people are focusing on the House to try to stop it from passing there.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

Is there an explanation of how its enforced? And what constitutes user uploaded content?

Like, does wikipedia fall under it? And what about sites not based in the US? Does it rely on people reporting rule breakers?

The FTC enforces it with a special group that gives huge fines to violators of it.

Full_Pokedex posted...

It's going to not allow you to use anything. This could kill the internet, and there's nothing any of us can do about it.

There is an organized attempt on Discord to influence the House to vote no on it.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

Whats bad about this?

It takes away all privacy from you online.

Full_Pokedex posted...

What does KOSA do again? So many laws to keep up with....

Puts age restriction on all websites with any form of user-uploaded content in a way that basically necessitates giving your ID to access them.

You guys are seriously underestimating how bad KOSA is...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/house-panel-to-hold-hearing-on-privacy-kids-safety-bills/ar-BB1lpkCh

KOSA is one of them...

Iran and Israel both suck ass. Iran for helping Russia with their genocide of Ukraine, and Israel with it's own genocide of Palestinians.

Tora_Sami posted...

I almost want to cry, because the fuckin fascist Hitler baby is going to fuckin win. I'm going to lose family members and friends if he does. I'll never try and procreate because if something goes wrong, abortions will be band and I'll be forced to watch my loved on die. Fuck Biden for this bullshit. Fuck all the gosh dang fascist ass Republicans, fuck man. This shit is nerve racking. I shut want to go back to he 90's when i was a fuckin kid and everything at least seemed fine. What is the future going to be like?

Are there really that many fence sitters for Trump to win?

We need more big budget cartoony games outside of Nintendo again.

TMOG posted...

I mean... it still could, but it wasn't something that was going to happen overnight. WW1 and WW2 were ultimately the result of a LOT of global tension and other wars leading up to them for a few years, until a single event lit a spark that got everybody on board to go kill each other.

Right now we have at least two big conflicts going on (Russia v. Ukraine, Israel v. Pakistan) and fascism is rising around the globe. The powder keg isn't lit yet, but let's not kid ourselves here -- we're filling it up.

You mean Iran, not Pakistan.

Doesn't Tencent own majority stock in Playtonic? Ironic, then.

Iran have been picking fights with everyone around them. No wonder Russia is their only friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOaeDHeJ80I

I read the article, and apparently you can turn the ads off in your Discord settings.

Seems to only be for streaming, at least.

Gonna be full of bootlegs.

Looks like it was just a bug of some kind, as it's working for me on laptop again now.

Enclave posted...

Why are you still using Chrome? Switch to Firefox.

I have a Chromebook.

Has anyone checked Google Chrome?

Was there an update a few minutes ago? Because last time something like this happened, it was due to a Discord update. A later update fixed it.

This is on desktop, if anyone is asking.

I can log in, but I only get the "Well, this is awkward" message saying Discord has crashed unexpectedly, and can't actually access it. Is this happening for anyone else?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGPKdwFBujc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMFPM7X6Q98

It's been heavily improved through patches.

BucketCat posted...

I always thought he was like a weaker, faster recoome or a stronger, slower burter.

was the purple horned guy ginyu's original body? how many bodies has he transferred into?

I think was confirmed the purple horned guy was not Ginyu's original body, and nobody knows what his actual original body looked like.

I remember it from Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee.

He did videos on Morrowind and Skyrim, too, though the second part of the Skyrim one is age-restricted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ9u8S26tGk&pp=ygUSbW9ycm93aW5kIGFuYWx5c2lz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHP02JEC5H0&pp=ygUScGF0cmljaWFudHYgc2t5cmlt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOsQRhK_ktY&pp=ygUScGF0cmljaWFudHYgc2t5cmlt

Didn't Nintendo buy that one Mario porn parody movie? Also, the Mario games have plenty of fetishes in them already. Bowser's Inside Story's whole existence, for one.

Wasn't there that one image of Miyamoto's face after finding Mario porn?

Apparently, they're giving Iran uranium, too.

Bladesyphon posted...

The IGN article is also laughably stupid, and sounds like it was made by a Zoomer whose never actually played the game. There's no mention of Sheva, or her team, (both of which are black, and have awesome moments alongside Chris) to say nothing of how RE4 and 6 somehow get a pass for not being insensitive to Spainards and Russians (and Chinese).

Serbians, actually.

GhostFaceLeaks posted...

I keep telling people this is the beginning of the end for NSFW content on the Internet. Between many sites scrubbing porn entirely and states in America making porn ban laws, sooner or later it will become illegal to even view porn even with a VPN and you'd get arrested for drawing NSFW.

Even in Europe, which is much less prudish than America?

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Again, KOSA. We already know the Senate is expected to pass it.

WingsOfGood posted...

r.i.p. Chicago

There's still KOSA threatening to impose this nationwide, too.

Fenriswolf posted...

Of course they're going to just stop at Tiktok /S

Trump and his GOP followers are already looking at Facebook which he called an "enemy of the people".

And if Trump doesn't win?

To the two people above me, again, the majority of people who voted yes on this were Republicans.

GiftedACIII posted...

They did pass KOSA which seems to be worse. I feel like Biden simply procrastinating on these bills is the most likely way.

I thought they haven't voted on KOSA yet, but it's expected to pass?