Evan Greer 🏳️‍⚧️

This is the most important article on the Internet today. Everyone who has found some kind of solace or community online needs to read this.

Big Tech is harming kids and everyone else. But #KOSA will make that worse, not better. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kids-online-safety-act-lgbtq-youth

Archive of Our Own Survived a Cyberattack, But Will It Survive Congress?

Archive of Our Own (AO3), a fanfic site loved by young LGBTQ+ people, was compromised by hackers. But the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is the real threat.

Teen Vogue
Jul 27, 2023 at 1:20pmWeb
Show threadThe Evil MicrowizardJul 27, 2023
@evangreer Can count on Teen Vogue to go hard on meaningful issues - ever since our Trump debacle, at minimum!
Show threadNatasha BatesJul 27, 2023
@evangreer
I don't know what KOSA stands for. I'm not feeling up to doing research today.
Show threadJamesh Isn't HereJul 27, 2023
@evangreer Not a lawyer or anything, but I just got around to reading the actual text of KOSA. It is undoubtedly in many respects a bad, speech stifling bill, but as presently written, it does not apply to "an organization not organized to carry on business for its own profit or that of its members". I don't think Archive of Our Own or for that matter Mastodon would be covered by the law.
Show threadFriskybizFanJul 28, 2023
Another important article.