Republicans just introduced a nationwide book ban in the House of Representatives.

https://bookriot.com/a-nationwide-book-ban-was-just-introduced-in-the-house-of-representatives/

HR 7661 "stop the sexualization of children act" bans (among other things) any mention of "gender dysphoria or transgenderism".

https://bsky.app/profile/sweetdevildede.bsky.social/post/3mfpqpzcxbk26

US passports didn't record gender until 1977, when unisex fashion made the feds uncomfortable. (Boys with long hair!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_v._Ferber was only 1982, before which most parents had naked baby pictures, kids bathing together was normal, the 1978 Christopher Reeve superman movie had full frontal nudity of 5 year old Clark and was PG https://imdb.com/title/tt0078346/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg

2017's Fosta-Sesta censoring youtube and tumblr was RECENT. https://www.woodhullfoundation.org/fosta/

It's never enough, and never will be. Push BACK.

Anonymity is foundational to the USA, the founding fathers published pseudonymously a LOT:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pseudonyms_used_in_the_American_Constitutional_debates

The invention of "child porn" as a new legal category in 1982, which the first amendment uniquely doesn't apply to, is being expanded to eliminate all private communication. Because such communication COULD contain prohibited depictions of Mohammed and the burden is on you to prove otherwise.

Maga is deploying kgb-style surveilance using standard excuse #2 https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/01/congress-dusts-off-think-of-the-children-playbook-to-push-internet-censorship-bills/

Ben Franklin's publishing pseudonym, at age 16, was Silence Dogwood. (And yes his fursona was trans.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Dogood

I may have gone off on a bit of a thread while watching Legal Eagle's coverage of the James Talarico censorship:

https://youtu.be/8AdVIFFrDW4

And still furious about Android eliminating app sideloading in September, Apple mandating global age verification, the $7k fine per download the transphobic governor of california is about to impose on Linux distributions that don't add child safety locks...

https://mstdn.jp/@landley/116134666430118741

And of course Elizabeth Warren sponsors KOSA:

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/op-ed-with-kosa-elizabeth-warren

For those who prefer text, Gavin Newsom's new doxing law:

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/

Once it's in place somebody will require hooking it up to palantir. And add legal liability to sites that DON'T request the signal and act upon it.

Gavin "spyware" Newsom is a republican. He's siding with the 6-3 supreme court's conservative majority, to support a decision penned by Clarence Thomas.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/court-allows-texas-law-on-age-verification-for-pornography-sites/

The 3 sane justices said requiring age verification was unconstitutional.

Spyware Newsom is also copying Texas' anti-abortion fines strategy. "We can reach outside our state by taking your money and leaving you in fear of homelessness."

https://reproductiverights.org/news/four-things-hb7-texas-new-abortion-law/

I will never vote for Gavin "spyware" Newsom for anything, ever. Competent fascists are worse than incompetent ones.

https://youtu.be/lqt5czOckdw

Interesting point that any real age verification tool makes targeting minors _easier_.

https://www.politico.eu/article/age-check-social-media-scientist-warning/