Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 27

Kids, teens, and their parents should get to decide what they read and say online, not the government. Tell the House to Vote NO on KOSA. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/kosa-internet-censorship-bill-just-passed-senate-its-our-last-chance-stop-it

Young people oppose KOSA, which will control what they can read and say online. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/kosa-internet-censorship-bill-just-passed-senate-its-our-last-chance-stop-it

KOSA, just passed by the Senate 91-3, will allow politicians and federal commissioners to decide what Americans should read and watch online. It’s a blatant attack on our free speech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/kosa-internet-censorship-bill-just-passed-senate-its-our-last-chance-stop-it

Tell Congress: The government should not have the power to decide what topics are "safe" online for young people, and to force services to remove and block access to anything that might be considered unsafe for children. This isn’t safety—it’s censorship. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-kosa-will-censor-the-internet-but-won-t-help-kids

Digital spaces enable LGBTQ+ people to engage with their gender and sexual orientation, but it can be daunting to give up any kind of privacy online while doing so. Here's a guide to protecting your identities online, from using a VPN to obscuring faces. 
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/beyond-pride-month-protecting-digital-identities-lgbtq-people

SS7 was not built with any security protocols, such as authentication or encryption, and has been exploited by governments, cyber mercenaries, and criminals to intercept and read SMS messages. The FCC must investigate the security of these networks. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/eff-fcc-ss7-vulnerable-and-telecoms-must-acknowledge

Google claims its “Privacy Sandbox” protects your privacy, but it really protects their profits. That's why Privacy Badger's latest update automatically opts you out. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/why-privacy-badger-opts-you-out-googles-privacy-sandbox

Thanks to you, the PRO Codes Act—which would let industry giants control access to the law—failed to pass in the House of Representatives. Make sure the Senate gets the same message. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-don-t-let-anyone-own-the-law

EFF has filed a brief with the Minnesota Supreme Court reminding them that getting records of every phone that’s been in the vicinity of a crime over the span of weeks is not the same as getting a warrant for the data of one suspect with probable cause. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/eff-tells-minnesota-supreme-court-strike-down-geofence-warrant-fourth-circuit

Mark your calendars! We’re excited to be partnering with EDRi and more than 30 other civil society and consumer organisations to co-host the Tech and Society Summit on 1 October. Join us in Brussels for conversations around tech, society, and the environment. #EUTechSociety https://edri.org/take-action/events/coming-soon-a-civil-society-summit-on-tech-society-and-the-environment/

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“KOSA is ambiguous enough that different administrations could censor content all along the political spectrum, from guns to vaccines to transgender issues to abortions,” EFF’s
India McKinney told The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/23/24204702/kosa-quick-vote-senate-floor-schumer-blumenthal-blackburn

“KOSA is ambiguous enough that different administrations could censor content all along the political spectrum, from guns to vaccines to transgender issues to abortions,” EFF’s India McKinney told @theverge. https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/23/24204702/kosa-quick-vote-senate-floor-schumer-blumenthal-blackburn

We must recognize and fight legislation like KOSA that’s pushing us to cede our power, privacy, and control over our health care and free expression, EFF’s Erica Portnoy writes in The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/voices/erica-portnoy-upholding-privacy

KOSA would let government decide what information can be shared online, would still require websites, apps & platforms to filter & block legal speech, and probably would still result in age verification requirements, EFF’s Jason Kelley told The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24073878/kids-online-safety-act-new-senate-support

“Paradoxically, what KOSA does is it removes the ability for teens and children to find information when they are experiencing the very sort of health problems and other problems that KOSA is trying to address,” EFF’s Aaron Mackey told NPR. https://www.npr.org/2024/02/18/1232301930/how-tech-companies-would-be-affected-by-the-kids-online-safety-act

We’ve analyzed KOSA at length. Our analysis on KOSA’s potential harmful consequences is based on our history of watching internet regulations harm marginalized communities and voices. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/analyzing-kosas-constitutional-problems-depth

We heard from thousands of young people who don’t support KOSA: it will censor the internet but won't help them. Here's how KOSA is likely to harm young people, in their own words.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/thousands-young-people-told-us-why-kids-online-safety-act-will-be-harmful-minors

REDALERT: The Senate is likely to vote on the Kids Online Safety Act (#KOSA) this week. This internet censorship bill will impact everyone who uses social media. Tell your representatives to vote no today. #THREAD https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/congress-amended-kosa-its-still-censorship-bill