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Can the Fediverse Help Stop Bad Internet Bills? (US focused) (wedistribute.org)

submitted 1 year ago by thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/1106187

Here's how EFF desribes the situation in You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills

"Red alert! For the last six months, EFF, our supporters, and dozens of other groups have been sounding the alarm about several #BadInternetBills that have been put forward in Congress.We’ve made it clear that these bills are terrible ideas, but Congress is now considering packaging them together—possibly into must-pass legislation. I’m asking you to join us, ACLU, Fight for the Future, and other digital rights defenders in a week of action to protect the internet."

Can the fediverse help? The fediverse has some potential advantages for activism on topics like privacy, digital rights, and LGBTQIA2S+ issues. So it’s worth experimenting, and the July 20-28 week of action on Bad Internet Bills is a great opportunity – to learn, and hopefully to have an impact as well.

Here's four easy ways to help:

Upvote and boost posts in !bad_internet_bills@lemmy.sdf.org -- and cross-post them to other communities and magazines where they're on-topic

On Mastodon, boost posts on the #BadInternetBills and #KOSA hashtags

Get the word out on other social networks too

If you live in the US, contact your legislators using Fight for the Future’s https://www.badinternetbills.com/

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[–] argv_minus_one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't kid yourself. Congressional gridlock stopped those bills.

[–] jdp23@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Not exactly. These bills cut across party lines and there's a lot of desire to be able to pass something -- "think of the children!" So if anything the overall gridlock makes it more likely that these bills will pass. So the dynamics that led to stopping the bills last year was a combination of activists making enough noise, and privacy and digital rights groups pressing the case in meetings with legislators (as well as some grassroots groups with good relationships with their legislators). As a result, that Dem leadership decided not to move the bills to the floor, so the vote never happened.