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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, bit of a shame that the acronym wound up being a lightning rod for engagement instead of, you know, the actual article lol. But despite it being around for at least a year (from when I was poking around), I think this was the first time many people saw that particular acronym. Especially after LGBTQ+ became the definitive inclusive option, albeit not as permanently as I'd imagined.

At any rate, I feel like GSM is at least easy to use as an umbrella and lacks the charged history of queer being a reclaimed word. It might not spread awareness of smaller groups directly, but at least it keeps the focus on topic.

[–] thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I've been telling people "good news: 25 comments on the article! bad news: almost all of them were about the acronym". Oh well, we learn by doing. And as you say, a lot of people saw the acronym for the first time, and at least one person learned that two-spirt doesn't refer to furries, so there was some useful education ... it wasn't my primary goal here but that's never a bad thing.

Different terminology makes sense in different contexts -- and from different people. For a lot of what I write, I want the resonance of queer's charged history; other times, it might not make as much sense.