Just got off the phone with my Colorado representative. I reminded him that:

  • Everyone knows Meta lobbied for these laws
  • Everyone knows it’s not “for the children”
  • My friends and neighbors care about privacy and we are watching how you vote
  • A vote for age verification is a clear indicator that you work for corporations and not constituents

You don’t have to live in Colorado to get involved! If your state is blue or light blue on this map, you are under threat of age verification laws!

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

NOW is the time to call/email/write to your state legislators. Don’t say, “Yeah, I should do that.” Just do it and do it today, because they could surprise vote on it tomorrow.

  • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    10 hours ago

    they are not. we usually make these things happen by pressuring them directly in other more tangible ways.

    no easy answer to this one, i’m afraid. the modern surveillance stuff is unprecedented, so we will have to figure out what that is.