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Bluesky has finally, quietly posted a position for a one-year remote contract Policy Lead, Trust & Safety position.

Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...

We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
Screenshot of job posting: Policy Lead, Trust & Safety Fully Remote - Overlap with PST working hours Trust & Safety Remote Contract Bluesky's vision is to make social more like the web itself. We're building a social media app, but beyond that, we've created a protocol that supports a broad ecosystem of applications and clients. Imagine a network of applications - from microblogging to photos to video to long-form writing all interconnected and accessible with a shared identity. As Policy Lead for Trust & Safety, you'll shape the foundation of Bluesky's community guidelines and transform them into actionable, enforceable policy. You'll define how safety and expression coexist on Bluesky, collaborating with moderation operations, product, and engineering teams to design policy systems that scale responsibly. This role combines deep policy knowledge and
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
Please contact your senators about KOSA. This bill has amassed a lot of cosponsors.

We can beat this, but we need people to call, email and send letters en mass. Please try to contact your reps as often as you are able to and encourage people you know to join you!
dieselbrain.bsky.social Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Oct 14
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#SaveSpeech

If you're like me and you are struggling to contact your senators re: KOSA via their phone lines this week, I recommend attempting to send physical letters or emails in the meantime.

Here is a script you can use to contact your reps!

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [LOCATION] I'm messaging to demand [SENATOR] oppose S. 1748, the Kids Online Safety Act, also known as KOSA. This broad legislation does not protect anyone and instead will be used to block any speech that the Trump administration’s partisan FTC disagrees with. It pushes the “duty of care” onto websites and social media platforms to remove content that is “harmful to children”. It would lead to overcompliance, mass censorship, and remove access to crucial information re: everything from mental health, LGBT topics, substance abuse, eating disorders and more. Additionally, while large, corporate platforms like X can shoulder the weight of “duty of care”, smaller websites cannot, leading to greater and greater concentrations of power online into giant corporate platforms rather than small and medium sized businesses. KOSA will not make kids safer. It will make the internet more dangerous for anyone who relies on it to learn, connect, or speak freely. Lawmakers should reject it, and fast. Thank you for your time and consideration. IF SENATOR COSPONSORED KOSA: Additionally, I want to remark on [SENATOR]’s cosponsorship of this bill. I think it is shameful that [SENATOR] has backed a bill as transparently bad as KOSA. This will not keep kids safe, it is an excuse to censor the free and open internet. I will not be voting for nor donating to [SENATOR] in any future campaigns if they do not drop their co-sponsorship of this bill, and I will encourage everyone in my life to do the same. Do the right thing.
October 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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aricohn.com
If you were an admin or member of one of the Facebook groups that the DOJ jawboned Facebook into censoring, we want to talk to you!

Please shoot me a message,
Rtorney Pamela ' @AGPamBondi Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @lCEgov in Chicago. The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Departrnent of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcernent. Last edited g:23AM , Oct 14, 2025 Views
October 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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tuta.com
We are alarmed as well. If you are in Germany, write to your representatives. You'll find the email addresses here: 👉 tuta.com/blog/chat-co...
Signalapp on X: We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe.
October 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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goldencoyote.bsky.social
*cough*
alethiometry 4d this is what i sent, if it helps to copy/paste! subj: Arbitration opt out This message is to exercise my right to opt out and not be bound by the Discord provisions requiring arbitration, as of TODAY'S DATE. User Information Email: YOUR EMAIL Username: YOUR USERNAME Sincerely, YOUR NAME also some more info on arbitration, the benefits of opting out, and how to do so (like op says an email should suffice): https://legalclarity.org/should-i-opt-out-of-an-arbitration-clause/ (obligatory i-am-not-a-lawyer-but-if-you-are-please-correct-me-as-needed)
October 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
Another blow to chat control!

EU folks, contact your MEPs so we can block chat control! You have until the 14th of october!
fightchatcontrol.bsky.social Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · Oct 2
🇸🇮 Slovenia OPPOSES Chat Control!

"Ministry of the Interior today announced today that it is committed to the right balance between the protection of children and the interference with fundamental rights, and cannot support the proposal [...] in its current form."

Source: n1info.si/novice/slove...
Slovenija vendarle sprejela odločitev o uredbi Chat Control
Notranje ministrstvo je danes sporočilo, da predloga evropske uredbe za boj proti spolnim zlorabam otrok (Chat control) v trenutni obliki ne podpira.
n1info.si
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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zoewithasword.bsky.social
It is so deeply disappointing that the leadership team of Bluesky has continuously chosen to try and brush the Singal mess under the rug for months now. A man who has been identified as a bad actor and threat to trans lives in America by GLAAD and other leading trans organizations. And now this.
jay.bsky.team Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Oct 1
WAFFLES
October 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
KOSA is now in red alert priority.

Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA

We need to turn out in numbers against this!
dieselbrain.bsky.social Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Sep 23
#SaveSpeech

Ive updated this infographic with additional bill info, issues, etc

Find your federal and state reps below and make your voices heard!

www.congress.gov/members/find...

www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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laurenshof.online
‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism

on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism

connectedplaces.online/blueskyism-p...
‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism
After Kirk's murder, calls for censorship and the crackdown on political places started to include Bluesky. Open social networks must now fight political suppression as well as platform monopolies.
connectedplaces.online
September 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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yeougui.bsky.social
✅You can use my consent stickers freely to label your art as consensual. You can use them on art you paywall. You can also use them on illustration prints.

❌Please do not use them for physical merchandise such as apparel, stickers or charms though! Ask me before you do that~
September 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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coelasquid.bsky.social
If you were a webcomic artist trying to make the next Berserk, Watchmen, Sin City, Skydoll, Blacksad - basically any acclaimed adult comic you can think of - there are dwindlingly few places you can independently publish that online
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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cyrneko.eu
Update: Google will limit the number of installs your app can get if you don't pay — Even if you dont publish on Google Play.

starlightnet.work/posts/androi...
- What happens if I don't comply? If you do not verify your identity and register your apps by the September deadline, your apps will be blocked from being installed by users on certified Android devices in applicable regions. Last updated: Sept 3, 2025 - I'm just a hobbyist/student. What is "Limited Distribution"? We understand that not everyone is a professional developer. The Limited Distribution account type in the Android Developer Console is designed for you. It is free and will have a straightforward process, but comes with limits on the number of apps and installations. Last updated: Sept 3, 2025
September 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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tendermiasma.com
They have this button on the right hand column that in addition to public shaming, lets you shame them in other useful ways
September 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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thirtyhelens.bsky.social
In the wake of the last few days news and the blood and suppression the GOP is calling for, you would think democrats would be thinking twice about section 230 and the tools they would be handing over with KOSA
dieselbrain.bsky.social Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Sep 18
#SaveSpeech

US legislators are pushing harder to pass KOSA and repeal section 230.

Call your representatives ASAP and make your voice heard! Advocate for protecting section 230, and demand your reps oppose KOSA!
Bipartisan Push in Congress to Weaken Section 230, Expand Online Surveillance, and Increase Platform Liability
Calls for platform accountability came with few answers about who decides what speech is acceptable.
reclaimthenet.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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turnbulldugarte.com
Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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polphilpod.bsky.social
we need a label for UK politicians who endlessly "empathise" with fascist concerns - let's try a US one

my latest with @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?
A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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acvalens.com
There's a growing independent press in games journalism, but unfortunately, it really feels like that press has abdicated coverage of this issue. Appreciate Rhiannon Bevan staying on top of this

www.thegamer.com/itch-io-cens...
Itch Is Blocking Developers Of NSFW Games From Being Seen In The UK
Adult content on Itch is now being affected by the Online Safety Act as well as pressure groups, as developer and author profiles are restricted.
www.thegamer.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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charalanahzard.bsky.social
Here’s my feature on Collective Shout, and their attempts to take down Steam and itch.io. I found a conversation where they spoke about exactly how they did it, and detailed their plans going forward, which sounds… very unrelenting.

youtu.be/rKD4fYc8xV4
The Censorship "Hit Squad" attacking Video Games.
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
youtu.be
August 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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ignunion.bsky.social
Today, IGN laid off eight extremely valuable members of our union and workforce via directive from our parent company, Ziff Davis. This, after two incredibly successful live events IGN Live and SDCC, and yet another corporate acquisition.

Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:
Today, IGN Entertainment announced that it would be laying off eight members of the IGN Creators Guild. This is 12% of our bargaining unit, and comes just days after our sister union, the Ziff Davis Creators Guild, underwent similar layoffs impacting 15% of their members. It also comes just months after our multibillion-dollar parent company, Ziff Davis, instituted a company-wide buyout that shrunk our unit numbers, with the express intent of avoiding future layoffs. And it comes just a little over one year after three of our members were laid off almost immediately after our union went public. The company has told us that the reason for this layoff stems from a Ziff Davis-mandate to cut costs despite several quarters in a row of year-over-year revenue increases, to which IGN Entertainment responded by coming for our members' jobs. This is perplexing to us, as we are told again and again that IGN Entertainment has had a tremendously successful year thus far thanks to their hard work. In just the last few months, our members have been absolutely essential to major events and livestreams, including San Diego ComicCon, Summer of Gaming, and IGN Live. Every single person impacted today was involved in and critical to the success of those events. Meanwhile, IGN Entertainment continues to spend money on costly acquisitions, only to turn around and gut those companies in the same way it is cutting away at IGN itself. For instance, last year, it acquired Gamer Network, and almost immediately laid off a number of staff critical to making those sites successful. The company has not responded to the union's questions about whether its budget for future acquisitions is being reconsidered as a cost-saving measure alongside these other apparently necessary personnel cuts. At a time when it is more necessary than ever to support its creators, IGN Entertainment is choosing to eliminate the individuals who ensure IGN remains competitive as generative AI threatens our reach. We have been told that expert opinion pieces, original interviews, and work that leverages our staff's deep knowledge of gaming, tech, and entertainment are all essential to combating AI summarization and regurgitation of our work. Management has responded by cutting several individuals who do that exact work, as well as others whose job it is to ensure that these written and video pieces are published in a speedy manner — another component of combating AI we're told is critical. This continued cycle of repeated, aggressive cuts to our staff and being asked to do more with less, only for management to continue to spend on new business it isn't interested in sustaining cannot continue. We will enforce our interim agreement that guarantees better severance and other protections to laid off members, as well as demand additional support for those impacted. We will continue to bargain over our first contract with the aim of enshrining even better protections against further layoffs, working conditions continuously degraded by understaffing, and the encroachment of generative AI. And we won't stop fighting to ensure IGN remains the best destination for trustworthy, original, exciting, and creative work covering video games, entertainment, and tech. While IGN Entertainment management may not value us, we value one another and the incredible work we can do together. Behind the articles, videos, social posts, playlists, and maps of IGN are human beings, not just numbers on a spreadsheet to be pushed around when some number at the top isn't big enough. Without us, there is no IGN.
August 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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meltingcomet.com
i worked with our director RJ to put together a web page compiling phone numbers, emails, and petitions where you can make your voice heard - protect queer artists and sex workers and tell payment processing companies to end their awful policies harming safe spaces for creative art
July 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social
the research showing Google AI Overview is stopping people from clicking links is a huge huge huge problem not just for websites but for people's brains which are about to be absolutely mangled www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
www.404media.co
July 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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acvalens.com
Let’s change gears. Do some good

Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination

action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
action.aclu.org
July 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM