So... another anti-porn/SW bill under the guise of "think of the children!" is being pushed.
I may say something that's less of an unfocused rant and actually explains all the problems the best I can later on, but I'm not feeling great and as such I'm having a bit of trouble thinking straight the moment. I'll just see what comes out of the top of my head and maybe edit this all to be better later when I have a clearer head, I just wanted to get something out there asap anyway.
This bill is a lot like SISEA in the way that it will introduce far more problems than solutions, the "solutions" are a shitty mess, it won't actually help kids and in fact could make them even less safe, the idea of "protecting kids" just being a cover to push it.
The difference being that EARN IT's issues seem even more severe, and would effect everyone, not just porn.
Concerns off the top of my head are how this bill wants to fuck with encryption,
and will actually easily make child abuse content HARDER for websites to report, I'm fuzzy on why that second one was, I'll look into it in a moment. Edit: uhhhh, I looked into it again and I don't know how to explain this concisely, so just take a look at what I linked below because it explains it better than I can.
Actual organizations that *actually* help to try and prevent CSA and/or support survivors, are *against* EARN IT.
The idea that EARN IT is to "help/protect kids" is a fucking lie. It will make kids LESS safe, even. The "think of the children!" angle is a cover to push it, they're hoping to get enough people that won't look into what it actually entails.
Oh yeah, there's also a bit of concern about who could be the authority of what is and is not appropriate. Think like how they wanna ban Maus from schools for "nudity". There is concern that things like queerness and maybe "CRT" among other things could be considered inappropriate. I don't exactly doubt it, I mean we have a few serious wackos in positions of power here in the States.
To end off since I doubt I'm explaining well and I'm probably missing some stuff, I want to just point to some places you can look for more info. Stuff that explains it better than I can.
A call script I found: https://mobile.twitter.com/lovingtaeonmain/status/1490709962347233281 take a look at her whole thread as well.
I've been looking at Evan Greer for updates as well: https://mobile.twitter.com/evan_greer/status/1493606937413496839
Please contact your senators, figure out who supports EARN IT and tell them not to.
As for content here...
>Just realized it's been a year since SISEA died, I promised I was going to draw A continuation of the meme I drew but I wound up not doing it even though SISEA is gone for now? I am considering saving it for if EARN IT is shot down. I'll make something far more explicit than I was originally planning just as an apology for taking so long and also a celebration of not just the death of SISEA but hopefully also the death of something even worse.
>I was going to draw something for Valentine's Day, I was about to get started last night but my back was so sore I couldn't focus on anything else so I just slept it off... I have an idea in my head though so I might throw together some possibly-lowish-effort belated thing.