Summary
Fight for the Future advocacy landing page cataloging the coalition’s opposition to a basket of US internet bills: KOSA, EARN IT Act, STOP CSAM, Take It Down Act, Cooper Davis Act, SCREEN Act, plus state age-gating bills. Argues these bills combine surveillance and censorship under the banner of child safety, and would empower a Trump administration to police online speech.
Key Points
- 472,123 reported actions taken through the site against these bills.
- Section 230 sunset would end moderation as we know it: platforms forced to choose publisher liability or zero-moderation chaos.
- Online ID check laws passed in 19 states; SCREEN Act would nationalize this.
- KOSA framed as dangerous censorship that would block youth from LGBTQ resources.
- Take It Down Act would require platforms to abandon end-to-end encryption to scan DMs; no false-report safeguards.
- EARN IT Act (2023, third introduction) undermines encryption, repeats FOSTA harms.
- Cooper Davis Act expands messaging surveillance under fentanyl-crisis framing.
- Utah Social Media Regulation Acts create mandated “bedtime,” give parents full account access — Arkansas/Louisiana/Texas following.
- STOP CSAM would weaken E2EE in ways that harm LGBTQ youth, DV survivors, abortion seekers, activists.
- 90+ LGBTQ and human rights orgs signed letter opposing KOSA.
Newsletter Angles
- The package deal: these bills are not independently tracked by most readers, but together they form a coherent regulatory architecture — age-gate + break encryption + repeal Section 230 = a fundamentally different internet.
- The horseshoe coalition: right-wing NCOSE and Heritage foundation aligned with Democratic leadership on most of these bills.
- Grassroots opposition is real: TikTok/Tumblr fandom mobilization is a meaningful political force here, largely invisible to mainstream coverage.
Entities Mentioned
- Fight for the Future
- EFF — Electronic Frontier Foundation
- ACLU
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Donald Trump — signaled willingness to weaponize Take It Down Act
- Josh Hawley — proposed federal under-16 social media ban
Concepts Mentioned
- Section 230
- Online ID checks
- End-to-end encryption
- Age-gating
- Mandated reporting
- FOSTA — precedent cited repeatedly
- Duty of care
Quotes
Selected user testimonials emphasizing the internet as lifeline for marginalized youth. Representative: “I feel like bills like KOSA will take communities and resources away from kids who desperately need it.” — Harper
Notes
Advocacy page, not journalism. Useful as a map of the coalition’s framing and as a consolidated bill reference. Many of the listed bills change versions frequently — dates matter. Cites specific petition/coalition letters as primary documents.