How can fedi help fight bad internet bills? (6/6, for now)
A couple more potential ideas before I wrap this thread up for now ...
one of fedi's strengths is that many instances are communities. Some are geographically based; others (like infosec.exchange and defcon.social) are communities of practice with some very relevant expertise about some of the reasons these bills are so bad. Are there ways to leverage this?
fedi platform and app developers are directly affected by these bills. Are there wasy to get them to take a more active role?
And like I say these are just starting points, so other suggestions are very welcome!
How can fedi help fight bad internet bills? (7/6, oops)
And one more -- shame on me for leaving this out of my initial list.
These bad internet bills either require age verification (a surveillance technology) or attack encryption (a critical anti-surveillance technology). Big surveillance-capitalism companies also love them because they put a big burden on small social networks, crininalize anonymity, and require even privacy-friendly networks to share their users' intensely personal data if theydon't want to break the law.
People in fedi generally get that. And a lot of people in fedi here to get away from surveillance capitalism! @cyberlyra and the @TheBulletin crew provide lots of resources for people trying to move away from surveillance capitalism platforms. #FediPact exists! The Free Fediverse defines itself in opposition to surveillance capitalism! Sure, there are also plenty of people here who are just fine with surveillance capitalism, whatever, but there are a lot of us who aren't.
That's a huge strength. How do we leverage it?
And in the process, how can we also get more people involved in projects Tech Reclaimers?
