In this episode of COL Drag Race ‘T-Time’, Gary and Damon are honored to spill the tea on the legends! As the queens dance like fools to gain influencer cred and then roast each other to a crisp, listen in as the guys critique the glow up as we inch ever so closer to the finale.
In this episode of Cubs Out Loud, remember SESTA-FOSTA from 2018? Well, learn more about their newest family member EARN IT in this informative talkback. Listen in as the cubs share their opinions on the next “problem solving” legislation to combat the exploitation of those special victims. Is it really helpful or is it more harmful?
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Remember FOSTA-SESTA? Meet their newborn cousin, EARN IT Act 2022
The Supreme Court has long recognized that the Constitution forbids laws having the collateral effect of disproportionately censoring legal speech.3 By allowing states to lower the standards for liability even further than SESTA/FOSTA, the amended EARN IT Act would create just such an impermissible collateral effect and presents even graver risks to online expression than SESTA/FOSTA, especially for the LGBTQ and sex worker communities.
As we said in our previous letter, the aftermath of the passage of SESTA/FOSTA,4 which eliminated Section 230’s liability shield for content related to sex trafficking, makes the overbroad implications for online speech clear.5 Even if the speech covered by the law could be restricted without raising constitutional concern, the content moderation practices the companies will deploy to avoid liability risk will sweep far more broadly than the illegal content.6 SESTA/FOSTA was intended to protect people engaged in sex work from being trafficked against their will. It has, instead, sent them back out into the streets and made them less safe.7 Moreover, the platforms’ content moderation practices have disproportionately silenced the LGBTQ community, making it more difficult for them to come together and create community online.8 Under the amended EARN IT Act, Section 230’s shield for all state criminal and civil aws “regarding the advertising, promotion, presentation, distribution, or solicitation” of CSAM, as that term is defined by federal law, would be eliminated, permitting states to assign liability for negligence or recklessness. In other words, states would be able to go even further than SESTA/FOSTA in lowering the standards for liability for platforms.
Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2022 or the EARN IT Act of 2022
This bill revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children.
The bill establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention. The commission must develop best practices for interactive computer services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual exploitation of children.
Additionally, the bill limits the liability protections of interactive computer service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws.
The bill replaces various statutory references to child pornography and material that contains child pornography with child sexual abuse material.
Finally, the bill makes changes to the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report apparent instances of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Among the changes, the bill requires providers to report facts and circumstances sufficient to identify and locate each minor and each involved individual. The bill also increases the amount of time that providers must preserve the contents of a report.
Looking to the past as prelude to the future, the only time that Congress has limited Section 230 protections was in the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (SESTA/FOSTA). That law purported to protect victims of sex trafficking by eliminating providers’ section 230 liability shield for “facilitating” sex trafficking by users. According to a 2021 study by the US Government Accountability Office, however, the law has been rarely used to combat sex trafficking. 9Instead, it has forced sex workers, whether voluntarily engaging in sex work or forced into sex trafficking against their will, offline and into harm’s way.10 It has also chilled their online expression generally, including the sharing of health and safety information, and speech wholly unrelated to sex work.11 Moreover, these burdens fell most heavily on smaller platforms that either served as allies and created spaces for the LGBTQ and sex worker communities or simply could not withstand the legal risks and compliance costs of SESTA/FOSTA.12 Congress risks repeating this mistake by rushing to pass this misguided legislation, which also limits Section 230 protections.
9Government Accountability Office. (2021). Sex Trafficking: Online Platforms and Federal prosecutions. (GAO Publication No. 21-385), (reporting that the Department of Justice had brought just one case under FOSTA, which at the time of the Report remained in court with no restitution sought, and that only one individual had pursued civil damages, in a case that was dismissed).
The EARN IT Act Jeopardizes the Security of Our Communications
The EARN IT Act Risks Undermining Child Abuse Prosecutions
The EARN IT Act would have devastating consequences for everyone’s ability to share and access information online, and to do so in a secure manner. We urge you to oppose this bill. Congress should instead consider more tailored approaches to deal with the real harms of CSAM online.
In this episode of Cubs Out Loud, the guys are joined once again by Edward Angelini-Cooke to continue our Landscape of Relationships series. In this episode, the guys show how they feel the love within the five love languages. From learning what the languages are to sharing their results, listen in as the guys gift us some touching acts of quality words to help understand how these languages affirm the love and affection one can feel for their loved ones. In addition, learn more about more recent developments in the love languages from neurodivergent to kink play dynamics.
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Landscape of Relationships: Love Languages
Love Languages (Gary Chapman):
Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Acts of Service
Gifts
Physical Touch
The 5 Love Languages (according to Britney, Bitch!):
Physical Touch: My loneliness is killing me
Words of Affirmation: I must confess I still believe
Quality Time: When I’m not with you I lose my mind
Give Giving: Give me a sign
Acts of Service: Hit me baby one more time
The 5 Neurodivergent Love Languages:
Infodumping
Parallel Play
Support Swapping
Please Crush My Soul Back into My Body
“I found this cool rock/button/leaf/etc and thought you would like it”
Fear not: John Gottman and the Gottman approach, which I reference often, is a good overlap with the 5 languages of love….and allows some flexibility with the concepts.
In this episode of Cubs Out Loud, it’s our What’s Going On for the month of December. With winter blues and holiday tunes, listen in as the guys wind down the year 2021 and look ahead into 2022. Find out how the frosty, frigid last month of the year affected the cubs (mostly because it wasn’t).
COL629: It’s the Holiday Season – Oan. R.: The day wasn’t just chosen. Christmas, like a lot of other Christian holidays, appropriates a lot of things from pagan rituals and beliefs most likely because they wanted to cater the holiday to encompass other’s rituals (stopping now because I really don’t want to get anybody in trouble with the Christian’s)
In this episode of COL Drag Race ‘T-Time’, Gary and Damon are joined by Micheal “Q” again to discuss the season 12 finale! We have made it to the last lap of the season and the racetrack has changed exponentially. In these unprecedented, shelter-at-home times, the final three queens are pitted in a lipsync extravaganza all from the comfort of their living rooms. From fabulous lewks to unforgettable performances, listen in as the guys spill all the tea on this digital finale for the ages. Which queen seizes the crown?
In this episode of COL Drag Race ‘T-Time’, Gary and Damon are honored to spill the tea on the legends! As the queens dance like fools to gain influencer cred and then roast each other to a crisp, listen in as the guys critique the glow up as we inch ever so closer to the finale.
