Welp, it's official:

#KOSA is not in the #omnibus. That's good news.

But neither are #AICOA and #OAMA, and that's terrible news.

#BigTech giants spent more than $120 million lobbying against these bills, running misleading TV ads in swing states, standing up #astroturf groups that claimed to advocate for small businesses, you name it.

This isn't over. You'll see news saying "Big Tech won again."

The truth is their days our numbered. Our movement is growing. It's only a matter of time.

RT @antitrustmemes@twitter.com

🚨Whether the past 5 years of progress by Congress on Big Tech accountability is flushed 🚽 indefinitely depends on understanding a deleted tweet from 2 days ago.🧵

If the “McConnell kills #OAMA” thing were not attributed or from McConnell, #OAMA would be in a tougher spot. 1/5

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/antitrustmemes/status/1604575083485356032

Great work EFF! Renowned security expert Bruce Schneier: opening app stores is not a security risk - just a risk to #GAFAM’s extractive business models #OAMA #DMA https://www.eff.org/files/2022/01/31/schneier_letter_to_senate_judiciary_re_app_stores.pdf

RT @CharlottesWWWeb@twitter.com

If we don't act now, American consumers will be left behind, looking longingly at the freedom that European consumers and innovators have. Oof. Not a pretty picture! We must include #AICOA and #OAMA and increased $ for #antitrust in the final omnibus before the end of the year.⏰

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CharlottesWWWeb/status/1603846926763495438

📣 PLZ READ AND BOOST!

I've been working on #digitalrights and #techpolicy issues since right after the #SOPA blackout.

We spend most of our time trying to STOP bad legislation (think: #EarnItAct, #SESTA FOSTA, #KOSA etc)

It's *so rare* we get a chance to pass ACTUALLY GOOD legislation.

We have one of those once in a lifetime chances right now: the #BigTech #antitrust bills #AICOA and #OAMA

There is a real chance these bills make it into the #omnibus. Do the thing https://www.AntitrustVoteNow.com

Sorry to link to the #birdsite but I did a long thread there about how #KOSA (the deeply misguided #KidsOnlineSafetyAct) is a major threat to online access to #abortion information, fundraising and organizing.

Congressional leaders are deciding like RIGHT NOW what bills go into the #omnibus package. Anyone who can please reach out to oppose #KOSA and support actually good bills like #OAMA, #AICOA, and #ADPPA.

https://twitter.com/evan_greer/status/1603791142184620043

#OAMA / S. 2710 is a straightforward bill that would:

1) End Apple and Google's duopoly, allowing independent developers to build on a level playing field

2) Make it way harder for authoritarian governments to abuse app store choke point for censorship

http://antitrustvotenow.com

RT @evan_greer@twitter.com

This is cool. A group of volunteers have put together an open letter opposing #KOSA addressed to @SenSchumer@twitter.com @SenatorCantwell@twitter.com @SpeakerPelosi@twitter.com , signed by more than 1,000 people, as well as a call script. Letter supports #AICOA and #OAMA instead. https://linktr.ee/stopkosa

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/evan_greer/status/1603476523696197659

Big Tech's self-dealing and walled gardens are a big part of the reason it has been hard for open source, federated, and decentralized alternative social media networks like #mastodon to grow and compete with the corporate giants.

#AICOA and #OAMA won't magically fix that overnight, but they'll put us on a path where alternatives like #mastodon, #matrix, etc can compete on a more level playing field and eventually surpass or replace companies like Meta, Twitter, YouTube, etc

URGENT: Congressional leaders are deciding TODAY whether or not to move forward crucial Big Tech #antitrust legislation.

There is still a real chance we can get #OAMA and #AICOA over the finish line this year. These are important bills that would crack down on self dealing and #monopoly abuses. This matters to #mastodon. It matters to #opensource. It matters for #humanrights.

Read this: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/10/perspectives/elon-musk-twitter-antitrust/index.html

Write / call your Senators: https://www.antitrustvotenow.com

Please boost!

RETWEET TO SOUND THE ALARM!!!

Congressional leaders are deciding as soon as TODAY whether or not to advance the Big Tech #antitrust bills #OAMA (S. 2710) and #AICOA (S. 2992)

Tell 🐦SenSchumer 🐦LeaderMcConnell 🐦POTUS: it's time to rein in Big Tech!

http://AntitrustVoteNow.com

This frothing at the mouth is something to behold. But really, if you’re concerned about platform power: legislate to make those markets more competitive (e.g. #DMA, and in the US pass the #AICOA and #OAMA) and transparent (e.g. #DSA) and reinforce election fairness rules 🤷🏻‍♂️

BREAKING: We're hearing about a "hotline" push to advance the Open App Markets Act (#OAMA), an *actually good!* bill that would rein in Apple and Google's monopoly abuses and protect open source projects, human rights, and more.

Tell your Senators to vote YES on OAMA / S. 2710!

Here's our STATEMENT on the #JCPA being removed from the #NDAA. Now it's time for Dems to deliver on their promise to rein in #BigTech. #AICOA and #OAMA are the only tech bills left standing. Schumer is out of excuses. Put them up for a vote! https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2022-12-07-new-the-jcpa-has-been-removed-from-the-ndaa-thats-good-but-now-its-time-to-move-aicoa-and-oama

The #JCPA is out of the #NDAA.

That's good news.

But now Congress needs to deliver on real tech reform. Put #AICOA and #OAMA up for a vote! 🐦SenSchumer 🐦SpeakerPelosi

QT evan_greer: #JCPA is out of the #NDAA.

Quick statement from 🐦fightfortheftr

"The JCPA was a bad bill that would have further entrenched Big Tech and Big Media conglomerates and help Alden Capital and Sinclair, not journalists. It's good that it was taken out of the must-pass NDAA. But

It's official. #AICOA and #OAMA are the only tech bills left standing. If Schumer and Pelosi can't get their act together to move them, it's

a) a travesty for humanity and democracy and all that and

b) just a huge embarrassment for Biden and the Dems, utterly failing to deliver on ANY legislation to rein in Big Tech

JCPA was a bad bill, but the fact that Schumer pushed for it to be included in the NDAA also shows what he's been saying on AICOA and OAMA is bogus. Just put em up, they'll pass

@inklings @team fair enough, but ... this specific bill is currently being included in a must-pass package and could very well become law. So... it's pretty important to discuss the specifics. We strongly support other efforts to rein in Big Tech giants and crack down on their abusive practices (like #AICOA and #OAMA).

But just because a bill is trying to solve a real problem doesn't make it a good bill. #JCPA is not a good bill. That's what's important right now, given the urgency

Further proof the #JCPA is just a mess and should NEVER be attached to must-pass legislation.

We need bills that *actually* support local indie journalism, and since they don't have one Congress should pass #AICOA and #OAMA instead.

https://medium.com/chamber-of-progress/the-jcpa-could-deliver-conservative-news-outlets-seven-times-as-much-revenue-as-local-newspapers-23836322ab19

NEW: I wrote for #Vice about the terribly misguided "Kids Online Safety Act," or #KOSA, which top Democrats are trying to include in a must-pass spending package.

This bill has a lot of the same problems as bills like #SESTA /
#FOSTA and the #EarnItAct.

It would make kids less safe, and would be weaponized to target resources for #LGBTQ youth and censor online access to abortion information.

Congress should pass real legislation like #AICOA and #OAMA instead.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5v9b7/lgbtq-youth-are-under-attack-why-are-democrats-pushing-a-bill-that-hurts-them-even-more

RT @evan_greer
This is the same guy who repeatedly calls for Section 230 to be "repealed entirely" in case you're wondering how credible he is on tech policy issues

(The #JCPA is a bad bill. Congress should pass #AICOA and #OAMA not Rupert Murdoch's deeply silly link tax bill.) https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1600132456883052547