Note that Canada, Australia (December start date), and the EU have the same crap coming at them, the UK was our canary in the mine
Search for the bill on https://congress.gov there are links to contact your reps on the site; Aside from the FIRM act these the text on these is not hard to understand, it is possible Fair Access to Banking Act could be overkill, but given the situation with VISA/MC... overkill = better.
When using google to find these make sure it is on 119th not 118th congress
I hate political crap, but this is the people (all of us here) vs the powers that be (Govs, CEOs, mega corps, etc.), the gov is our enemy, but it seems VISA/MC are also the gov's enemy, if you can tell me how something is controversial i would be curious as to how so, if there is some text you do not understand i will try to reply with a helpful answer, note I am not a lawyer I'm sure i could miss some stuff, i just want to relax in my bubble and enjoy my games and anime, but nooo we get to deal with power hungery goveremnts and corperations instead, ugh. you do not need to agree with my calls on each of these
Bills in the US Senate
S.401 - Fair Access to Banking Act (YES)
We must stop VISA/MC (targets the excuse)
S.875 - FIRM Act (YES)
We must stop VISA/MC (targets the action)
Note: This is in a early draft state, the text will likely change, but it is on the right track from what I can understand of the text
S.1748 - Kids Online Safety Act (NO)
AGE/ID Verification = bad, lookup news from the UK on YT; data hacks, leeks, and scams; id theft +10,000%;
S.737 - SCREEN Act (NO)
AGE/ID Verification = bad, see UK; data hacks, leeks, and scams; id theft +10,000%
Bills in the US House
H.R.2702 - FIRM Act (YES)
We must stop VISA/MC (targets the excuse)
Note: This is in a early draft state, the text will likely change, but it is on the right track from what i can understand of the text
H.R.987 - Fair Access to Banking Act (YES)
We must stop VISA/MC (targets the action)
H.R.1690 - SCREEN Act (NO)
AGE/ID Verification = bad, lookup news from the UK on YT; data hacks, leeks, and scams; id theft +10,000%
H.R.791 - Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (NO)
They think they can slip this in under the radar, my slumber has been disurbed!
Bill could harm young people by pushing them to very dangerous sites where there are no laws, we do not want them ending up on some secret island trying to get a free game or movie, just think of the children (i could go further into details of how, but I would rather not teach children how to put them selves in harms way)
Better idea:
BAN exclusive content licenses, let problem will fix it self, piracy is a service issue, service is getting worse, prices are going up, finding desired content is PITA, features are getting dropped. platforms need to compete not buy users
Amend DMCA to include treble damages and attorney fees for fraudulent abuse (treble is legal speak for 3x)```