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Fight for the future proposed their own social media legislation, as an alternative to the house's censorship bill. See https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-05-05-fight-for-the-future-releases-draft-of-proposed-social-media-legislation-that-protects-all-kids-from-big-tech/. Seems like senate not picking up the house legislation right away. | |||
Homework: look over the bill so we can discuss next week. | |||
USPP Issues. Last meeting had a discussion about quorum and the state moderator/lookout position. Joe hoped for a clearer definition of swarmwise. There was a push for a bylaw change. Joe says it was a good change, but he has concerns about the way it was done (e.g., no recording of the discussion). | |||
Revision as of 20:14, 17 May 2026
Meeting to be held via video conference: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/mass-pirates-member-meeting/
Recording:
Reports
Decisions/Endorsements
FftF proposed social media legislation
Fight for the Future released a draft of proposed social media legislation that protects ALL kids from Big Tech. Suggest we review it to see what we agree with and what we want changed and why.
United States Pirate Party Issues?
Projects/Events
June 6-7th National Party Conference
Conference page: https://uspirates.org/nationalconference/
Sign up page: https://support.uspirates.org/form/register-for-2026-conference
Planning etherpad: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/2026USPiratePartyConferencePlanning
We have six registrants so far, of which four requested to speak at it.
Other To Do
Upcoming Events
Participants
- Eli
- Jamie
- Joe
- Steve
Observers
Summary
Fight for the future proposed their own social media legislation, as an alternative to the house's censorship bill. See https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-05-05-fight-for-the-future-releases-draft-of-proposed-social-media-legislation-that-protects-all-kids-from-big-tech/. Seems like senate not picking up the house legislation right away.
Homework: look over the bill so we can discuss next week.
USPP Issues. Last meeting had a discussion about quorum and the state moderator/lookout position. Joe hoped for a clearer definition of swarmwise. There was a push for a bylaw change. Joe says it was a good change, but he has concerns about the way it was done (e.g., no recording of the discussion).
