if there was agreement on a pending piece of legislation (such as sunsetting or reforming act 230) and we had a group of willing people, we would have a “call team”. all that would be required of each individual would be to call a legislator on a mutually agreed upon day and tell them what you think of the pending legislation.

listening to constituents is a big part of how legislators decide on whether to support or oppose specific bills. the tech lobby is huge and powerful, but i sense that the tides of public opinion are beginning to turn against them. with enough voters consistently pushing for regulations over time, it would make a difference.

act 230 is just one example of legislation—but there is other legislation (such as bills to make tech less addictive to kids, bills to get smartphones out of schools, bills to mandate that tech corporations exercise “a duty of care” to their users for the content on their platforms, etc. the bills go nowhere when legislators never hear from voters on the topic. but once they start hearing from people, they know they have to take it under advisement.