Okay so bad news for everyone on YouTube right now
Starting the 13th, we will have an AI determine if we are children or not and if you are a child, than you are forced to send your ID, send a selfie or a credit card
This has the obvious cons of having your privacy being revoked from you and and in case there is a security breach, major identity thefts.
So what do we do in this scenario?
Well right now I have real idea as this is relativity new to me, but I do have two plans
Plan 1. Bug the shit out of them, send letters and send emails about how much of bad idea this is.
Include why the AI will mess up and target adults who watch cartoons, include privacy issues, censorship issues, anything you can think of that relates to this. I want you guys to bug the hell out of YouTube until they reverse this idea
Here their address for letters
Send a mass amount of letters on the 5th of August and than another mass amount on the 8th
Plan 2. Blackout.
Since the thing is coming out on the 13th.
The plan will be to completely avoid YouTube at all cost for that day (and beyond), no watching, no sharing, no uploading, no nothing.
Download videos before things go down, watch Netflix. Whatever you do, don’t touch YouTube.
That’s all I can say right now, I also want you guys to let YouTubers know of this situation cause if it’s important for everyone on the website to talk about this immediately
Spread this stuff around, let people know of YouTube’s upcoming policy and how it’ll hurt everyone
Edit: I have taken into consideration and I am going to agree that the blackout should be until the decision is reversed, this is so we are not out at risk as users and so YouTube doesn’t just ignore the original black out
I might have a more detailed plan posted later today, but it depends on everything goes
Another edit: just to remind yall to send in letters and emails about this to google to force their hands to reverse this decision
There is also the law itself, though I can’t speak much on it other than finding lawing bodies that can force YouTube to reverse this decision. If anyone can find a place to file or call for this, that will be greatly appreciated! (I heard maybe the FTC and or the California Consumer privacy right can be considered, but that needs more research)
BIGGER UPDATE: we have a new plan in motion, here is the updated plan for you all to see
💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Okay, so here’s the updated plans for fighting against youtube's new ai age policy and privacy violating rule (I believe in
and also here's a petition to stop the law that would help support this into becoming a thing
KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a fr
and also a tumblr post about it and how you can help further prevent this from being allowed in office
💬 63 🔁 18974 ❤️ 12112 · Hey guys something fucking bad happened · KOSA/the kids online safety act has been reintroduced into legislature a
Don’t forget to send this fellow people outside of tumblr
YouTubers, Twitter users, send it through out and make sure you are heard
I don't want YouTube to start policing people and demanding personal information from them based on whether AI thinks you might be under 18 or not, especially based on viewing habits! There's already a YouTube Kids, it should be up to parents to make sure their children aren't watching stuff they shouldn't be exposed to! Keep the rest of us out of it, don't treat us like we might be babies!
If YouTube actually goes forward and rolls out with this, then I'm not releasing any videos after August 12. I had a bunch scheduled ahead of time, but guess what? Now those are getting pushed back until September. Not sure how long it would take for them to reverse such a decision, but I figure a couple of weeks should do the trick. If not, I can always push them back further, but if we succeed, I can reschedule them to upload sooner.
It might actually be an interesting time for us to all get off of YouTube for a while and find other avenues of entertainment, maybe touch grass for a bit. I've already felt like I'm personally more addicted than ever to watching stuff on YouTube, so I'm long overdue for a break. Also I'm gonna be on vacation starting on the 14th, so I'll have the perfect reason to avoid YouTube altogether for a while!
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