One last post for the day because I can't spend any more time outside of studies.
Please, please, PLEASE start downloading the things you like. Whether that be videos, games, or written works, please download them.
We're entering a digital age that's uncertain, and there's a high chance we'll need to start saving what we can to protect the history of the internet.
As I stated in my post as an addition to Gentleman Velvet's youtube boycott plan, you need to start downloading your stuff so that you can decrease your site activity to the point of nothing.
Please don't forget what Youtube did with COPPA. I know the worst of it has been cleaved away, with the annoying aspects remaining still, but that could've been the end of YouTube as we know it.
And this new set of rules and ai Youtube wants to use to force you to doxx yourself will either be repealed, or it will destroy the site (and possibly the internet) as we know it.
If you're a creator, start archiving your work and moving it. Don't rely on one site for uploading. I know that it's tempting, but you have to refuse the urge to only use Ao3.
You have to refuse the urge to only use YouTube as a video service too.
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Another reminder before I sign off.
If you are American, contact your representive and senator about
KOSA
the SCREEN Act
and the Block Beard Act.
These are all censorship propositions that will make the internet more unsafe and sterile. Block Beard is a new proposed bill designed to block piracy sites in America.
Please, if you are a United States citizen, do what you can now to prevent these from passing.
If you are in the UK, sign the petition to repeal the Online Safety Act.
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.
Yes, the government said that it won't repeal it, but that's okay! Get it to 500k signatures and above, it makes more of a case in the debate in Parliament.
Use a VPN! Sites that are being forced by Ofcom to use age verification are going to ban UK users because it's too much work and frankly they can't afford the fines.
Contact your MP!
And protest this!
This is an important fight, not just against censorship but to save lives. These laws are dangerous things that can funnel children into the hunting grounds of child predators and human traffickers. With the 18+ age verification and bans on sites meant to help victims of abuse, this will result in children being unable to articulate what they experienced, or be able to understand that they're being abused at all.
Do not stand for this truly horrendous behavior from the government.
