Luna-Amina

For those unaware, people started boycotting Youtube and Spotify earlier this year because of internet privacy and data safety concerns after they started implementing the ID age verification, as well to push back at this push towards mass surveillance poorly veiled as "we need to protect the kids!"

However, the first attempt made the mistake of giving a three day deadline - which resulted in poor turnout and high drop off.

We won't make that same mistake again. We'll "start" the boycott on Jan 1st, but keep pushing out the word even after it's started because it's never too late to join. (Yes, there have been those of us already boycotting for a minute now- but having looked around it seems like a relatively sparse group with little attention. Only reason we're calling for this "start date" is to hopefully get A LOT more people on the wagon)

No deadline. We're going to keep going until they roll the policy back, checking in at each financial quarter (every 3 months) to see how well they're listening. (Got this idea from the Kelloggs boycott)

I recommend also making your own posts and memes to spread the word. We need to make more noise.

Boycotts work if done effectively. This isn't just about YouTube, or Spotify. This is about precedent. If we don't push back that's seen as consent, and more sites will follow in YouTube/Spotify's footsteps.

Remember that we're boycotting YouTube/Spotify- NOT the creators on those platforms.

Your favorite creator is bound to have another way to support them, and I suggest you find out what that is. (i.e: do they have Patreon/Kofi? Something else? A different platform perhaps?)