#privacy concerns

Any way, things to try and do to make some noise about this.

Call Discord at 888-594-0085. All I had to do was stay on the line and leave a voice mail.

File a support ticket with discord. This will require you to create an account separate from your discord account.

If you have Nitro, CANCEL IT.

File a complaint with the California Privacy Protection Agency. You do not need to live in California to do this. I personally checked off "Right to Opt-out of Sale/Sharing" "Right to Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information" "A business’s collection, use, storing or sharing of my personal information" and "Children's privacy" because like FUCK would they not be getting that in their efforts to protect them. When they asked for evidence of privacy violations, I shared the Discord press release.

It's also worth mentioning that Discord is headquartered in California.

EDIT: With it coming out about Discord age verification being tied to Palantir, this is another concern to mention with CPPA. I would recommend dropping an article like this in evidence, as it further highlights how questionable the claim is that your private identifying info will not leave your device.

If you live in a European country, this webpage has a list of all the countries so you can find yours and file a privacy complaint.

Canadians can file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner. I've been informed this is likely not to be helpful due to the restrictions of the businesses the Privacy Commissioner actually has authority over.

Edit: People have also suggested leaving negative reviews on mobile app stores!

Edit as of 2/25/2025: Discord has delayed until mid 2026! This is GOOD NEWS but don't let up on making noise.

One additional point worth bringing up, Discord and other social media platforms were contacted by DHS to give information on 'anti ICE' accounts.

While it is never a GOOD time to be handing out your private information, this is a time it can actively endanger you. This is another point worth bringing up in conversation about this!

Plan 1. Black out and leave youtube/ youtube boycott (August 13 to the point where the policy is gone)

It’s a very simple plan, but this time we just leave until it’s fully reversed. That way YouTube doesn’t just ignore us and the original black out. We have to stand our ground and show them we aren’t going to give up. We have to last as long as possible and let their revenue drain until they concede or someone else comes in and makes another platform (that isn’t based on politics but the same ideas as the original YouTube)

Plus I would like to add some small extra things that will help with the blackout though. That being mass downloading YouTube content. Now this might be the easiest thing for certain people, but it’s something.

Mass downloading YouTube content can help in case there a couple of videos or channels you want to watch during the blackout.

(I use something called a ytdlp but there might be better options for you out there, there might even be built in ones in a web browser or two, just search around the place, you'll find it eventually)

Forget what I said about alternatives that block YouTube, avoid anything that even remotely connects to YouTube. If it connects to YouTube it still provides traffic and helps it out, we want to disconnect from it completely, don’t let it have a drop of traffic

Plan 2. Bugging the crap out of them.

Now since they have a mail box for us to use, that can be used for our advantage here. So here’s what we do, send them letters asking them to reverse the decision, that way they will be overwhelmed by letters that have to eventually give up. Now I don't want you guys to send out slurs, curses or whatever. I need you guys to be kind and critical. I want you to point everything wrong with this and why it is destined to fail and leave the company crumbling

In addition to these letters, if at all possible, I want you guys to include photos of comments made by other people (Twitter, tumblr, whatever) criticizing this and making it known that it’s not just you guys who are angry, but people all over too.

Now we can also include emails in this, but that might be harder than excepted, but in case you do want to send in a email, you can send it that way

I can't find any other way of sending them an email, but good to you if you do find it (though I would recommend a letter much more)

UPDATE, someone has pointed out that we should all send out our letters on a single day, Im taking around August 5th about a week before the thing actually rolls out and than maybe we’ll do another batch on the 8th just in case

Make sure you mass send a bunch of letters

WIP plan 3, legal bull

I wish I could say this plan was finished, but unfortunately, it is not at all. All we have to go for here to filing a complaint towards the FTC about this and or using what this user recommneds (though I can't fully say if it'll work or not)

This plan will be worked on as much as possible

I want everyone if they can to spread to outside of tumblr, talk about it on twitter, facebook, blusky, youtube itself, this plan has to spread to as much people as possible.

I believe we can do our best and shine a light through these horrible times, we can be light in the darkness that will help others shine a burn a hole in this horrible system of censorship

I believe in every last one of you, I believe you can do good and spread good, because in your hearts, you are good

If you have any other ideas, let me know, cause i know more minds are better than one.

Good luck!

Update! We have a discord server now! We will be planning, spreading news and of course sharing ways to deal with YouTube’s ID policy

If you're participating in refusing to use YouTube from the 13th of August until the ID policy is lifted, there is a chance you might accidentally use YouTube in one way or another.

Muscle memory, autopilot, a misclick, any number of things, please don't let that mistake cause you to give up! We are human, we make mistakes, but as long as you correct it and continue the protest it will reduce the damage and keep the viewership loss on YouTube high, increasing the chance of success! That's what matters, that we keep trying. We need to show that even if we trip and fall, we'll just get back up and keep going!

I believe in you, even if you make a mistake, I'll keep believing in you, as long as you keep trying!

We will succeed. We refuse to be tracked or censored. We deserve our privacy!

Breaking hiatus to share something important.

@tumblr @staff @photomatt are you joking right now? i dont even have a uncensor button anymore?

im in the uk and i havent provided my id (they actually havent asked me, not that i would give it) and now i cant see posts on my dashboard!!!!!

this is not an adult website, i should not be required to provide id and besides, im 25. i should be able to look at what i want. (im a firm believer that online regulation is a parents job, not mine!)

Hey, Tumblr!

I'm posting this as a warning about a platform called CivitAI. I discovered that my original art was being used without my permission in one of their AI models. When I tried to file a takedown request, I had to give them personal details (phone number, email, and original art files).

What happened next?

Zero follow up from CivitAI, except a banner on the offending model's page claiming they're "discussing it" with me-though they never actually reached out.

I started getting an overwhelming flood of spam calls-50 in about two weeks-right after I submitted my information.

This is a huge violation of trust and privacy. Please be careful when dealing with any site that requires personal data for takedown requests.

If you have any similar experiences or questions, feel free to message me. Spread the word to protect other artists and keep our art and data safe.

something that i heavily dislike about modern news is the expectation to share them, without sharing the solution.

however, we do have a solution in our hands, and it will require us to pressure the government into not passing this law.