#privacymatters

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

and also here's a petition to stop the law that would help support this into becoming a thing

and also a tumblr post about it and how you can help further prevent this from being allowed in office

Don’t forget to send this fellow people outside of tumblr

YouTubers, Twitter users, send it through out and make sure you are heard

Another update for people, we have a discord server! Come over to the server to join in and be organized then before!

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!

This will only work, if a LOT of people boycott using YouTube for a bit.

A fuckton of people use YouTube, so the amount of folks who stand up, for this policy being taken away, has to be SUBSTANTIAL, for them to notice! we can do this!

Thank you to @tomboyjessie13 for helping me understand how to boycott Youtube! Your comments were super helpful! Thank you for making me aware of Pandora as well!

This is also an addition to @gentleman-velvet's boycott plan.

Use youtube alternatives:

There are many youtube alternatives that you can use for a variety of purposes. Two examples are:

Internet Archive - good for educational videos and books that are either free or very cheap. It's also good for forgoing Google Books because of its wide selection.

Pandora - fantastic for music, finding podcasts, and comedians. There are a lot of music artists on there. Overall, it's a good site for finding people to listen to.

Here is an article that provides a list of alternatives with their pros and cons, alongside their prices (if they have any).

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DO NOT USE A FRONT END YOUTUBE APPLICATION

Front enders like Freetube and Piped (including New Piped), are sites that are good for preventing Google from tracking you, but they still provide YouTube with traffic.

They are wonderful for preserving your privacy, but they are not good for a boycott.

To properly boycott YouTube, use the alternative sites like the ones listed that are completely separate and do not provide it with activity!

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Download Youtube Videos:

At first, you may not think there is a way to do that, but there are several sites dedicated to allowing you to download them. The post I made on this is far more comprehensive.

Use Video Download Helper or a website like Yt1z to download as many videos as you can, so that you can watch these privately without giving YouTube any kind of data. (Remember, empty discs, USBs, and external hardrives still exist for storage.)

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PIRACY

If you are using youtube for paid content, consider either alternative routes (such as netflix, hulu or whatever streaming services there are) or piracy.

If buying ain't owning, then piracy sure as hell ain't stealing. It has the same effect that not using youtube has, with the addition that you aren't giving the site money.

Be careful with piracy, they are trying to crack down on it and there may be unsafe sites that could compromise your security.

Use Pirate Bay with an alternative browser like Tor or a privacy based one like DuckDuckGo. I generally recommend using the Tor browser because your privacy is way more assured.

For legal reasons, I strongly suggest that you use alterative streaming sites that aren't YouTube but still don't involve piracy. (wink wink)

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ANNOY THE HELL OUTTA YOUTUBE

Contact youtube via their email and phone number. Blow up their email and phone lines.

This site lists all the ways to contact them via the phone, letter or fax.

You can also email them at:

[email protected]

[email protected]

And you can get their attention on social media sites like Twitter (not calling it X).

Do not let up on contacting them until they repeal this decision.

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ADD ONS ARE WELCOME!

FEEL FREE TO REBLOG THIS POST WITH MORE INFORMATION!

That’s right, it’s getting sneaked into your governments without you even knowing it,

So you need to pipe up and listen up, make some noise and make it loud as possible

Fight for your privacy, don’t let them take away your rights!

Contact your representatives and share this online. Make sure the representatives know that Chat control will not be sneaked in

Share this even if you don’t live in Europe, cause many Europeans don’t know about this and they deserve to know!

Everything the new chat control will do!

Source:

If anyone isnt aware, yt is pushing a new update that uses ai to determine whether or not youre 'underage' and will restrict features.

If you get marked as underage, you'll have to prove your age by showing your id or taking a video of your face, which is outrageous for privacy purposes. Think of a data breach