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Before more people continue to panic about YouTube, just because YouTube is updating the terms doesn't mean all users will be required to use the ID.

Not ALL USERS will be required. I really need to spit this out.

Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube Last fall, heavily influenced by Jonathan Haidt’s extremely problematic book, Australia announced that it was banning social media for everyone under the age of 16. This was already a horrifically …

"Once you’ve built the system to block kids from YouTube, you’ve built the system to block anyone from anything. And that system will be irresistible to future governments with different ideas about what content people need to be 'protected' from."
— @mmasnick.bsky.social in @techdirt.com

10 examples of absurd fallout from the U.K.'s Online Safety Act The law is putting up barriers for people who want to read about world news, listen to music on Spotify, chat on Discord, or play video games.

"To be clear, the U.K. government isn't explicitly ordering restrictions or blocks on all this content. But blocks like these are an inevitable result of the system they are ordering."

I just started playing Tears Of Themis and I’m in denial that I pulled this.

@jayapal.house.gov
Let me start by saying I am happy to have Rep Jayapal speaking for me in the house. I thought to wonder about her stance on internet censorship and the KIDS online safety act and its potential for misuse. Its not censorship now, its the precedent.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Bs...

call yr reps and tell them to oppose the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act and the Kids Online Safety Act ..!!!!!

Which Gaming Sites Are Impacted By The UK's New Age Verification Laws? In the United Kingdom, an oppressive new 'Online Safety Act' is blocking access to many sites and services, including gaming-related ones.

One day after the UK's age-verification mandate goes into effect, and journalists are already reporting on "malicious apps ... claiming to verify your age before promptly stealing your information or even scamming you financially.

This is no accident. The groups behind age-verification laws have been explicit that they regard "gender ideology" and nearly any representation of LGBTQ+ existence as pornography

AV is government censorship. Platforms are either designating LGBTQ+ content NSFW or removing it all together.

YouTube thumbnail of Siri flipping two (censored) middle fingers and yellow and white text that says “SICK & TIRED OF CENSORSHIP GRIFTERS”

I’ll be going live on my YouTube channel this afternoon/evening to discuss age verification, the censorship of Steam & itch.io, and the grifting anti-LGBTQ, anti-porn organizations that are intent on ruining the internet. 🙃🙃🙃

youtube.com/@siridahl

I can’t believe this is coming from the puppet who stripped the government agencies. SMDH! It’s true though…

Collective Shout is fucked 4chan is now involved. Anyone want popcorn?

No it seems like it won’t I tried to sign myself but it says only those who live in the UK can sign it. But other Americans have been helping by sharing it and making sure it reaches people who live there.

Fuck the UK.

Fuck Collective Shout.

Fuck Visa.

Fuck Mastercard.

And fuck anyone else pushing for censorship.

Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.

Here’s a petition to help reverse the law if you haven’t signed it yet. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.

Here is the petition to help reverse the law if your friends haven’t signed it yet. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.

Please sign this if you live in the UK and also if you live in EU you will also have a censorship law that is similar and Australia as well.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Seems to not have taken long for that bill to get bad.

Share this please because I've not seen anyone else put in this much info

Since twitter/x hasn't made a proper statement about the eu/uk censorship bill here's what I've found:

1. Changing region no longer works. Thanks all the people who thought sharing that loophole on tweets was a good idea 1/3

So if collective shout wants to censor the internet of all porn and is extremely anti lgbt and against trans people then maybe we should give them more work. DRAW PORN AND POST IT.

Hopefully in due time these extreme Christian nationalists Well ever fuck off and/or die

What did we learn from this DONT FUCK WITH THE GAMING COMMUNITY!!!! Or just nerds in general shit about your past is getting found. Don’t think Collective Shout expected people to be digging up their info.

Meanwhile Collective Shout defend the Cuties film

Anti-Porn Group Declares Win Over 'Pedo Gamer Fetishists' After Steam's Mass Sex Game Purge Alleged pressure from payment companies has sparked a censorship debate

"Collective Shout" seems like another way to attempt to rebrand fascism as "protecting the kids" despite fascists being the biggest danger kids face.

Anti-Porn Group Declares Win Over "Pedo Gamer Fetishists" After Steam's Mass Sex Game Purge kotaku.com/steam-sex-ce... via @kotaku

YouTube video by Madam Savvy EXPOSING: Collective Shout, the Group Behind Steam Censorship...and MORE

A very through investigation about Collective Shout, the Australian anti-sex group that's claiming responsibility for the Adult Game Armageddon on Steam. Anti-sex, anti-nudity (for all genders), anti-choice and just lousy people in general.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVLc...

The people over at Collective Shout that are banning games, anime, comic etc because “protect the children” defend the film Cuties the film that sexualized children.

Group Behind Steam Censorship Policies Have Powerful Allies — And Targeted Popular Games With Outlandish Claims The organization behind Steam's latest payment processor censorship, Collective Shout, appears to tell some misleading tales.

Didn't read your article until I read about it being banned. Now I've read it. Streisand and the Full Effect. Thanks @archive.org

web.archive.org/web/20250720...

After payment processors prompt removal of Steam games, journalists investigating the censorship resign Many Steam games are no longer available at the request of payment providers. Ana Valens, formerly of Vice, believes that activist groups have too much influence over payment processors and Valve's ma...

www.notebookcheck.net/After-paymen...

Ana Valens' exposé on Collective Shout, the group responsible for the Steam purge, has been taken down from its outlet VICE by managerial fiat. This is a really obvious case of the powers that be intervening to protect their power, and yet everyone will ignore it.

preaching to the choir, but this would obviously be financially devastating to many independent comic and game artists using itch to release queer or adult works, myself included - around half of my annual income comes from itch comic sales every year

Everyone I suggest you all go contact these payment processors and tell them you are disappointed that they are agreeing with these evangelical censorship groups.

This article is a trip. I knew Collective Shout were bad but I didn’t know they were cartoon villains.