Let me summarize everything that's happened in the last week
>Collective Shout contacts payment processors to get Steam and Itch io to remove adult games
>Steam removes 100s of games and creates a entirely new policy to lick the boots of Payment Processers
>Day later Itch io removes their entire Adult Game category
>UK "Online Safety Act" comes into effect restricting the internet for the entire country to "Protect Children"
>Within 24 hours UK creates a Police Task-force to monitor political opinions of its citizens
>Europe gets hit by "Age Restriction" in some sites too and they find out the "Restricted Internet" is coming for them too
>People find out American bill titled "Kids Online Safety Act" is introduced into Congress to do the same thing
>Wikipedia is being asked to censor itself for the UK
>Search Engines are now stuck in safemode for certain countries restricting internet
>Mouthwashing a horror game on Itch io is removed thanks to Payment Processors and Collective Shout
>UK is trying to force American companies to censor themselves after the "Online Safety Act" came into effect
🧵 This needs to be said. About age verification, censorship, and what’s happening online right now:
I’m exhausted, because of the constant fear creators live under. We’re watching the internet change in real time. Not evolve but REGRESS into something scary.
Age verification laws are being pushed under the guise of “protecting kids,” but what they’re actually doing is giving governments and corporations a terrifying amount of control over everyone’s private life.
This past month? It’s different. The wave of censorship that’s coming is louder, faster, and harsher than anything I’ve seen in years. It’s not just creators feeling it. It’s readers, writers, artists, fans. Everyone.
These policies don’t stop harm. They just punish the wrong people. They punish survivors reclaiming autonomy. Queer folks exploring identity. Neurodivergent people finding community. They punish expression.
We can’t stay quiet. We can’t sit back and “wait to see what happens.” Because it’s already happening. Accounts are disappearing. Access is being restricted. Communities are being erased. So I’m asking.. please.
Use your voice. Be annoying. Be loud. Be relentless.
Push back. Sign petitions. Support digital rights orgs. Talk about it publicly. Share stories. Refuse to be silenced. Control is the enemy. Freedom is at risk.
🧷 Resources below.
Please read. Please care. Please speak up.
Please share for more visibility.
Now I might just be a weird vtuber on the internet, but if there's one thing I've observed in my years, it's that the internet is the last bastion of freedom from control.
I urge EVERYONE, yes, even you content creators who are afraid of speaking due to brand risks, to SPEAK UP