Tumblr people. If you care about the internet and I know you do, scream at your elected officials about internet censorship laws (aka ID verification laws) NOW. Today, tomorrow, and keep going.
Write an email and stick it in your notes app and send it every day, edit it when you have new ideas to send them. It takes less than a few minutes of your day.
Make a phone call if you can. Send a physical letter if you can.
It will make a difference. If we fail it will feel good to go down screaming.
Tell them the privacy concerns are too great. Tell them even if this is in the name of child safety, it will not protect minors at all— because it won’t. Tell them it will hurt the arts, it will hurt the spread of information. It will hurt the press it will hurt humanity’s ability to communicate.
It will hurt this incredible tool we’ve invented that yes, has problems. These ID verification laws are a solution to none of those problems.