SURVEILLANCE STATE!!!! (and also let go of spotify!!!)
30/7/2025
ok i am quickly making this post because of the new child internet safety law that was passed in the UK.
one thing i will say is, this is mainly a porn/nsfw/18+ ban but in turn it is of course forcing all other apps to demand you share your ID to prove you are over the age of 18.
and now, people who have updated their spotify apps (which is another reason why we all need to leave spotify on top of all the other horrible reasons, like funding AI military drones) are now being asked for their ID and all i can say is I saw this coming.
NEVER EVER TRUST a "porn ban", this and the excuse of "protecting children" has always been weaponised by corperations and governments so they can continue to control what you can see beyond sexual content. it has already affected how much we can see in terms of the genocide happening in palestine, forums and sites pertaining to the lgbt community and spaces like subreddits where sexual assuault is discussed.
i know the government is hiding behind this so people who oppose this look like porn obsessed freaks who cant function without porn when in the past, porn bans have always resulted in marginalised people being the targets (does anyone remember the tumblr porn ban? loads of black bloggers and trans women were and continue to be targetted because of it)
i stay using a VPN but this is still such bullshit. no third party should have access to your ID potentially FOREVER. this is all to get us more comfortable with living in a surveillance state. what a mundane dystopia we live in!!!
i am going to provide links to articles talking about this for more context but its so interesting seeing ppl oppose this now that they're ALL affected by this.
carrying on from the post below, here are videos that go into detail about what i was dealing with.
i feel so seen finding these videos. i know it is common for people to say racism and other forms of bigotry go against the ethos of scenes like punk and goth but the truth is bigots will always be drawn to these scenes whether we like it or not.
its super ironic that its prevalant in these spaces when non white cultures are responsible for most of what makes up "alternative fashion" - and yes im talking about body modification. i will talk about that one day too.
i'll just link the videos here.
i tend to expierence the most racist elitism when im shopping/browsing a alternative fashion store and i dont have my "gear" on - the staff just turn into really annoying high school bullies because i decided to have a off day when shopping there. like ok!!!
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oh, so this is what we're doing! fuck you.
30/7/2025
bad museum expierences and racist elitism in alternative spaces. but it turned out alright in the end!!!!