Dead Upload Day

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Overview

Dead Upload Day, also known as the hashtag #DeadUploadDay, is a day of protest against the YouTube's procedures to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Protestors who are content creators have pledged to not upload to YouTube in hopes of YouTube adopting different procedures.

Background

On November 12th, 2019, the YouTube Creators channel published a video on the new regulations, following Google's $170 million settlement for violating COPPA and collecting data from children. The post received more than 1.3 million views (shown below).

On November 19th, Twitter ^[1] user @emanvidmaker tweeted, "Us and COPPA need to find a better solution for this #DeadUploadDay" (shown below). That day, they also posted about the protest on the /r/YouTube subreddit.^[2] The post received more than 1,800 (96% upvoted) and 345 comments in less than two days.

Emanvidmaker E @emanvidmaker Us and COPPA need to find a better solution for this #DeadUploadDay Dead Upload Day No uploads in protest for better COPPA regulations for Content Creators, viewers and kids alike. November 26th 2019 9:14 AM Nov 19, 2019 Twitter Web App

Developments

Online Reaction

Over the next few days, people shared the image on Twitter. Twitter^[3] user @OldMohawk tweeted the image with caption "Spread the word!" The post recieved more than 11,000 likes and 8,100 retweets in less than three days (shown below, left).

YouTuber Keemstar tweeted,^[4] "I feel like Greta Thunberg skipping school on Friday’s! #DeadUploadDay." Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 4,800 likes and 430 retweets (shown below, center).

Some criticized the effectiveness of the protest. Twitter^[5] user @LunarControl responded to Keemstar, writing, "There is no reason to boycott youtube because they have no control over COPPA" (shown below, right).

On November 21st, The Daily Dot ^[6] published a report on the protest.

ThatOldMohawk @OldMohawk CETER Spread the word! #DeadUploadDay Dead Upload Day No uploads in protest for better COPPA regulations for Content Creators, viewers and kids alike. November 26th 2019 9:06 PM Nov 19, 2019 Twitter for iPhone BOLORARD

КЕEM @KEEMSTAR I feel like Greta Thunberg skipping school on Friday's! #DeadUploadDay Dead Upload Day No uploads in protest for better COPPA regulations for Content Creators, viewers and kids alike. November 26th 2019 12:00 AM Nov 21, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

@KEEMSTAR 14h KEEM I feel like Greta Thunberg skipping school on Friday's! #DeadUploadDay - Dead Upload Day No uploads in protest for better COPPA regulations for Content Creators, viewers and kids alike. November 26th 2019 t434 70 4.9K LunarControl @LunarControl Replying to @KEEMSTAR There is no reason to boycott youtube because they have no control over COPPA 12:01 AM Nov 21, 2019 Twitter Web App

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External References

^[1] Twitter – @emanvidmaker's Tweet

^[2] Reddit – /r/YouTube

^[3] Twitter – @OldMohawk's Tweet

^[4] Twitter – @KEEMSTAR's Tweet

^[5] Twitter – @LunarControl's Tweet

^[6] The Daily Dot – #DeadUploadDay: YouTubers fight new rules for monetizing kids videos

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Top Comments

Kommando_Kaijin

Nov 22, 2019 at 12:16PM EST in reply to Woooinion

TL:DR:

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND MONITOR YOUR FUCKING CHILDREN YOU SORRY, PATHETIC EXCUSES OF PARENTS. YOU'RE WHY MENTAL ILLNESS IS THIS BAD< NOBODY TAKES FUCKING CARE OF THEIR KIDS ANYMORE. WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!

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Woooinion

Nov 21, 2019 at 10:35PM EST

I don't want to defend Youtube because, goodness, they really don't deserve to be defended.

But on this, from what I've seen, the enforcement methodology of COPA is where the fault lays.

A perfectly reasonable law against the collection of data on children is being interpreted such that the website is responsible for children lying, and parents not parenting.

Not only that, but the enforcement agency is claiming that they can hold individual channels accountable for the children who lie to access their content being profiled by the adult preference advertising program.

Youtube's accounts aren't allowed for children, but countless children have them anyway, and just lie on the forms.

The only way youtube could get around this law would be to be to require every account to be registered with your personal identity, which would be horrible.

All of this, is the fault of the assumption that Corporations and the State should be expected to do the parenting for you.
It's freaking obscene.

The only way of fighting this I can think of would be to counter-sue the enforcement agency to force them to acknowledge that corporations can't be held accountable for people lying on the internet, or using their parents accounts.

But they won't do that, because the PR of fighting against a law meant to protect children would be horrible.