Hey guys, it's Bri again, and I need to say this plainly: I should not have to disappear from sharing my art just to keep it from being scraped. I am still making art every day. I am still putting in the work and the tears and the sweat behind every piece. But right now, posting online can feel like handing over my face, my voice, my style, and my work for free so an AI model can study it and spit back a copy.

That is not a small problem. For small artists, our art is not just content to fill a feed. It is our labor, our identity, our income, and the result of years of practice that cannot be replaced by a machine remixing what we made. When artists feel forced to step back from posting because we do not trust how our work will be used, that hurts our ability to connect with real people, find commissions, and build a future from what we create.

That is why I am calling on Meta to give artists a real, easy, enforceable opt-out from AI scraping and AI training on everything we post. Not hidden settings, not vague policies, and not a system where silence gets treated like permission. Artists deserve clear consent tools, meaningful control over whether our images, voice, likeness, and creative work can be used to train AI systems, and strong protection for anyone who says no.

I still want to share my art with real people. I still want to be part of this space. But we should not have to give away ourselves for free just to exist online. If you believe artists deserve control over our own work, our own style, and our own voices, please sign this petition.