The freedom to access and express ourselves online is under attack.

Around the world — and now in our own countries — governments are pushing legislation that forces users to verify their identity with official government-issued ID just to access everyday websites like YouTube, Reddit, and countless others. While they claim this is “to protect children,” this is a dangerous smokescreen. In reality, it opens the floodgates to:

1. Total loss of online anonymity

 2. Censorship of speech, opinions, and political opposition

 3. Mass surveillance and corporate overreach

 4. The sale of your identity and personal data to third parties.

 A chilling effect on freedom of thought and expression. These systems require third-party platforms to store, verify, and potentially sell your identity. That means:

Your name, age, government ID, facial data, location, and online habits are now permanently tied together. Hackers, data brokers, advertisers, and hostile governments can buy, steal, or exploit your entire digital profile. You no longer control who knows what about you — and you can’t take it back.

This isn’t about safety. This is about control.

And once this system is in place, it will be impossible to reverse. 

We, the undersigned, demand:

1. A complete halt to any legislation mandating ID verification for general internet access.

2. An open, democratic debate on child safety that does not violate civil liberties.

3. Strict data protection laws that criminalize the sale or misuse of personal identity data by government contractors and third-party verifiers.

The internet must remain free, private, and open. Not a state-corporate database for profit and oppression. Protect our identities. Protect our privacy. Protect the internet.

We are calling on President Donald J. Trump to publicly oppose and denounce any legislation or corporate push that mandates ID verification for internet access. We urge him to rally his platform and followers to protect the online freedom of all Americans. Imagine a world where you can’t watch a YouTube video, join a Discord server, or read Reddit without scanning your ID first — and that data is stored in some unknown database forever. That world is arriving fast, and most people don’t even see it coming.