Most people assume their basic rights carry over online — privacy, free speech, the ability to do legal business. They don’t.

Right now we face:

No privacy — governments and corporations want to scan, track, and profile you. Under the excuse of “protecting kids,” they’re already demanding face scans, driver’s license uploads, and even fingerprints from both adults and children. These databases will inevitably be abused by governments, corporations, and hackers.

No freedom to buy — payment processors block legal products if they don’t “align” with their values, and platforms like Apple, Steam, and Nintendo can remove or censor digital products you’ve already purchased — often without refunds — if pressured by activists or corporations. You don’t own your digital purchases anymore; you’re only renting access at their discretion.

No free speech — In parts of Europe, police have begun enforcing new “online safety” laws that criminalize speech critical of government policy or immigration.
Critics say these laws are being applied unevenly—silencing political dissent while failing to address real violence or exploitation.

This shows how quickly the stated goal of “protecting children” can expand into broad control of public discourse.

This isn’t theory. It’s happening:

UK’s Online Safety Act is already jailing citizens under the excuse of “protecting children.”

Michigan HB4938 would ban VPNs and fine people $500,000 for trying to protect their privacy.

Texas SB20 criminalizes anime and fictional art — treating drawings as if they have more rights than people.

Congress is now threatening its own version, the Kids Online Safety Act, which would endanger businesses, art, literature, speech, adult privacy, and parents’ rights to raise their children.

The Digital Liberty Act (DLA) protects:

Free speech and artistic freedom

The right to do legal business online without financial censorship

Privacy from biometric surveillance (no forced face scans or ID checks to access the internet)

Parents’ rights to guide their kids — not corporations or politicians

Unless we enshrine these digital civil rights in law, they will be erased piece by piece under the excuse of “safety.”

📄 Read the draft here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qbUuFstdbc6hHJOVaI4t0pm7UGWyaj--/view?usp=sharing

✍️ Sign and share this petition now. Show lawmakers that our rights online matter just as much as offline — before they disappear entirely.