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Anyone with a UK IP address will be banned from from Janitor AI from July 24th, 23:59 UTC. As someone from the UK myself this will impact me and many others that use this website.

What is the Online Safety Act (OSA)?

This is a set of laws to safeguard children by holding social media companies responsible for their user's safety on online platforms. This will impact most, if not all tech sites, including Janitor. If platforms are found not to be adequately taking steps to protecting children (and adults) from "harmful content", the companies behind these platforms can be hit with fines and even prison sentences depending on the severity. (source: gov.uk)

What can we do from here?

If you are a UK resident, please, I urge you to sign this petition here to get your voices heard. While I personally agree sites must do more to protect children and adults from harmful content, this law is halfbaked and will disproportionally impact smaller companies more than the sites that actually should matter.

UPDATE (22/07) If you are NOT a UK resident, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN THE PETITION. This is to avoid going against the petition rules. Please share the petition amongst friends that are residents. I understand people outside the UK might worry about their friends or favourite creators, but DO NOT SIGN THE PETITION if you're not currently living in the UK.

How can I access Janitor from the 24th?

If you're in the UK, you can still access Janitor after this date using a VPN. Not all VPNs are free, but there are a few that you can use that will let you access Janny and other social media sites if you're not prepared to share your ID.

This list of VPNs was collected by @stormgazed on our discord, a big thank you to Storm for it.

Proton VPN
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⤷ ‎ Both free and paid versions available. Free might be slower and will not let you choose which server to connect to.

Windscribe
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⤷ ‎ Both free and paid versions available. Free comes with 2GB bandwidth.

Hide.me
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⤷ ‎ Both free and paid versions available. Free comes with unlimited data but your internet speed will be restricted, and your selection of servers is limited.

PrivadoVPN
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⤷ ‎ Both free and paid versions available. Free comes with 10GB bandwidth and a selection of 13 servers.

Tunnelbear
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⤷ ‎ Both free and paid versions available. Free comes with 2GB bandwidth.

Brave VPN
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⤷ ‎ Integrated with the Brave browser. Paid only, but there is a 7-day free trial to test if this is worth your money.

Opera VPN
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⤷ ‎ Integrated with the Opera browser. Both free and paid versions available.

There are more options out there, please do your due research and check which VPN service works best for you.

I don't intend on stopping posting or deleting my account following the IP ban, so people that enjoy my bots can continue to do so without any problems. I recommend joining your favourite creator servers if they are from the UK to follow their updates where possible.

Love y'all, stay safe xx