All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXXI

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I agree with Rob.  We need to be prepared for an instant switchover, if we don't move the wiki outright before then.

Out runway for operating legally in the United States may be running short. There is a proposed new law on obscene content according to Reason Magazine. Depending on how it’s implemented, we might be in the clear due to not directly hosting NSFW content, but the definition of possibly arousing or titillating the viewer seems incredibly broad.

I don’t think this should be a panic event, this senator has apparently tried before and failed. But we should seriously pursue a site backup outside the states.

Agreed. This would smash against free speech protections so hard it's not funny. Also, to be frank, I seriously doubt, long-term, we have anything to worry about. We've been down this road before, and even under super conservatives worse than this free speech protections have generally held.

I may be in the minority here, but I say we just keep our heads down and this too shall pass, and we are unlikely to ever suffer harm from the circumstances that prompted this scare.

As a counter point the last paragraph in https://www.science.org/content/blog-pos...-worldview

Obviously I can't just leave it at that level of despair. What is to be done? Public, visible opposition is key: a good part of all this big-boss bullshit is making it look like everyone agrees with you and/or no one dares oppose you. Break that illusion! Break it every chance you get. Do it in print, do it in public. Make more people aware of what's really going on, and make others feel as if they can speak up in turn. Protest up the levers of political power, too [...]

And keeping your head down feeds into the highlighted illusion.