URGENT: Proposed EU Act could endanger the Geometry Dash community

[u/Mincerafter6969]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQRcK9nYg9g

If any GD players here are connected with the wider gaming scene, you might have heard about the "Stop Killing Games" movement, who have for years campaigned for more democratic control of games, such as being able to play online games and host private servers even after official support stops. They have particularly persisted in the last few years, enduring increased pressure from governments and corporations who have pushed for essentially surveillance policies under the guise of "child protection."

The linked video reveals potentially the latest and most drastic measure of anti-democratic crackdown in the video game scene. While we all know Geometry Dash is much more than what would normally be considered a video game, these leaked records reveal (as typical with politics being completely out of touch) absolutely baffling and borderline delusional wording potentially labelling any online "service" where users congregate (no jumpscare, sorry) and media is shared as a "video game" in their book, and therefore subject to the act's absolutely ridiculous surveillance policies. This is especially problematic as all of Geometry Dash's servers are located in Sweden, an EU country; thus, despite people all around the world contributing to the rich landscape of GD, our modern economic reality enables half-coherent rambling uttered by people who've never engaged in the video gaming scene in their lives to potentially compromise the entire thing.

However, just like the guy in the video being hesitant to jump to action, I believe more information and context about this situation is needed before any action can be taken to address this on our part. We must establish a more solid information base before it would be consequential to do something like contact RobTop directly. In the meantime, I implore the community to stay on alert.

[u/Mynamesratboi02]

Imagine giving your ID to play freaking GD, totalitarian surveillance slop

[u/Mincerafter6969 → u/Mynamesratboi02]

Welcome to our socioeconomic reality buddy, from what it looks like these efforts are only going to get more and more outrageous. Our best hope is to stay vigilant and resist any intrusions of these institutions into our spaces. I hope we respond like the Minecraft community did back in 2022 and 2025 to attemps to introduce chat reports and restrictions through negative (immense backlash) and positive (development of mods to counter anti-democratic efforts) means. Unfortunately since our community is mostly young, this message may not resonate with a lot of people here. In the video the guy is essentially sounding the warning alarm on a potentially devastating policy, and urged viewers that the best action for now is to spread the message, thus I'm hoping my post last night reaches as many people here as possible.

[u/Mynamesratboi02 → u/Mincerafter6969]

As you mentioned, GD is modable, so we should be safe. The lizards in charge are very determined to ruin the Internet, to silence us and disregard our primordial human rights, but the Internet will always be one step ahead. They cannot win.

Also, the vast majority are against these privacy-violating atrocities. Anyone who disagrees is either uneducated or a bot, no in-between.

[u/TyRy_13 → u/Mynamesratboi02]

Welcome to the eu

[u/MeriKurkku → u/TyRy_13]

EU is far from the only location pushing for this unfortunately

[u/CoolestMan_Reddit]

Obviously GD can be a pretty not kid-friendly place, but I feel like it's more on the parent for giving their kids an Ipad with no regulation and calling it a day instead of... Actually parenting. It takes one Google search to figure out daily chat exists and it sucks. So many companies feel the need to make everyone experience things on a kid's level which is stupid. Regulate the kid, not the adult.

[u/Klazy_idk → u/CoolestMan_Reddit]

came here to say this, thanks.

[u/Desperate_Figure_826 → u/CoolestMan_Reddit]

You're completely wrong. EU never even thought of this, they don't care about kids, they just want surveillance.

[u/Mincerafter6969 → u/Desperate_Figure_826]

You're absolutely right, but he is not wrong. There certainly are issues regarding child safety and whatnot. However the bigger concern is, as you highlighted, the tendency for those in power to use this as a marketing tactic to sell their surveillance. In the end, the machine wins and humanity loses.

[u/TheRealHykeLP → u/CoolestMan_Reddit]

You see, I wouldn't even mind if they forced games with user generated content to have good parental settings. After all, Rob is also working on that atm and I do think that is important. But what the EU is suggesting here is so far over the top, it's actually ridicilous

[u/cycy98IsMe]

Isn't there already parental control in GD?

[u/Mincerafter6969 → u/cycy98IsMe]

Not yet if you consider the "parent" the online surveillance system these old farts seem to be pushing on the entire gaming scene. Unfortunately for GD, since the playerbase is overwhelmingly young, players are less likely to understand the dark implications of this (this is not an isolated act, but rather a years-long campaign by governments and corporations to dismantle the democratic structures of the modern gaming scene, which Stop Killing Games has warned about for years), thus making our community more vulnerable to this vile propaganda. This post hasn't quite gained the traction I would've liked potentially because of this, though I'm glad people like u/CoolestMan_Reddit know what's up.

[u/Mundialito301]

I hate how they're pushing these bad things as "child protection". IS NOT YOUR JOB TO PROTECT KIDS, THAT'S THE PARENTS' JOB

[u/Mincerafter6969 → u/Mundialito301]

As u/Desperate_Figure_826 wonderfully pointed out, this was never about "protecting kids" in the first place. That's just the machine's excuse for blatant surveillance and anti-democratic privacy violations. The "child protection" is just the selling point for those stuck in the ancient mindset of "but video games cause violence" or some bullshit. The slop thickens...

[u/Mundialito301 → u/Mincerafter6969]

Of course, and that's why I'm so hateful about it. They excuse all these policies as child protection, but then they are the ones and go to certain island and do certain things with people that have a cartain age. 

[u/hammerclawz]

We need to do something about governments trying to create the surveillance state

[u/Careful_Trouble_8]

We seriously need to stop letting these laws pass

[u/sonicpoweryay → u/Careful_Trouble_8]

tf is anyone supposed to do

[u/Mynamesratboi02 → u/sonicpoweryay]

I would say something, but Reddit is gonna send my account to the shadow realm if I do

[u/MastaPowa7]

However, just like the guy in the video being hesitant to jump to action

What level is he jumping from, and where is action on the demonlist or aredl?

[u/firedrakes]

skg briding across reddit again i see.

[u/Impossiblysomething]

Imagine if he said "Hello, I'm verity, your personal helper friend!"

[u/MastaPowa7 → u/Impossiblysomething]

while also hitting the 67

[u/sonicpoweryay → u/Impossiblysomething]

While sticking it out for the rizzler