diff --git a/fep/5e53/fep-5e53.md b/fep/5e53/fep-5e53.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87a2ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fep/5e53/fep-5e53.md
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+---
+slug: "5e53"
+authors: Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org>
+status: DRAFT
+dateReceived: 2024-06-09
+---
+# FEP-5e53: Opt-out Preference Signals
+
+
+## Summary
+
+Some users have concerns about how their content and/or personal information are
+used. For example, some users do not want the content they created
+to be used for training generative AI systems, and some users do
+not want to have their personal information shared or sold.
+
+Several opt-out preference signals (OOPSs) have been
+standardized or proposed in the form of HTTP headers that can apply to a
+connection between a user and a central server.
+In some jurisdictions, companies that administer web sites are required to
+process and act on OOPSs. 
+
+This FEP extends [ActivityPub] to support passing OOPSs along with
+the content and user information to which they may apply. This FEP
+refers to existing OOPSs that have already been documented, and does not propose new ones.
+
+
+## Declaring an OOPS
+
+In order to apply an OOPS to an object, an author MAY set the JSON-LD properties `xRobotsTag` and/or
+`secGPC`.  For example,
+
+
+```
+{
+  "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "https://fep.example/ns/privacyHeaders"],
+  "type": "Note",
+  "content": "Don't surveil me bro",
+  "xRobotsTag": "noai",
+  "secGPC": 1
+}
+```
+
+A recipient SHOULD process the content and metadata of the object as if the recipient had received it
+over an HTTP connection with the corresponding header.
+
+ * `secGPC`: process as if the object has been received with the `Sec-GPC` HTTP request header.
+
+ * `xRobotsTagi`: process as if the object had been received with an `X-Robots-Tag` HTTP response header
+    with a value equal to this property.
+
+
+## Deployment considerations
+
+The [GPC] standard allows for individuals in an increasing number of
+jurisdictions to pass a legally binding signal indicating a commonly
+held privacy norm.  However, GPC as an HTTP header only works from
+client to server, so can only function in centralized systems. A
+federated system where a user's information may be passed from
+one server to another is currently at a disadvantage in serving
+GPC users, because the GPC does not travel with the information
+to which it applies.  Adding GPC to ActivityPub would bring parity
+with centralized social sites.
+
+Content sharing platforms that operate in a centralized manner
+are now frequently promoting their support for signaling opt-outs
+to <q>generative AI</q> training, using the [noai] value for the X-Robots-Tag header. See [RobotsMeta] and [RobotExclusion].
+In order for federated content sharing systems to provide an
+attractive alternative to centralized ones, federated systems will
+likely need to also offer an opt out signaling feature.
+
+
+## Security considerations
+
+This proposal depends on compliant processing of the OOPSs by all actors.
+
+
+## Implementations
+
+None so far.
+
+
+
+## Related proposal
+
+[FEP-c118](https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/c118/fep-c118.md) suggests establishing
+a content licensing framework. This may be possible by adapting this FEP to include the license header
+from [WebLinking].
+
+
+## References
+
+- Christine Lemmer Webber, Jessica Tallon, [ActivityPub][ActivityPub], 2018
+- DeviantArt team, [UPDATE All Deviations Are Opted Out of AI Datasets][noai], 2022
+- Google Search Central, [Robots meta tag, data-nosnippet, and X-Robots-Tag specifications][RobotsMeta], undated
+- M. Nottingham, [Web Linking][WebLinking], 2010
+- Martijn Koster, [A Standard for Robot Exclusion][RobotExclusion], 1994
+- Sebastian Zimmeck, Peter Snyder, Justin Brookman, Aram Zucker-Scharff, [Global Privacy Control][GPC], 2024
+
+
+[ActivityPub]: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/
+[GPC]: https://privacycg.github.io/gpc-spec/
+[noai]: https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/UPDATE-All-Deviations-Are-Opted-Out-of-AI-Datasets-934500371
+[RobotExclusion]: http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html
+[RobotsMeta]: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots-meta-tag
+[WebLinking]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5988
+
+## Copyright
+
+CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
+
+To the extent possible under law, the authors of this Fediverse Enhancement Proposal have waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.