That's the nefariousness of these platforms: ambiguous rules with arbitrary enforcement that premptively stifles folks. "This sort of stuff will maaaybe get you in trouble, but you can probably have it reviewed eventually, so just to be safe, zip it extra tight so you dont get caught up!"

Sucks to be at the mercy of bad actors who can and will report anything they deem not upholding puritan values! It’s an incredibly slippery slope, the line will keep getting redrawn, there will be no room left for any expression, only sanitization

When i see ppl struggling to understand that the only consent that matters in kinky erotica is between you and your decision to look at it or not, i want to direct them to the definition of a scene in a BDSM context. Think of erotica as a play scene an artist has created and is sharing.

Hey, so, survivor of CSAM (child sexual abuse material) here—and a global survivor advocate, including policy work! Fictional material is not illegal. That’s actually why deepfakes are such a big issue for survivors too. That said, actual art should *not* be made illegal. Why? (Con’t)

'A NSFW ban won't negatively affect me, I don't draw or post porn!' You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it:

its interesting how everyone who harassed & denounced others for defending free expression of sexuality via fiction in 2018/19 is now like “actually freaks are good uwu” yet none seem brave/self-aware enough to say “holy shit i was promoting fascist ideology & i helped create a very serious problem”

as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?

A comic about CNC kink I've been thinking about for a few years, and I finally decided to sit down and make it.

"But seeing this thing caused me harm!" No. Discomfort isn't harm, get over it. I trip over the vacuum sometimes and stub my toe, that doesn't mean the vacuum is trying to cause me harm. The solution is just moving it out of the way, not banning vacuums.

I will never understand why some people care so much about what others get up to with their own free time. Like whether someone's moralizing about kink or about laziness or whatever who the fuck cares, it's not about you?

It would be REALLY funny if Visa suddenly got tips from thousands of people reporting every store that has ever carried an official Star Wars movie. Those are just jam-packed with 'non-consentual mutilation of a person or body part', which is apparently against the rules to distribute.

answering some of the things people have argued to me as to why they cant make those calls link to more information and contact: stop-paypros.neocities.org

Thinking "Someone else will do it" is the assurance that no one else will do it, and everyone will lose. Keep up the calls, keep up the emails, keep up the pressure.

Being anti ABDL is extremely weak brained behavior. Like smoke a joint and relax. It doesn't involve you.

friendly reminder that you can use the built in mute function to remove squicks from your timeline! this can be found under the moderation settings.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS. They have spent billions and billions and years and years convincing us that what we have to say as common folk is worthless because of not paying for their degrees or programs. Our existence is enough. Our comfort is enough.

Oh, oh I -like- this. If you want to switch gears on hassling the Payment Processors, take a page out of the (American) insurance industry by being a 'diligent customer' and calling the company ahead of time to confirm Prior Authorization. Be polite, but very confused when they insist you stop. 😇

Am I really doing this again? Yes because it's important, also I wanted to let people know at this very moment Senator Schiff's staff are already being bombarded with calls so make sure you leave a message if you can't reach them.

If you’re new to the fight, please don’t be afraid to get involved! A lot of the ppl fighting since Day 1 need reinforcements or backup

Once again. There are laws being proposed in multiple states and countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, etc.. please contact your representatives. And while you're at it, consider calling payment processors to protest NSFW censorship! stop-paypros.neocities.org

I never thought I would see this in my life, and that they’re making it immediately generic so it’s affordable is making me want to cry

I will reiterate something here: The MMR is a live-virus vaccine. As such, I (and people like me) CANNOT take it Everyone on chemotherapy, everyone in transplant protocol, everyone with a weakened immune system -- we all all DEPENDING on the REST of you to get vaccinated, to stop it from spreading.

Dr King was talking about this shit 60 years ago and not much has changed.

anyone wanna help me make some calls before I can't see this website anymore?

Pornhub has money coming out its ears and could comply with ID verification but they choose not to. Re: Bsky blocking access in MI: there will be entire swaths of the country that don't have access to social media and other online resources

the problem, as i see it, is not that censoring erotic content is a slippery slope to censoring LGBTQ+ culture. it's that censoring erotic content IS censoring LGBTQ+ culture.

The entire of the UK now has to provide photo ID, and because everyone is using a VPN there are talks about making using a VPN specifically to bypass the OSA an offence. They're not just gonna see folk using VPNS and throw their hands up like 'oop, looks like they outsmarted us, boss!'

Everyone saying "just use a VPN idk what the big deal is" doesn't get it. We're fighting this so a VPN isn't our one hope for a free internet and then risk them coming for that too like come on

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Paypros still haven't receded. We need to keep exhausting them until they give up. Letting them win wouldn't be the death of just furries but the entirety of the internet will be controlled by paypros if we let this slide.

Cold tiles and cold hearts

Good morning everyone! remember:do your dailies , stay weird /kinky, and spread the word! Damage visa and master card's brand image. After all, its all they have ( according to them )

To any Brazilians out there, make a lot of noise about this. Just look at the UK's "online safety act". Nothing more than censorship. Do whatever you can to stop this from happening! #SaveSpeech reclaimthenet.org/brazil-uses-...

This is completely insane and a sign of how washed A.I. truly is. Why do you have to threaten people to use this if it's so good

I’m seeing a lot of normies use ChatGPT for life planning and therapy. Because AI is made to placate the user and make them feel right, I can see, in real time, how it’s making people become more self-centered and more antisocial

Truth. And trans folks are not disposable. No group of ppl is. But once consultants and higher-ups saw that many ppl were willing to sacrifice disabled/immunocompromised folks and Palestinians to ensure their own safety, they looked for who was next. And they’ll never stop until we make them

Keep talking about this issue. We give them an inch, they'll take a fucking mile. Paypros, lawmakers, anyone that wants to impede on our rights and privacy. Don't stop your calls. #SaveSpeech yellat.money stop-paypros.neocities.org

Keep. Calling! Keep. Talking. About. This. Issue! Because if we don't do something about it, then NO ONE will! So, c'mon, let's fight back, and fight back harder!

I don't think people realize the initial tumblr porn ban was due to advertiser pressures and apple store pressures because the platform has been treading water the whole time. It was disappear, or concede to pressure to keep the lights on. It's irritating to see it framed as a "morality" issue.

“The bubble bursting was never going to be one event, but a series of sentiment shifts against technology that has never proven its worth outside of specious hype” @edzitron.com

"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

a sign of unhealthy change in fandom culture imo that this evidently deep sense of dissatisfaction with ASOIAF manifests as these middle management ass threats rather than, say, a thriving fanfic landscape of competing fix-its

Just a periodic reminder that it's a good idea to bookmark your favorite artists' sites, sign up for their newsletters, and follow them everywhere you can. (My links are in my profile & pinned post!). Because of the current climate of censorship you never know where we'll get kicked off of next.

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pornhub has been geoblocking various US states for years due to nearly identical laws, only most people believe that is justified censorship bluesky geoblocking is good and forces the public to experience the full impact and consequences of these new "safety" laws

When I see people on here unknowingly join moral panics around child safety and technology, I think about how the future of this very platform hangs in the balance of this legislation that is designed to force us back onto big tech platforms. It’s not about the kids. It’s about all of us

Someone should invent an Actual Future for us to all live in. Everybody who wants to be dead instead can go be in the cemetery and stop performing tantrums at the rest of us. We'll forgive you, but you have to go lie down now.

A lot of people need to get their heads out of their asses real quick and start speaking up

damn crazy how sex workers and porn were the canary in the coal mine and we all predicted this years ago. almost as if what’s happening with paypros right now is an indicator of where everyone is heading as well

A lot of people don’t realize that if these laws continue to go unchallenged, Bluesky will effectively struggle to operate as intended — some Twitter users are already theorizing about Bluesky users going back to Twitter, for example