Emma Shapiro
@exshaps.bsky.social
artist, activist, & writer
https://linktr.ee/exshaps
Editor-At-Large @dontdeleteart.bsky.social
www.dontdelete.art
Comms Officer @avantgardelawyers.bsky.social
Creator of Nipocrisy/Exposure Therapy @nipocrisy.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/exshaps
Editor-At-Large @dontdeleteart.bsky.social
www.dontdelete.art
Comms Officer @avantgardelawyers.bsky.social
Creator of Nipocrisy/Exposure Therapy @nipocrisy.bsky.social
Proud of this piece in @theartnewspaper.bsky.social on a critical issue that will seriously limit artistic expression online across the US!
Thank you to @mikestabile.bsky.social @fsc.bsky.social , @riccilevy.bsky.social @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social , @ncacensorship.bsky.social & @leahschrager.com
Thank you to @mikestabile.bsky.social @fsc.bsky.social , @riccilevy.bsky.social @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social , @ncacensorship.bsky.social & @leahschrager.com
New age verification legislation in 22 U.S. states—meant to protect minors from “harmful” online content— are bound to sweep up artists in regulations that will lead to self-censorship and put limits to the pubic's access to art.
Article by @exshaps.bsky.social in @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
Article by @exshaps.bsky.social in @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
Comment | US digital age verification laws are threatening artists’ freedom of expression
New laws to protect minors from “harmful” website content are alarming artists and privacy groups
www.theartnewspaper.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Proud of this piece in @theartnewspaper.bsky.social on a critical issue that will seriously limit artistic expression online across the US!
Thank you to @mikestabile.bsky.social @fsc.bsky.social , @riccilevy.bsky.social @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social , @ncacensorship.bsky.social & @leahschrager.com
Thank you to @mikestabile.bsky.social @fsc.bsky.social , @riccilevy.bsky.social @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social , @ncacensorship.bsky.social & @leahschrager.com
💙 so proud to represent @dontdeleteart.bsky.social at @unesco.org in Brussels last week 🙌 we had the honor of participating in “Artistic Freedom and Creativity: Navigating AI In A Volatile World”, part of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day 2025 👀
May 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
💙 so proud to represent @dontdeleteart.bsky.social at @unesco.org in Brussels last week 🙌 we had the honor of participating in “Artistic Freedom and Creativity: Navigating AI In A Volatile World”, part of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day 2025 👀
See you there! ;)
Tomorrow, 6 May, starting @ 5PM CET, join @unesco.org in Brussels for the special event "Artistic Freedom and Creativity: Navigating AI In A Volatile World." (1/2)
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
May 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
See you there! ;)
So proud to be presenting as part of this incredible lineup of artists, activists, and legal professionals for The Art* of Defending Artists, Module 3: Art*
Register by April 23 to secure your spot for this groundbreaking programme: avantgardelawyers.org/the-art-of-d...
Register by April 23 to secure your spot for this groundbreaking programme: avantgardelawyers.org/the-art-of-d...
April 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
So proud to be presenting as part of this incredible lineup of artists, activists, and legal professionals for The Art* of Defending Artists, Module 3: Art*
Register by April 23 to secure your spot for this groundbreaking programme: avantgardelawyers.org/the-art-of-d...
Register by April 23 to secure your spot for this groundbreaking programme: avantgardelawyers.org/the-art-of-d...
I had the privilege of participating in the 2023 Art of Defending Artists course from @avantgardelawyers.bsky.social -- if you want to learn how to defend at-risk artists using international networks and mechanisms, register for the 2025 course! avantgardelawyers.org/the-art-of-d...
April 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I had the privilege of participating in the 2023 Art of Defending Artists course from @avantgardelawyers.bsky.social -- if you want to learn how to defend at-risk artists using international networks and mechanisms, register for the 2025 course! avantgardelawyers.org/the-art-of-d...
Reposted by Emma Shapiro
Registration is open for The Art* of Defending Artists 3.0, between 28 April - 4 June 2025! Here’s what our 2023 programme participants have to say about their experience. #agl
#capacitybuilding
#capacitybuilding
April 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Registration is open for The Art* of Defending Artists 3.0, between 28 April - 4 June 2025! Here’s what our 2023 programme participants have to say about their experience. #agl
#capacitybuilding
#capacitybuilding
I'll be speaking alongside @ncacensorship.bsky.social and Lawyers for the Creative Arts at this event to discuss the legal rights artists *really* have when confronting social media and digital spaces -- join us (it's free!)
Ever wondered what your rights as an artist on social media really are? @dontdeleteart.bsky.social is holding a free online webinar on Social Media & Art Censorship on April 3rd. Sign up here:
Social Media & Art Censorship - Lawyers for the Creative Arts
If you’re an artist who wants to share your creations with a wider audience, you know how important it is to post your work on social media. Just as important
law-arts.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I'll be speaking alongside @ncacensorship.bsky.social and Lawyers for the Creative Arts at this event to discuss the legal rights artists *really* have when confronting social media and digital spaces -- join us (it's free!)
Reposted by Emma Shapiro
“Artists should enjoy greater levels of protections for their contribution to public debate, essential in a free and open society.”
Andra Matei, AGL Founder
#ArtistsRights #LawyersForArtists #artisticfreedom #agl
Andra Matei, AGL Founder
#ArtistsRights #LawyersForArtists #artisticfreedom #agl
March 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“Artists should enjoy greater levels of protections for their contribution to public debate, essential in a free and open society.”
Andra Matei, AGL Founder
#ArtistsRights #LawyersForArtists #artisticfreedom #agl
Andra Matei, AGL Founder
#ArtistsRights #LawyersForArtists #artisticfreedom #agl
Too long artists have relied on the black-box appeals systems within platforms to decide the fate of their visibility. This has real potential to change the game for artists who experience censorship and suppression online.
Thanks @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/11/t...
Thanks @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/11/t...
March 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Too long artists have relied on the black-box appeals systems within platforms to decide the fate of their visibility. This has real potential to change the game for artists who experience censorship and suppression online.
Thanks @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/11/t...
Thanks @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/11/t...
Reposted by Emma Shapiro
The UK’s encryption-breaking order for a backdoor into iCloud isn’t a one-off.
The secret hearing happening RIGHT NOW is bigger than just Apple. If the government wins, our right to privacy and security falls.
Other services will be hit.
Sign our petition ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
The secret hearing happening RIGHT NOW is bigger than just Apple. If the government wins, our right to privacy and security falls.
Other services will be hit.
Sign our petition ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
March 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The UK’s encryption-breaking order for a backdoor into iCloud isn’t a one-off.
The secret hearing happening RIGHT NOW is bigger than just Apple. If the government wins, our right to privacy and security falls.
Other services will be hit.
Sign our petition ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
The secret hearing happening RIGHT NOW is bigger than just Apple. If the government wins, our right to privacy and security falls.
Other services will be hit.
Sign our petition ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
The UK’s recent demand of Apple to break E2EE for iCloud storage was/is dangerous for everyone, everywhere, including artists.
It's critical that artists are aware of threats to their digital rights, so thank you @theartnewspaper.bsky.social for the opportunity.
More arts journals should care.
It's critical that artists are aware of threats to their digital rights, so thank you @theartnewspaper.bsky.social for the opportunity.
More arts journals should care.
Comment | The UK is attempting to pry open a notorious data ‘backdoor’—here's why that's alarming for artists
Emma Shapiro on the UK government's secret order to break end-to-end encryption and allow access to all citizens’ Apple iCloud data
www.theartnewspaper.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The UK’s recent demand of Apple to break E2EE for iCloud storage was/is dangerous for everyone, everywhere, including artists.
It's critical that artists are aware of threats to their digital rights, so thank you @theartnewspaper.bsky.social for the opportunity.
More arts journals should care.
It's critical that artists are aware of threats to their digital rights, so thank you @theartnewspaper.bsky.social for the opportunity.
More arts journals should care.
My article about the EU's out-of-court dispute settlement bodies (ODS's) published by @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
I see a lot of potential for ODS's to incorporate artistic freedom cases, and give a better voice to artists' needs and challenges. But first, we need to use them. Read about it here:
I see a lot of potential for ODS's to incorporate artistic freedom cases, and give a better voice to artists' needs and challenges. But first, we need to use them. Read about it here:
Here's how the EU is aiding artists in tackling social media moderation issues
Out-of-court dispute settlement bodies are an important development in supporting creative expression
www.theartnewspaper.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My article about the EU's out-of-court dispute settlement bodies (ODS's) published by @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
I see a lot of potential for ODS's to incorporate artistic freedom cases, and give a better voice to artists' needs and challenges. But first, we need to use them. Read about it here:
I see a lot of potential for ODS's to incorporate artistic freedom cases, and give a better voice to artists' needs and challenges. But first, we need to use them. Read about it here:
March 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Body Room is one of the most important and truly feminist things I've ever created, along with my inspired collaborator @awayfromthegrain.bsky.social <3 happy international women's day
We are foundationally a feminist space, borne from the notion that women are especially subject to scrutiny in our society, and that the energy we spend holding, digesting, and responding to that scrutiny could be used in other, more self-loving ways. Happy International Women's Day!
March 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Body Room is one of the most important and truly feminist things I've ever created, along with my inspired collaborator @awayfromthegrain.bsky.social <3 happy international women's day
So honored to join this prestigious jury for @playdecentraland.bsky.social Fashion Week “The Banners We Wear” competition! 🥰
March 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So honored to join this prestigious jury for @playdecentraland.bsky.social Fashion Week “The Banners We Wear” competition! 🥰
Loop 2, printed at Paco Mora in València
March 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Loop 2, printed at Paco Mora in València
I opened my @flashes.blue acct to have a better place to share my art, so I better get started 😘
February 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I opened my @flashes.blue acct to have a better place to share my art, so I better get started 😘
Happy Valentine’s Day 💖💖 (this is a test of the labeling system, have a lovely day!) @nipocrisy.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Happy Valentine’s Day 💖💖 (this is a test of the labeling system, have a lovely day!) @nipocrisy.bsky.social
Not all nudity is sexual— it depends on intent and consent. I use nudity in my artwork, which is often misunderstood as sexual, further proving the need for my activism.
I spoke about my project @nipocrisy.bsky.social and the effects of gender-based censorship on free expression w @eff.org 👇❤️🔥
I spoke about my project @nipocrisy.bsky.social and the effects of gender-based censorship on free expression w @eff.org 👇❤️🔥
Speaking Freely: Emma Shapiro
Emma Shapiro is an American artist, writer, and activist who is based in Valencia, Spain. She is the Editor-At-Large for the Don’t Delete Art campaign and the founder of the international art project ...
www.eff.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Not all nudity is sexual— it depends on intent and consent. I use nudity in my artwork, which is often misunderstood as sexual, further proving the need for my activism.
I spoke about my project @nipocrisy.bsky.social and the effects of gender-based censorship on free expression w @eff.org 👇❤️🔥
I spoke about my project @nipocrisy.bsky.social and the effects of gender-based censorship on free expression w @eff.org 👇❤️🔥
Since 2018, Exposure Therapy has spread to over 40 countries, and sparked countless conversations about gender-based censorship & our assumptions of the female-presenting body. Follow now on @nipocrisy.bsky.social as we continue the fight for body equality and free expression into new battlegrounds❤️🔥
February 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Since 2018, Exposure Therapy has spread to over 40 countries, and sparked countless conversations about gender-based censorship & our assumptions of the female-presenting body. Follow now on @nipocrisy.bsky.social as we continue the fight for body equality and free expression into new battlegrounds❤️🔥
Hello Flashes! Here’s sending up a little prayer that the female-presenting body is treated better here 🫶🤞❤️🔥
February 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hello Flashes! Here’s sending up a little prayer that the female-presenting body is treated better here 🫶🤞❤️🔥
Reposted by Emma Shapiro
An important follow up to his first post about how we're absolutely in the middle of a coup, @brockm.bsky.social explains how simply calling out the truth in the face of a bombardment of lies is critical. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/t...
To Stop The Coup, We Must Be Clear About The Truth: Two Plus Two Equals Four
In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, the ultimate act of rebellion comes when Winston Smith insists that two plus two equals four, defying a system that demands he accept whatever re…
www.techdirt.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
An important follow up to his first post about how we're absolutely in the middle of a coup, @brockm.bsky.social explains how simply calling out the truth in the face of a bombardment of lies is critical. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/t...
Nude modelling is the foundation of my artwork and my activism - and has been integral to art for centuries. So why do artists and models face so much judgement, misunderstanding and censorship for it? Listen to a deep-dive on art, modelling, and @dontdeleteart.bsky.social on Art Vs The Algorithm!
Redefining the Body through Art & Activism - Emma Shapiro - Artist, Activist & Writer
Art Vs The Algorithm · Episode
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February 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Nude modelling is the foundation of my artwork and my activism - and has been integral to art for centuries. So why do artists and models face so much judgement, misunderstanding and censorship for it? Listen to a deep-dive on art, modelling, and @dontdeleteart.bsky.social on Art Vs The Algorithm!