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1. You may have heard of book bans before, but the new one in Alabama takes the cake.
The Alabama Public Library Service has a new proposal that would ban—get this—only "positive depictions" of trans people.
The hearing is next month. Public comment is open.
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The Alabama Public Library Service has a new proposal that would ban—get this—only "positive depictions" of trans people.
The hearing is next month. Public comment is open.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
"Positive Depictions" Of Trans People Banned In Alabama State Libraries Proposal
The code change that has been proposed does not ban negative depictions of transgender people, however. Public comment is open until October 14.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
1. You may have heard of book bans before, but the new one in Alabama takes the cake.
The Alabama Public Library Service has a new proposal that would ban—get this—only "positive depictions" of trans people.
The hearing is next month. Public comment is open.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The Alabama Public Library Service has a new proposal that would ban—get this—only "positive depictions" of trans people.
The hearing is next month. Public comment is open.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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‼ Fight Chat Control - protect EU digital privacy! ‼
The EU may soon mandate scanning private messages and photos, possibly by October.
PLEASE, contact your MEPs now - the site has their details (for all EU countries!) and even a message generator to make it easy!
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
The EU may soon mandate scanning private messages and photos, possibly by October.
PLEASE, contact your MEPs now - the site has their details (for all EU countries!) and even a message generator to make it easy!
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
August 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
‼ Fight Chat Control - protect EU digital privacy! ‼
The EU may soon mandate scanning private messages and photos, possibly by October.
PLEASE, contact your MEPs now - the site has their details (for all EU countries!) and even a message generator to make it easy!
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
The EU may soon mandate scanning private messages and photos, possibly by October.
PLEASE, contact your MEPs now - the site has their details (for all EU countries!) and even a message generator to make it easy!
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
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Keep posting about how ridiculous their statements and guidelines are, because they are and deserve ridicule
We should really go out of our way to embarrass these brands. Flood their IG, Twitter, all their socials. Draw art making MasterCard and Visa looking like losers. They should be laughing stocks.
What I took away that's actionable from this is that our best and most effective course of action is to continue to be loud, keep pressure on, and embarrass the payment processors and associated banks. Trying to get into the messy politics side of it defocuses our laserbeam
Bullying works
Bullying works
August 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Keep posting about how ridiculous their statements and guidelines are, because they are and deserve ridicule
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"if big tech companies had shown up and fought against age verification because of the trickle-down effect of this decision, it would've brought more attention to the issue. Instead, people thought it wasn't going to impact them.
Tech companies didn't think about "second-order censorship"
Tech companies didn't think about "second-order censorship"
Censorship of porn is just the test run. Age verification is going to kill the open web mashable.com/article/age-...
Porn censorship is going to destroy the entire internet
Age verification isn't just for adult websites.
mashable.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"if big tech companies had shown up and fought against age verification because of the trickle-down effect of this decision, it would've brought more attention to the issue. Instead, people thought it wasn't going to impact them.
Tech companies didn't think about "second-order censorship"
Tech companies didn't think about "second-order censorship"
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More kids are seeing porn now than before the Online Safety Act became law. It’s literally having the opposite effect.
The major cause? X. The vast majority of minors saw porn, far outstripping actual porn sites.
So of course, the UK government wants to double down with more censorship.
The major cause? X. The vast majority of minors saw porn, far outstripping actual porn sites.
So of course, the UK government wants to double down with more censorship.
Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds
Children’s commissioner for England says findings show little had improved despite new law and tech firms’ promises
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
More kids are seeing porn now than before the Online Safety Act became law. It’s literally having the opposite effect.
The major cause? X. The vast majority of minors saw porn, far outstripping actual porn sites.
So of course, the UK government wants to double down with more censorship.
The major cause? X. The vast majority of minors saw porn, far outstripping actual porn sites.
So of course, the UK government wants to double down with more censorship.
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UKIE doesn’t seem too pleased with payment processors in the Steam / itchio / Collective Shout situation. Sounds like they feel MasterCard & Visa are de facto questioning PEGI’s credibility
www.gamesindustry.biz/ukie-respond...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ukie-respond...
UKIE responds to adult games being pulled from Steam and itch.io after pressure from payment providers
"We believe payment providers and platforms alike should have confidence in trusted age rating systems"
www.gamesindustry.biz
July 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
UKIE doesn’t seem too pleased with payment processors in the Steam / itchio / Collective Shout situation. Sounds like they feel MasterCard & Visa are de facto questioning PEGI’s credibility
www.gamesindustry.biz/ukie-respond...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ukie-respond...
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Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship
Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship
Gamers are sending mass emails and phone calls to major payment processors in protest over Steam and Itchio pulling adult games from their storefronts
www.polygon.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship
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PC Gamer is also covering steam/itch now
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
July 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
PC Gamer is also covering steam/itch now
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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Literally none of the time you spent calling Visa/MasterCard this week will matter if this shit passes
Yes it's exhausting to have more calls to make
But this *is* life or death
Censorship is the first stage of removing marginalized people from public life, and then from life itself
Yes it's exhausting to have more calls to make
But this *is* life or death
Censorship is the first stage of removing marginalized people from public life, and then from life itself
July 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Literally none of the time you spent calling Visa/MasterCard this week will matter if this shit passes
Yes it's exhausting to have more calls to make
But this *is* life or death
Censorship is the first stage of removing marginalized people from public life, and then from life itself
Yes it's exhausting to have more calls to make
But this *is* life or death
Censorship is the first stage of removing marginalized people from public life, and then from life itself
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1. learn what's happening: stop-paypros.neocities.org and what you can do
2. be respectful, but persist
3. bare minimum, sign petitions for your area
I'm not very good with words, I'm a visual person. please take this seriously.
if this doesn't affect you now, it will one day soon.
2. be respectful, but persist
3. bare minimum, sign petitions for your area
I'm not very good with words, I'm a visual person. please take this seriously.
if this doesn't affect you now, it will one day soon.
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
July 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
1. learn what's happening: stop-paypros.neocities.org and what you can do
2. be respectful, but persist
3. bare minimum, sign petitions for your area
I'm not very good with words, I'm a visual person. please take this seriously.
if this doesn't affect you now, it will one day soon.
2. be respectful, but persist
3. bare minimum, sign petitions for your area
I'm not very good with words, I'm a visual person. please take this seriously.
if this doesn't affect you now, it will one day soon.
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Current call to actions include:
- EFF: act.eff.org/action/congr...
- www.stopkosa.com
- actionnetwork.org/petitions/ce...
The goal of this is to signal to lawmakers this bill is not popular and shouldn't be brought before Congress (should die in committee or elsewhere).
These links have scripts!
- EFF: act.eff.org/action/congr...
- www.stopkosa.com
- actionnetwork.org/petitions/ce...
The goal of this is to signal to lawmakers this bill is not popular and shouldn't be brought before Congress (should die in committee or elsewhere).
These links have scripts!
Stop KOSA
KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA!
www.stopkosa.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Current call to actions include:
- EFF: act.eff.org/action/congr...
- www.stopkosa.com
- actionnetwork.org/petitions/ce...
The goal of this is to signal to lawmakers this bill is not popular and shouldn't be brought before Congress (should die in committee or elsewhere).
These links have scripts!
- EFF: act.eff.org/action/congr...
- www.stopkosa.com
- actionnetwork.org/petitions/ce...
The goal of this is to signal to lawmakers this bill is not popular and shouldn't be brought before Congress (should die in committee or elsewhere).
These links have scripts!
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Something most posts don't mention about the payment processor thing is that if you live in the US you can and SHOULD file a complaint on Visa/MasterCard/PayPal/Stripe to the Better Business Bureau.
Even if they don't respond, it'll show up under their profile
anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#bbb
Even if they don't respond, it'll show up under their profile
anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#bbb
Anti Censorship Campaign
Collective action against payment processors unjustly restricting our purchases.
anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co
July 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Something most posts don't mention about the payment processor thing is that if you live in the US you can and SHOULD file a complaint on Visa/MasterCard/PayPal/Stripe to the Better Business Bureau.
Even if they don't respond, it'll show up under their profile
anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#bbb
Even if they don't respond, it'll show up under their profile
anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#bbb
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Please contact your MPs to reverse this decision.
It'll make things a lot worse.
Literally censoring of LGBTQIA+ content while making us all feel less safe with our data online.
If you're from the UK, contact them now.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️
#SayNoToFascism
#ProtectTransKids 🏳️⚧️
It'll make things a lot worse.
Literally censoring of LGBTQIA+ content while making us all feel less safe with our data online.
If you're from the UK, contact them now.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️
#SayNoToFascism
#ProtectTransKids 🏳️⚧️
July 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Please contact your MPs to reverse this decision.
It'll make things a lot worse.
Literally censoring of LGBTQIA+ content while making us all feel less safe with our data online.
If you're from the UK, contact them now.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️
#SayNoToFascism
#ProtectTransKids 🏳️⚧️
It'll make things a lot worse.
Literally censoring of LGBTQIA+ content while making us all feel less safe with our data online.
If you're from the UK, contact them now.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️
#SayNoToFascism
#ProtectTransKids 🏳️⚧️
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People have been desperately sharing private information because they feel they need to air their marginalized traits as credentials in order to have social permission to do normal things like yearn and be annoyed and have opinions about television. That whole paradigm has to end.
it will be difficult but we're going to need a fairly radical shift in online norms over the coming years as censorship and puritan crackdowns continue to worsen. absolutely no more listing your age, mental illnesses and all your kinks on your profile. the era of shutting da fuck up is here
July 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
People have been desperately sharing private information because they feel they need to air their marginalized traits as credentials in order to have social permission to do normal things like yearn and be annoyed and have opinions about television. That whole paradigm has to end.
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❗Dug through Collective Shout and found an Anti-trans Gender Critical Radfem core, along with LITERALLY every single censorship argument being used in anti-fan spaces VERBATIM🍵
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July 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
❗Dug through Collective Shout and found an Anti-trans Gender Critical Radfem core, along with LITERALLY every single censorship argument being used in anti-fan spaces VERBATIM🍵
(Color border indicates from the same article)
(View image at full size, right click > open in new tab > click to zoom)
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(Color border indicates from the same article)
(View image at full size, right click > open in new tab > click to zoom)
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Heres a web page with some consolidated info/scripts/phone numbers etc made by @cereza.zone to help folks who dont know where to start when it comes to calling/emailing payment processors.
stop-paypros.neocities.org
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
July 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Heres a web page with some consolidated info/scripts/phone numbers etc made by @cereza.zone to help folks who dont know where to start when it comes to calling/emailing payment processors.
stop-paypros.neocities.org
stop-paypros.neocities.org
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Create NSFW art
Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime
Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art
This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like
Always resist oppression
Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime
Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art
This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like
Always resist oppression
July 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Create NSFW art
Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime
Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art
This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like
Always resist oppression
Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime
Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art
This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like
Always resist oppression
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GREAT NEWS
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THE PETITION TO REPEAL THIS NEW LAW REACHED ITS GOAL!!!!!!! LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! 💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨
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July 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
GREAT NEWS
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I support incest games. I support non-con and violent games. I support the right for games with fictionalized abuse of -any- form to exist.
the fundamental line in the sand is, "was another, real human being, harmed/abused/had their consent violated"? if that box isnt checked, then i dont care.
the fundamental line in the sand is, "was another, real human being, harmed/abused/had their consent violated"? if that box isnt checked, then i dont care.
July 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I support incest games. I support non-con and violent games. I support the right for games with fictionalized abuse of -any- form to exist.
the fundamental line in the sand is, "was another, real human being, harmed/abused/had their consent violated"? if that box isnt checked, then i dont care.
the fundamental line in the sand is, "was another, real human being, harmed/abused/had their consent violated"? if that box isnt checked, then i dont care.
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Dont stop contacting Visa/MC, but Itch needs Stripe specifically pressured right now.
July 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Dont stop contacting Visa/MC, but Itch needs Stripe specifically pressured right now.
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I cannot fucking believe that they are rehashing the Vagrancy Act in 2025.
July 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I cannot fucking believe that they are rehashing the Vagrancy Act in 2025.
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Some authors have been able to get their work relisted by removing NSFW tags.
This is not a long-term solution.
If you care about this news, I would strongly urge you to read my comprehensive guide on fighting censorship of trans literature. History has proven the fascist will NOT stop here.
This is not a long-term solution.
If you care about this news, I would strongly urge you to read my comprehensive guide on fighting censorship of trans literature. History has proven the fascist will NOT stop here.
The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship
Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.
thetransfemininereview.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Some authors have been able to get their work relisted by removing NSFW tags.
This is not a long-term solution.
If you care about this news, I would strongly urge you to read my comprehensive guide on fighting censorship of trans literature. History has proven the fascist will NOT stop here.
This is not a long-term solution.
If you care about this news, I would strongly urge you to read my comprehensive guide on fighting censorship of trans literature. History has proven the fascist will NOT stop here.
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I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc.
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
June 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc.
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇