Center for Online Safety and Liberty
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Hello Bluesky! We're a new nonprofit providing fiscal sponsorship for independent projects that promote online safety and liberty.
Our four priority areas are:
* Safer Hosting
* Supporting Fans
* Cyberbullying and Abuse
* Legal Advocacy
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Our four priority areas are:
* Safer Hosting
* Supporting Fans
* Cyberbullying and Abuse
* Legal Advocacy
Read more on our website and spread the word!
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This problem is pervasive across the web. Just this past weekend IG began mass censoring news accounts for reposting content. We are witnessing widespread censorship on apps like X and TikTok and I really wish platforms would stand up and fight for free expression
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This problem is pervasive across the web. Just this past weekend IG began mass censoring news accounts for reposting content. We are witnessing widespread censorship on apps like X and TikTok and I really wish platforms would stand up and fight for free expression
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More info ->https://c4osl.org/job/technical-manager-liberato-hosting/ #volunteer #linuxadmin #hosting
More info ->https://c4osl.org/job/technical-manager-liberato-hosting/ #volunteer #linuxadmin #hosting
Technical Manager – Liberato Hosting - Center for Online Safety and Liberty
About Liberato Liberato is a project of the Center for Online Safety and Liberty (COSL), providing Offshore Free Speech Hosting designed to […]
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November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Volunteer Role: Technical Manager @liberato.io Hosting Work with Proxmox, Ceph, LiteSpeed, CyberPanel Support privacy & resillient hosting for creators
More info ->https://c4osl.org/job/technical-manager-liberato-hosting/ #volunteer #linuxadmin #hosting
More info ->https://c4osl.org/job/technical-manager-liberato-hosting/ #volunteer #linuxadmin #hosting
Looking for a remote tech role with purpose? Liberato Hosting (via COSL) needs a Technical Manager - 5-10 hrs/week helping Linux servers & infrastructure. -> Details: https://c4osl.org/job/technical-manager-liberato-hosting/ #techjobs #remotework #digitalrights
Technical Manager – Liberato Hosting - Center for Online Safety and Liberty
About Liberato Liberato is a project of the Center for Online Safety and Liberty (COSL), providing Offshore Free Speech Hosting designed to […]
c4osl.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Looking for a remote tech role with purpose? Liberato Hosting (via COSL) needs a Technical Manager - 5-10 hrs/week helping Linux servers & infrastructure. -> Details: https://c4osl.org/job/technical-manager-liberato-hosting/ #techjobs #remotework #digitalrights
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Hmmm. At the same time that there’s a booming for-profit push to require users to submit biometrics everywhere from porn sites to Roblox. You don’t say?
A proposed rule change would allow DHS to collect a wide range of sensitive biometric data on all immigrants, without age restrictions, and store that data throughout each person’s “lifecycle” in the immigration system.
DHS offers “disturbing new excuses” to seize kids’ biometric data, expert says
Sweeping DHS power grab would collect face, iris, voice scans of all immigrants.
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hmmm. At the same time that there’s a booming for-profit push to require users to submit biometrics everywhere from porn sites to Roblox. You don’t say?
“We’re not calling for... blanket availability of different sexual materials, but maybe there are conditions under which things could be used in restricted ways or regulated ways where they don’t cause harm.” https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-fantasy-sexual-materials-and-offending/ #Podcast #Sex
Beyond the Filter: Fantasy Sexual Materials and Offending - Center for Online Safety and Liberty
Are Fantasy Sexual Materials like cartoons, AI-generated images or sex dolls associated with sexual offending? Hear the surprising truth.
c4osl.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“We’re not calling for... blanket availability of different sexual materials, but maybe there are conditions under which things could be used in restricted ways or regulated ways where they don’t cause harm.” https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-fantasy-sexual-materials-and-offending/ #Podcast #Sex
“Whenever you're thinking about sexual crime prevention, try as much as possible to take a breath and think about where your attitudes are coming from.” https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-fantasy-sexual-materials-and-offending/ #Podcast #Sex #Crime #Prevention
Beyond the Filter: Fantasy Sexual Materials and Offending - Center for Online Safety and Liberty
Are Fantasy Sexual Materials like cartoons, AI-generated images or sex dolls associated with sexual offending? Hear the surprising truth.
c4osl.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Whenever you're thinking about sexual crime prevention, try as much as possible to take a breath and think about where your attitudes are coming from.” https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-fantasy-sexual-materials-and-offending/ #Podcast #Sex #Crime #Prevention
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Technical Manager – Liberato Hosting - Center for Online Safety and Liberty
About Liberato Liberato is a project of the Center for Online Safety and Liberty (COSL), providing Offshore Free Speech Hosting designed to […]
c4osl.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We're hiring (volunteer)! Join Liberato Hosting as a Technical Manager - remote, global. Help build secure, privacy - focused hosting that supports free expression. -> https://c4osl.org/job/technical-manager-liberato-hosting/ #linux #hosting #opensource #freedom
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Big tech continues to demonstrate its’ alignment with fascists. BAN FACIAL RECOGNITION
We've found DHS is giving local cops a new facial recognition app to find immigrants. Point camera at face, tells the cop to detain person or not. The app is available on Google's Play Store. Google took down apps that report ICE sightings but now hosts this app
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Big tech continues to demonstrate its’ alignment with fascists. BAN FACIAL RECOGNITION
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KOSA UPDATE: House lawmakers are considering removing duty of care & KOSA is currently in limbo since the House & Senate versions will differ.
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
A contentious kids safety bill might be getting gutted — and nobody’s happy
It’s expected to be introduced with a package of kids online safety bills.
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
KOSA UPDATE: House lawmakers are considering removing duty of care & KOSA is currently in limbo since the House & Senate versions will differ.
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
“When you increase sexual satisfaction, you see risk levels reduce.” https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-fantasy-sexual-materials-and-offending/ #Podcast #Fantasy #Fiction #Sex
Beyond the Filter: Fantasy Sexual Materials and Offending - Center for Online Safety and Liberty
Are Fantasy Sexual Materials like cartoons, AI-generated images or sex dolls associated with sexual offending? Hear the surprising truth.
c4osl.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“When you increase sexual satisfaction, you see risk levels reduce.” https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-fantasy-sexual-materials-and-offending/ #Podcast #Fantasy #Fiction #Sex
“When you criminalize something, the people that are generally more prosocial... are unlikely to be the ones that are going to be engaging in offending behavior anyway.” https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-fantasy-sexual-materials-and-offending/ #Podcast #Criminalization #Fantasy #Fiction
Beyond the Filter: Fantasy Sexual Materials and Offending - Center for Online Safety and Liberty
Are Fantasy Sexual Materials like cartoons, AI-generated images or sex dolls associated with sexual offending? Hear the surprising truth.
c4osl.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“When you criminalize something, the people that are generally more prosocial... are unlikely to be the ones that are going to be engaging in offending behavior anyway.” https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-fantasy-sexual-materials-and-offending/ #Podcast #Criminalization #Fantasy #Fiction
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Queer art isn't illegal. But lawmakers in Oklahoma believe that if they make the criminal liability threatening enough, event spaces, permit boards, municipal clerks and protest organizers will treat it as if it is — and do the censorship for them.
Bizarre how sure Oklahoma lawmakers seemed that they banned drag performers with a law banning obscene performances ... Now that they found out that, no, it doesn't work like that, they're trying to convince local governments that they have to pretend it does reason.com/2025/11/03/o...
Oklahoma's obscenity bait and switch could ban pride parades and public drag shows
These lawmakers expect local authorities to ban "obscenity" before it happens—a recipe for chilling a wide variety of legal speech.
reason.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Queer art isn't illegal. But lawmakers in Oklahoma believe that if they make the criminal liability threatening enough, event spaces, permit boards, municipal clerks and protest organizers will treat it as if it is — and do the censorship for them.
“In terms of the association between use of fictional sexual materials and risk of sexual offending, the research is converging around the view that there's no association at all.” https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-fantasy-sexual-materials-and-offending/ #Fiction #Fantasy #Podcast
Beyond the Filter: Fantasy Sexual Materials and Offending - Center for Online Safety and Liberty
Are Fantasy Sexual Materials like cartoons, AI-generated images or sex dolls associated with sexual offending? Hear the surprising truth.
c4osl.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“In terms of the association between use of fictional sexual materials and risk of sexual offending, the research is converging around the view that there's no association at all.” https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-fantasy-sexual-materials-and-offending/ #Fiction #Fantasy #Podcast
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This is such a needed book AND it is almost definitely going to get attacked by "concerned parents" for "encouraging kids to watch porn" 🙄
I got a look at Jess Melendez's new book "Porn Is Not Sex Ed" last night during the Magnifera art exhibit and eco erotic film screening. This is such a great resource for porn literacy and sex education.
📘 Here's more about Jess and her new book: www.jessmelendez.com/porn-is-not-...
📘 Here's more about Jess and her new book: www.jessmelendez.com/porn-is-not-...
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is such a needed book AND it is almost definitely going to get attacked by "concerned parents" for "encouraging kids to watch porn" 🙄
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MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
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‼️ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
‼️ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.
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"Big Tech giants don’t care about keeping kids safe or protecting LGBTQ+ rights to free expression. They care about making money. If given the choice between fighting expensive lawsuits and policing speech the way Trump wants them to, we can anticipate what they’ll do."
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"Big Tech giants don’t care about keeping kids safe or protecting LGBTQ+ rights to free expression. They care about making money. If given the choice between fighting expensive lawsuits and policing speech the way Trump wants them to, we can anticipate what they’ll do."
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if youre canadian, its a very good idea to be contacting your representatives in govt about Bill S-209, and stressing that age verification policies do not protect people, and in fact make them less safe.
A lot of committee meetings emerging around Canada’s S-209, an age verification bill that targets porn but could end up censoring wide swaths of the ‘net
www.biometricupdate.com/202510/canad...
www.biometricupdate.com/202510/canad...
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
if youre canadian, its a very good idea to be contacting your representatives in govt about Bill S-209, and stressing that age verification policies do not protect people, and in fact make them less safe.
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Librarians in Arkansas are being instructed to hide over 50 books with LGBTQ+ content, as a new law makes it a crime for them to allow students to access to "material harmful to minors."
North Little Rock School District instructs staff to hide books with LGBTQ+ content from reading platform | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
North Little Rock School District officials on Tuesday instructed the district's staff to remove dozens of books containing LGBTQ+ material from its digital reading platform, according to a leaked mem...
www.nwaonline.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Librarians in Arkansas are being instructed to hide over 50 books with LGBTQ+ content, as a new law makes it a crime for them to allow students to access to "material harmful to minors."
"The Center for Online Safety and Liberty calls on the Australian Parliament to reject the proposed bill expanding AFP powers to share or distribute real child sexual abuse material." https://c4osl.org/stop-state-sanctioned-revictimization/
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"The Center for Online Safety and Liberty calls on the Australian Parliament to reject the proposed bill expanding AFP powers to share or distribute real child sexual abuse material." https://c4osl.org/stop-state-sanctioned-revictimization/
"The Center for Online Safety and Liberty (COSL) is looking for a dynamic Membership & Community Officer to help grow our movement for digital freedom and online safety." https://c4osl.org/october-2025-newsletter #HumanRights #DigitalFreedom #OnlineSafety #JoinUs
Eliminating privacy won't stop child abuse - COSL Newsletter #7
c4osl.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The Center for Online Safety and Liberty (COSL) is looking for a dynamic Membership & Community Officer to help grow our movement for digital freedom and online safety." https://c4osl.org/october-2025-newsletter #HumanRights #DigitalFreedom #OnlineSafety #JoinUs
"Survivor and advocate Marley Basford has spoken powerfully about this issue. She explained that the continued use of real abuse material removes survivors’ agency and renews their fear." https://c4osl.org/stop-state-sanctioned-revictimization/
Stop State-Sanctioned Revictimization: An Open Letter to the Australian Parliament - Center for Online Safety and Liberty
Australia's Telecommunications Bill 2025 would legalize police sharing CSAM without the consent of the children being revictimized.
c4osl.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Survivor and advocate Marley Basford has spoken powerfully about this issue. She explained that the continued use of real abuse material removes survivors’ agency and renews their fear." https://c4osl.org/stop-state-sanctioned-revictimization/
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My general rule of thumb is never trust any internet bill from Josh Hawley or Richard Blumenthal. And if it's from both of them, it almost certainly should be tossed into a burning fire pit never to be spoken of again. This is another moral panic nonsense bill.
My immediate concern, besides the obvious privacy invasive age verification, was that the bill's definition of "A.I. Chatbot" would be so broad that it would end up banning everyone under 18 from using the internet. Can anyone verify?
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Senators propose banning teens from using AI chatbots
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
My general rule of thumb is never trust any internet bill from Josh Hawley or Richard Blumenthal. And if it's from both of them, it almost certainly should be tossed into a burning fire pit never to be spoken of again. This is another moral panic nonsense bill.
"Many human rights advocates argue that police distributing CSAM, albeit covertly, crosses a boundary that undermines the rights of children to protection from harm." https://c4osl.org/october-2025-newsletter #ChildProtection #HumanRights
Eliminating privacy won't stop child abuse - COSL Newsletter #7
c4osl.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Many human rights advocates argue that police distributing CSAM, albeit covertly, crosses a boundary that undermines the rights of children to protection from harm." https://c4osl.org/october-2025-newsletter #ChildProtection #HumanRights
Heads up Parents! It's never been easier to setup parental controls:
- Router DNS: one.one.one.one/family/
- Mac & iOS: www.apple.com/families/
- Google/Android: safety.google/families/par...
- Windows: www.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
- Router DNS: one.one.one.one/family/
- Mac & iOS: www.apple.com/families/
- Google/Android: safety.google/families/par...
- Windows: www.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
Perhaps due to increasing pressure from lawmakers targeting VPNs, NordVPN has rolled out a porn-block for VPN users who want to disable access to adult sites.
The tech to block adult sites exists on every device and nearly every wifi connection already — and people still throw up their hands.
The tech to block adult sites exists on every device and nearly every wifi connection already — and people still throw up their hands.
NordVPN makes big change and blocks UK households' access to porn
NordVPN has added a new feature that allows users to block pornography from their devices.
www.birminghammail.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Heads up Parents! It's never been easier to setup parental controls:
- Router DNS: one.one.one.one/family/
- Mac & iOS: www.apple.com/families/
- Google/Android: safety.google/families/par...
- Windows: www.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
- Router DNS: one.one.one.one/family/
- Mac & iOS: www.apple.com/families/
- Google/Android: safety.google/families/par...
- Windows: www.microsoft.com/en-us/window...