A small group of people were offended by a joke that unintentionally came across transphobic, and as a result this persons account was blacklisted. Even after getting the account reinstated, there were lasting complications with the state of the account (these probably technical issues) and the account was basically lost for...
Tails –is a portable operating system that protects against #surveillance and #censorship
(EN/ ES/ ES/ FR/ IT/ PT/ RU)
"The amnesic incognito live system"
Anleitung zur Nutzung des Tails-Live-Betriebssystems für sichere Kommunikation, Recherche, Bearbeitung und Veröffentlichung sensibler Dokumente.
got this text from a moderate liberal friend. this is a tough one. his daughter brings home a public school library book illustrated with explicit gay sex scenes.
how is a parent who has warned a child against pornography supposed to respond when the state gives them access to this?
i am against censorship, but this defies all common sense.
lol… just listening to the #wired podcast about how BS is already shadow banning users in an effort to censor “nude” content. Their framing is so condescending.
“Oh golly. Gosh darn it. Those tiny new internet startups should’ve known better.” types of comments abound.
It was almost like the pod was pandering to an investor.
Does anyone know how many news outlets billionaire Dorsey influences via investments?
I find it outrageous and incredibly offensive how often subtitles are censored.
I've experienced it on broadcast TV. On Amazon. On YouTube. And elsewhere.
Deaf people do not need swear words hidden. Those of us with hearing loss don't suddenly decide, "Ah, yes, because I can't hear fully, I don't want to experience swearing anymore."
The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks from wherever they
live.
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."
Really lovely how #censorship has been thriving in German institutions these last few months. Countless academics, writers and artists who have expressed solidarity with Palestine or dared to criticise Israel have had their contracts and engagements cancelled or withdrew themselves when asked to retract statements.
I hope one day there will be some realisation that this was deeply, deeply the wrong moral high horse to sit on.
"Facing pressure from right-wing ideologues, #Scholastic is facilitating the exclusion of #books that feature people of color and/or #LGBTQ characters. Scholastic has grouped many of these titles in a collection called "Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice" [& given] school officials…the option to exclude the entire set…Scholastic has…given schools a "bigot button" to exclude these books and mollify intolerant pressure groups." https://popular.info/p/scholastics-bigot-button
Public meeting spaces at libraries in almost every major city in #Texas, and many smaller ones, saw 'Brave Books' events this weekend, which promoted this extremist publisher's storybooks under the guise of freedom of speech. The events were supported by Citizens Defending Freedom, aka 'Moms for Liberty in Suits' which is simultaneously seeking to ban 100s of books in #FortWorth.
Judd Legum reports on the testimony given by mysterious Lanah Burkhardt before the Conroe, Texas, school board. Burkhardt wants books censored, especially Scholastic Books. She claims that reading a Scholastic Book with the phrase "a single kiss" turned her into a porn addict when she was 11 years old.
After hearing her, the Conroe board voted to restrict access to the book she claims made her a porn addict.
Twitter/X has launched a massive purge against large accounts that have posted in support of Palestine. The purge has taken well-known activists, bloggers, podcasts, journalists such as Alan Mcleod, and even some from critical mainstream outlets like the Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein and Steven Zetti of the Texas Observer.
This is another reminder of why open and community owned platforms must be the backbone of social media.
"At least 100 Israelis have been arrested for social media posts supporting Palestinians in Gaza and 70 remain in detention, according to a legal advocacy group in the country. Adalah, which represents Arab Israelis in human rights cases, said the arrests are part of an unprecedented crackdown on freedom of expression in Israel."
It's not that I'm only interested in interviewing #kinkEducator s, #sexWorker s, nude #photographer s, nudist/naturists, etc, it's that "mainstream" creators don't seem to be keen on being associated with "adult-only" content that focuses on #activism for the crazy radical notion that #gender based #censorship is BS and either ALL nipples should be banned from mainstream social media and public, or NO nipples 😑
The power #Israel disproportionately wields here, notably across a number of Western democratic states, is staggering. It is manifested in moves to not publish material critical of the country’s assault on #Gaza, and, in some cases, directly target #journalists who dare violate such injunctions.
#Censorship is a manifold beast. The conventional approach is that of the blanking redaction: the “nothing to see here” school of regulation.
Mozilla's petition against in-browser censorship law (foundation.mozilla.org)
The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla's Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.
An interesting case of moderation in the fediverse (blog.ownlifeful.com)
A small group of people were offended by a joke that unintentionally came across transphobic, and as a result this persons account was blacklisted. Even after getting the account reinstated, there were lasting complications with the state of the account (these probably technical issues) and the account was basically lost for...
/r/KbinMigration: This community has been banned (old.reddit.com)
This subreddit was banned due to being used for spam....