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Criminalizing art and fiction is a bridge too far for the United Nations
In February 2019 the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child released a draft set of Guidelines for the implementation of an existing international treaty on...
Harry Potter and the Death Eaters at the United Nations
You know what’s really awesome? Stepping out of your boring real life and into a whole new world where you get to hang out with friends, go on adventures, and defeat bad...
Experts to United Nations: hentai ban would be a mistake
A United Nations committee is circulating a draft document that could bring in a global ban on the sexual depiction of minors in drawings and cartoons, including lolicon...
Is censoring online porn the best way to keep children safe?
If we want to make sure children are safe online, let's stop them watching porn.
Does that sound like a sensible proposal? Or even a realistic one? While, on reflection, such a proposal seems a...
Tumblr’s adult content ban is an admission of defeat
In a blog post yesterday in which Tumblr announced that it would ban adult content from the site come December 17, it took pains to point out "something that should not be confused with today’s...
Defending Lolita from censorship
Lolita was never officially banned in the United States, although it was banned in France where it was first published in 1955, and in several other countries. Yet today, although the novel...
Tumblr is censoring prevention messages and amplifying harmful ones
I am a medical professional and researcher who specializes in the treatment of minor-attracted people such as pedophiles and hebephiles, whom we sometimes collectively call MAPs. Every day, a...
FOSTA and the alt-right are censoring speech about child protection
The proponents of the anti-trafficking law FOSTA have claimed (falsely) that since passage of the law there has been a 90% fall in the number of sex advertisements published online. But whatever...