Alexus is a 15 year old who writes fan fiction for fun. Her favorite fandoms include Supernatural, Legend of Zelda, and The Chilling Adventures of...
Tag: censorship
Why the UN is wrong to equate drawings to sexual abuse
Sex or nude scenes featuring teenagers in anime and manga could disappear from the Internet and be driven into underground “dark web” sites, thanks to a...
Banned Books Week 2019
Here we are again. It’s that time of year when we build our TBR piles against the better judgement of those who wish to censor literature and control thoughts. Yes,...
Mozilla, DNS-over-HTTPS, and child abuse
Last month, the UK Internet Services Providers’ Association nominated Mozilla as being one of its 2019 internet villains, accusing it of undermining Internet safety...
PayPal fails to shut down Prostasia
Yesterday Prostasia Foundation received notification from PayPal that the account that we use for receiving membership subscriptions and donations had been permanently...
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Internet Platforms, Sexual Content, & Child Protection
How can Internet platforms protect children from abuse, while preserving space for legitimate sexual expression and discussion online, and minimizing risk?...
Beyond censorship: the case for a flexible standard
Recently I watched a video of a naked twelve year old girl—a victim of child sex trafficking—being slapped around by an adult who was attempting to photograph her. In...
Furry fandom: untying the knot
Are you comfortable in your own body? Or sometimes, when you close your eyes and dream, do you imagine yourself in a different body—perhaps not even a human body, but...
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...