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...
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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,...
The Weapon of Shame
When you associate shame and guilt with sex, you are facilitating sexual abuse.
I
came of age when sexual activity...
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...
Butterfly Kisses Oakland screening preview
Butterfly Kisses, directed by Rafael Kapelinski and starring Theo Stevenson as Jake, is a haunting and thought provoking coming of age story with a twist, that...
PayPal fails to shut down Prostasia
Update September 2022: PayPal first dropped Prostasia as a customer in PayPal in July 2019, in response to a misinformation campaign against us. We were reinstated as...
Who should be excluded from child protection?
Traditionally, child protection law and policy has been the domain of sexually conservative organizations with close ties to organized religion. In researching a recent...
Applying child development principles to online child protection
The “Boogie Man” concept is a useful tool for deterring children from doing things they aren’t supposed to do or to teach them to fear wrongdoing. Negative...
Ageplay is for adults
Hi, my name’s Ruth, but my Daddy calls me kitten! I love rainbows, and unicorns, and my kitty...
Sex education makes people safer
I didn’t set out to teach sex education. I intended to be a high school English teacher, and that’s what I became. I moved overseas, taught English, and I loved it,...