BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prostasia Foundation - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Prostasia Foundation X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://prostasia.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Prostasia Foundation REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231013T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231013T110000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20231009T175601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231009T175605Z UID:45071-1697187600-1697194800@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Child Protection in an Age of End-to-End Encryption DESCRIPTION:This event is a lunch and learn style webinar on October 13\, 2023 from 12-2 pm Eastern. The major topic is End-to-End Encryption (E2EE): What is it? Why do we need it? Does removing encryption actually harm kids instead of keeping them safe? \n\n\n\nMuch public policy lately has focused on banning E2EE in the name of child protection. Will this actually work or are there better ways to make the internet a safer place for our children? \n\n\n\nCome to this event\, sponsored by Prostasia Foundation\, to learn more about encryption\, how we use it in child protection\, and leave with the tools necessary to enjoy your digital life safely. \n\n\n\nSpeakers include: \n\n\n\n\nDr. Gilian Tenbergen – Executive Director\, Prostasia Foundation\n\n\n\nAaron Weiss – Owner and Director\, Forensic Recovery\, LLC\n\n\n\nTom Thorley – Advocate\, Speaker\, Technologist\, GIFCT\n\n\n\nAlexa Sheldon – Online Safety Associate\, PUBLIC URL:https://prostasia.org/event/child-protection-in-an-age-of-end-to-end-encryption/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230608T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230608T120000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20230425T182426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230607T170852Z UID:43592-1686218400-1686225600@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Prevention Today for a Safer Tomorrow DESCRIPTION:The criminal justice system is failing to stop sexual violence\, but it is causing grave harms of its own that target marginalized communities. \n\n\n\nIn an environment of pervasive moral panic\, few are brave enough to talk about alternatives… but on June 8 you can meet and discuss with some of those who are. \n\n\n\n\nFeaturing Gilian Tenbergen’s introduction as Prostasia’s new Executive Director\n\n\n\nWith a screening and Q&A of The Recall: Reframed with Rebecca Richman Cohen\n\n\n\nAnd more!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:00 PDTWelcome and opening remarks from Gilian TenbergenMeet the new Executive Director of Prostasia Foundation and hear her vision of prevention today for a safer tomorrow.10:30 PDTPanel #1: How our response to child abuse can work better for survivors and minoritiesHow are marginalized communities currently harmed by carceral\, sex-negative approaches to child protection? How can we move towards an approach that is informed by public health principles that upholds the rights and dignity of all? Panelists Gilian Tenbergen\, Jeremy Malcolm\, Fay Brown\, Alexandra Koptyaeva and Cathy Reisenwitz.11:00 PDTScreening of The Recall: Reframed11:20 PDTPanel #2: Discussion of The Recall: ReframedDirector/Producer Rebecca Richman Cohen\, Gilian Tenbergen\, Ruth Allison\, and Ira Ellman will talk about how this film challenges popular assumptions\, and raises questions about how our society can better serve survivors in its response to sexual violence.11:40 PDTGeneral Q&A and discussion 12:00 PDTEvent close URL:https://prostasia.org/event/prevention-today/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Prevention-today.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220220T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220220T093500 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20220126T220204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220127T030059Z UID:39982-1645348500-1645349700@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Sex-positivity and child protection: not a contradiction in terms DESCRIPTION:This session will explain what a sex-positive approach to the prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) looks like\, and explore the difficulties of communicating the benefits of this approach to the general public. When viewed through a sex-positive lens\, CSA is wrong not because it is sexually immoral\, but because it is a consent violation—since a child cannot\, by definition\, consent to sex. Comprehensive sex education that includes consent\, and stigma-free support for people are concerned about their thoughts towards children\, are just two examples of CSA prevention policies that are supported by this sex-positive approach. However\, when viewed through an alternative sex-negative lens\, CSA is wrong because it stems from immoral thoughts\, and such thoughts should directly be stigmatized and criminalized even if they are never acted upon. Through this alternative lens\, the sex-positive approach is as characterized as “pro-pedophilia.” This tension will be explored by reference to the real case study of sex-positive child protection organization Prostasia Foundation. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/sex-positivity-and-child-protection-not-a-contradiction-in-terms/ CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SexPosConf-presentation.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Positive Sexuality":MAILTO:queries@positivesexuality.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211208T092000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20210723T233444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211130T204230Z UID:36040-1638864000-1638955200@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Our IGF 2021 workshops DESCRIPTION:Prostasia Foundation is hosting or co-hosting two workshops at the 2021 Internet Governance Forum in Katowice\, Poland and online. Register for the IGF now to attend either or both workshops. \n\n\n\nNetworked trust: encryption choices to a reliable Internet\n\n\n\nUnderstanding that encryption’s main qualities offer a set of basic technical apparatus to build a collective sense of security and resilience on the online ecosystem\, the workshop will tackle contemporary conflicts towards encryption policies in order to address if and how they possibly affect a broader sense of trust on the Internet. The debate primarily considers that the variety of “encryption workarounds” – such as traditional backdoors\, client-side scanning solutions\, or the government hacking of encrypted systems – come from different national investigative needs and sociopolitical backgrounds\, but they are all related to possible transborder side effects on underlying social and technical chains of trust that depend on the reliability of cybersecurity. With two rounds of questions regarding how to ensure a safe digital space and policies concerning international standards\, the workshop aims to draw international co-relations between encryption policies that are being proposed in different regions\, their reasons\, and if and how they have the potential of impacting a collective sense of trust (considering end-users\, civil society\, platforms\, and states) in communication platforms and personal data flows. By gathering a cross-continental and multistakeholder composition\, the panel seeks a necessary discussion about the governance of cybersecurity with a focus on the challenging encryption trade-offs. \n\n\n\nRead more\n\n\n\nBest practices for consent and safety in adult content distribution\n\n\n\nUpdate: this session was cancelled in response to the social media attacks against Prostasia Foundation that began in late August. Read more in our September newsletter. \n\n\n\nThis session addresses the dual challenges of preventing the online distribution of sexual content that was produced or shared non-consensually\, while at the same time protecting the labor and speech rights of sex workers. The COVID-19 crisis has shed light on the exclusion and marginalization of sex workers\, with a surge in the number of digital sex workers selling audio-video content that have arisen over the past year and a half of the pandemic. During the same period\, under pressure from anti-pornography lobby groups\, online platforms and financial intermediaries have unilaterally imposed significant new restrictions on the distribution of such content\, framing these as a necessary response to the presence of non-consensual content. This has exposed an apparent conflict between the rights of children and adult survivors to be protected from image-based abuse\, and the labor and speech rights of sex workers and other marginalized communities. \n\n\n\nThis session will address and attempt to reconcile this conflict by bringing together impacted stakeholders to participate in a multi-stakeholder dialogue on this topic with the goal of developing and sharing best practices. Existing dialogues and media coverage on this topic have been dominated by a sex-negative agenda that marginalizes and excludes key stakeholders\, such as sex workers and LGBTQ+ content creators\, whose sexual expression and communities are most at risk of censorship. \n\n\n\nWe plan a series of events to include these stakeholders in developing a set of best practice standards to prevent the distribution\, and expedite the identification and removal\, of non-consensual content\, while remaining mindful of the civil and human rights of consensual content creators from these marginalized groups. Sex workers\, abuse survivors\, and LGBTQ+ content creators have a mutual interest in ensuring legitimate content is not integrated with abusive\, non-consensual material when it is distributed online\, while also opposing disproportionate restrictions on lawful content on the Internet. The IGF offers a unique venue to elevate the voices of these excluded stakeholders to find solutions through an inclusive\, human rights-centered process. \n\n\n\nRead more URL:https://prostasia.org/event/our-igf-2021-workshops/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211001T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211001T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20210428T202955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T190940Z UID:33760-1633104900-1633107600@prostasia.org SUMMARY:The use of fantasy and fictional sexual outlets and offending behavior among MAPs: what do we need to know? DESCRIPTION:Do fantasy outlets increase overall levels of child sexual abuse by stimulating unhealthy attitudes towards offending within the general population\, or do they have a preventative effect by acting as a safe outlet for those who already have sexual feelings towards minors? What exactly are “fictional” or “fantasy” sexual outlets? How are they used and by whom within the Minor Attracted Person (MAP) population? \n\n\n\nChild Sexual Abuse Imagery use is a known risk factor for recidivistic contact and moreso non-contact offending (Eke\, Seto\, & Williams\, 2011; Ray\, Kimonis\, & Seto\, 2013; Seto\, Hanson\, & Babchishin\, 2011; Seto\, Wood\, Babchishin\, & Flynn\, 2012)\, however we still know very little about how fantasy and fictional outlets – i.e. those that do not depict real situations of child sexual abuse – may influence behavior and whether there may be risk or protective mechanisms for MAPs who use them. \n\n\n\nPrevious research by Harper and Lievesley (2020) provides an idea of who might be likely to use sex dolls (a form of fictional sexual outlet) and sets guidance for relevant research questions in this arena. Other such sexual outlets that may fall within the scope of this investigation include fiction\, drawings\, cartoons\, computer renderings and animations\, and sexual roleplay. The legal status of these outlets differ both within and across jurisdictions\, with some being clearly legal\, and others falling into a “grey area” or being directly criminalized under child pornography\, obscenity\, or customs laws. The legal status of outlets also affects how service providers advise MAP clients on their use\, which in turn impacts their relationship with MAP communities in which the use of such outlets is normative. \n\n\n\nThe purpose of this poster is to introduce a new collaborative initiative between the State University of New York at Oswego (under Dr. Gilian Tenbergen) and Prostasia Foundation (under Jeremy Malcolm)\, which seeks to establish a new research paradigm into fantasy and fictional sexual outlets on offending behaviors in the MAP population. This multi-year project will provide results to help inform clinical treatment\, policy decisions\, and research initiatives into the MAP population. Project 1\, which will run for the first year\, will answer questions relating to who uses what material\, when\, why\, and how – under what circumstances. This poster will provide initial data on Project 1 from the first sample of participants. It is our goal to introduce our collaborative initiative and provide conference attendees with data and direction for how to address the debate over fiction and fantasy outlets in their own communities. \n\n\n\nGoals and Objectives: \n\n\n\nAfter\nreading this poster\, the reader will: \n\n\n\nUnderstand\n what is meant with the terms “fantasy” or “fictional” sexual\n outlets.\n Identify\n examples of fantasy and fictional sexual outlets.\n Understand\n the legal debate surrounding fictional and fantasy sexual outlets on\n clinical research efforts. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/atsa-2021/ CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210917T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210917T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20210422T171312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210824T210854Z UID:33652-1631871000-1631898000@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Consent and Safety in Adult Content Distribution DESCRIPTION: URL:https://consentandsafety.net CATEGORIES:Workshop ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210729T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210729T163000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20210607T203726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210625T181010Z UID:34667-1627567200-1627576200@prostasia.org SUMMARY:UNTOUCHABLE: a free film screening and discussion DESCRIPTION:When the most powerful lobbyist in Florida discovers that the nanny has sexually abused his daughter\, he harnesses his extraordinary political power to pass the toughest sex offender laws in the nation. UNTOUCHABLE chronicles his crusade\, and its impact on the lives of several of the 800\,000 people forced to live under the kinds of laws he has championed. The film interweaves intimate portraits of men and women who have been branded sex offenders with the heartbreaking stories of those who have suffered sexual abuse. It is a film that pushes viewers toward an uncomfortable place\, requiring them to walk in the shoes of those who have survived sexual abuse\, but to still bear witness to the experiences of those we revile. \n\n\n\n? Winner of the Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award at the Tribeca Film Festival? Winner of the jury prize at the Berkshire International Film Festival? Winner of the SIMA Impact Award for Transparency \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\nDavid FeigeLegal commentator\, an American lawyer\, and author \nMichael McKayDirector of Marketing for the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) \nRuth AllisonChildcare and child development specialist and kink educator URL:https://prostasia.org/event/untouchable/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/UNTOUCHABLE_horiz-tribeca.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210609T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210609T070000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20210415T174234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T193341Z UID:33550-1623218400-1623222000@prostasia.org SUMMARY:A public health approach to the CSAM problem DESCRIPTION:What is a public health approach to the prevention of child sexual abuse? How can this approach be used in the fight to eliminate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) without excessive reliance upon censorship or surveillance? Join a community lab at RightsCon 2021 with human rights defenders whose advocacy is informed by this approach. \n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\nJeremy MalcolmLawyer\, human rights activist\, and technology policy expert \nRohin GargAssociate Policy Counsel at the Internet Freedom Foundation \nDiego NaranjoHead of policy at European Digital Rights (EDRi) \nMariel García-MontesYouth\, media and privacy scholar \n\n\n\n\nSession description\n\n\n\nRegulating Internet platforms has long been the go-to solution for policymakers seeking to address the crisis of child sexual abuse\, which mainly manifests itself online in the form of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). But by feeding into larger calls to rein in the power of dominant Internet companies\, this approach has seen child safety turned into a political football. \n\n\n\nTo circumvent these debates\, this workshop will set aside strategies for child exploitation prevention that depend upon the regulation of Internet platforms\, to consider other ways in which online child exploitation can be prevented. These strategies are informed by framing child sexual abuse as a public health problem rather than simply as a criminal justice problem. \n\n\n\nAn evidence-based\, public health approach aims at reducing the risk factors that are associated with offending\, and strengthening the protective factors that can help prevent offending. This workshop will bring together leading child sexual abuse prevention experts who follow that approach\, and Internet community stakeholders with an interest in child abuse/protection issues. The prevention experts will share examples of clinical and broader social interventions that could ultimately reduce the likelihood of CSAM being created\, accessed\, and disseminated. \n\n\n\nThis will lead into a dialogue with the broader RightsCon community over how human rights defenders could build networks with public health experts to advocate for a more comprehensive\, public health based response to child sexual abuse\, that could ultimately lessen our society’s reliance on the stopgap solutions of censorship and surveillance. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/public-health-approach-to-csam/ CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210528T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210528T120000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20210510T190513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210604T201204Z UID:33965-1622196000-1622203200@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Fantasy is NOT abuse: a sexual liberation panel & fundraiser DESCRIPTION:“Fantasy is NOT Abuse” is a panel and fundraiser for two organizations committed to sexual liberation as the antidote to sexual violence: Prostasia Foundation & The HEAL Project. \n\n\n\nJoin a robust panel of speakers to unpack stigmas around sexual and erotic fantasies that involve taboo. Have you been noticing websites and social media platforms shut down discussions of taboo fantasies\, and censor sexual expression to ‘protect’ vulnerable populations from sexual violence? We are in a critical moment to join forces across the child sexual abuse prevention movement\, the sex-positive movement\, and the free speech movement and make our voices heard in the ongoing war against fantasy and thought.  \n\n\n\nStream the event video here! \n\n\n\n\n\nWho should attend?\n\n\n\nAre you a kinkster interested in ageplay or DD/lg\, a manga fan into lolicon\, a survivor of sexual violence with a rape-play fetish\, or just someone with an active imagination of taboo sex? We are here to say\, you are entitled to having your fantasies! Fantasy for many of us is a safe outlet\, a healing modality\, and a harm reduction approach.  \n\n\n\nWho are we?\n\n\n Aredvi AzadCertified sex and relationship coach\, and an educator\, writer\, and speaker \nIgnacio RiveraCultural sociologist with expertise in sexual trauma and healing for marginalized populations \nRuth AllisonChildcare and child development specialist and kink educator \nJeremy MalcolmLawyer\, human rights activist\, and technology policy expert \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProstasia Foundation is a child protection organization that combines zero tolerance of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) with the commitment to human and civil rights and sex positivity.Donate to Prostasia \n\n\n\n\n\nThe HEAL Project (@heal2end on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter) is a BIPOC-led\, Trans/Nonbinary-led\, and Survivor-led educational initiative using media to prevent and end Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) through healing the wounds of sexual oppression and embracing sexual liberation. \n\n\n\nDonate to HEAL Project \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration and donation options\n\n\n\nOur fundraising goal is $5\,000\, and you can help us to get there by paying for your ticket to the event\, donating during the livestream\, or making a donation below. Credit card\, PayPal\, and cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Monero are all supported. Please check your spam folder for registration confirmation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Prostasia Foundation and HEAL Project fundraiser\n\n \n\n \n This event is a lunch and learn style webinar on October 13\, 2023 from 12-2 pm Eastern. The major topic is End-to-End Encryption (E2EE): What is it? Why do we need it? Does removing encryption actually harm kids instead of keeping them safe? Much public policy lately has focused on banning E2EE in the name of child protection. Will this … \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Raised\n \n 22%\n \n \n \n \n \n\n Goal\n \n \n \n \n 5\,000.00 \n \n $ \n \n \n\n \n\n Donor\n \n 3 \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n 22%\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n USD\n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n Donate what you want\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Donate Now URL:https://prostasia.org/event/fundraiser2021/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210315T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210315T120000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20210226T205429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210315T163353Z UID:32617-1615806000-1615809600@prostasia.org SUMMARY:The future of Europe's fight against child sexual abuse DESCRIPTION: Patrick BreyerDigital freedom fighter and MEP for the Pirate Party \nCrystal MundyDoctoral student in Clinical Psychology at the University of British Columbia \nChristian Dawsoni2Coalition Co-Founder & Executive Director \nJeremy MalcolmLawyer\, human rights activist\, and technology policy expert \n \n\n\n \n\n\nEurope is planning to introduce a new online child sexual abuse reporting scheme\, and a new centre to prevent and counter child sexual abuse. \n \nWhile some of the measures being considered are supported by experts\, others would not help children and could threaten your fundamental rights. \n \nHave your say by responding to the European Commission’s consultation on Fighting child sexual abuse: detection\, removal and reporting of illegal content online by 15 April. \n \nBut before you do so\, attend this free webinar to learn from experts about both the civil liberties and the child protection issues involved. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n \n\n\n\n\n11:00\nOpen and welcome (Jeremy Malcolm)\n\n\n11:05\nChild sexual abuse detection and privacy\, and the #chatcontrol campaign (Patrick Breyer)\n\n\n11:15\nComparison of three legislative options (Christian Dawson)\n\n\n11:25\nPublic health approach to child sexual abuse prevention (Crystal Mundy)\n\n\n11:35\nOther issues raised in the consultation (Jeremy Malcolm)\n\n\n11:45\nQ&A/Discussion\n\n\n12:00\nClose\n\n\n\n\n \nWhy to attend\n \nThe European Commission is gathering evidence from citizens and stakeholders to inform the preparation of new legislation that will require relevant online services providers to detect known child sexual abuse material and require them to report that material to public authorities. Your input is important to ensure that the new scheme does not become a vehicle for indiscriminate mass surveillance. \n \nThe consultation will also inform the possible creation of a European centre to prevent and counter child sexual abuse\, which would provide holistic support to Member States in the fight against child sexual abuse\, online and offline. The center could support research into what motivates individuals to become offenders\, evaluation of effectiveness of prevention programs\, and communication and exchange of best practices between practitioners. \n \nBecause the consultation raises both child protection as well as civil liberties issues\, Prostasia Foundation is well placed to host a webinar to discuss the intersections of these issues. Please attend and spread the word—it’s free! URL:https://prostasia.org/event/the-future-of-europes-fight-against-child-sexual-abuse/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Webinar.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201210T120000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20201020T184844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201020T185153Z UID:30706-1607598000-1607601600@prostasia.org SUMMARY:CSA prevention and moral panic DESCRIPTION:A decades-long moral panic around child sexual abuse has wreaked untold damage on children\, families\, and marginalized communities. With the ascendence of QAnon it has reached fever pitch—and only now are information gatekeepers taking action.  But censoring the outward manifestations of public hysteria around this topic will only drive it underground. How can child sexual abuse prevention advocates address moral panic at its source\, so that more rational and inclusive policies can prevail? \nIn this webinar you will learn: \n\nWhy major child safety groups manipulate public fear to achieve their objectives\nHow mainstream media discourse on child sexual abuse metastasized into QAnon\nThe signs and symptoms of emotional reasoning and other cognitive distortions\nHow CSA prevention advocates can calm the panic and deliver accurate information\n\n  URL:https://prostasia.org/event/csa-prevention-and-moral-panic/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Moral-panic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201121T110000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20201019T205709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T173731Z UID:30683-1605952800-1605956400@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Child safeguarding policies and minor attraction DESCRIPTION:How should organizational safeguarding policies deal with disclosures of minor attraction\, either by adults supervising minors or by teenagers who are among those supervised? \nIn July 2020 the pastor of a large church\, Menlo Church\, resigned after it was revealed that a youth work volunteer—who also happened to be his son—had admitted being sexually attracted to minors\, and that this was withheld from the congregation. Although the facts of this case were unique\, they have raised broader questions about institutional safeguarding and minor attraction. The purpose of the discussion is to establish initial perspectives on this question from a range of people who might have an interest in the topic. \nThe spirit of the discussion will not be debate or cross-examination\, but simply an opportunity for contrasting views to be aired as a first step. The format will therefore be a 5-10 minute contribution from each participant in turn (no interruptions allowed) then a second round in which each participant can respond for a few minutes to what they heard in the first round (also with no cross-talk). Nobody is expected to change their mind or address any specific points except the above question. It is all about framing the topic for everyone’s understanding of the range of views on how this challenge can be addressed. The conversation will be held under the Chatham House Rule. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/child-safeguarding/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/webinar-graphics.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201017T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201017T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20200926T175748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T223346Z UID:30370-1602943200-1602946800@prostasia.org SUMMARY:How to talk to your kids about sex DESCRIPTION:Sexual health is an important part of our lives\, but it can be a difficult and uncomfortable discussion for kids of all ages and parents alike. In this webinar we’ll help you get the conversation started so you can feel prepared to tackle topics like sexual health care\, puberty\, safe sex practices\, healthy relationships\, and more. \nPresenter\nJae Snell is a mental health worker\, a human rights activist and educator\, and researcher who specializes in understanding trauma and paths to recovery\, as well as LGBTQIA+ advocacy and public policy analysis. Jae works on the ground with individuals and communities to understand their unique needs and necessary solutions and policy changes. \nWebinar details will be emailed to you after you register. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-sex/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Prostasia-webinar-graphics.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200712T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200712T100000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20200313T231032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T202558Z UID:24181-1594544400-1594548000@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Confession time! (18+) DESCRIPTION:Do you feel ashamed about your sexual interests and want to talk about it in a supportive group? If you have thoughts\, dreams\, or fantasies that may be troubling you\, you can safely “confess” to them here. No limits\, no judgment\, and no real name required. \nParticipants who complete the webinar will learn the following skills: \n\nHow to maintain your self-esteem when your unchosen sexual interests trigger feelings of guilt.\nKnowing when your sexual interests are interfering with your own or another person’s safety.\nFinding others online and offline who can provide you with community and support.\n\nFrom rape fantasies to “Daddy issues\,” vore to cheating fetishes\, you’d be surprised how common unusual sexual interests are. This isn’t an expert therapy session\, it’s a conversation between a group of understanding friends\, and an opportunity to obtain informal advice from a sex-positive perspective. \nSorry\, but due to the sexual content that is likely to come up in this workshop\, it is for 18+ participants only. \nDiscussants\nMeagan Ingerman is a childcare and child development specialist with over ten years as a provider\, tutor\, and consultant. Within the organized kink community she has been an event organizer\, presenter\, and volunteer. She has presented on subjects such as safety in kink\, kink/BDSM for beginners\, and has helped to facilitate discussions about consent and consent violations. \nMaggie McNeill is a writer\, sex worker\, and former librarian. She writes a daily blog called “The Honest Courtesan” which examines the realities\, myths\, history\, lore\, science\, philosophy\, art\, and every other aspect of prostitution; she also reports sex work news\, critiques the way her profession is treated in the media and by governments\, and is frequently consulted by academics and journalists as an expert on the subject. \nFay Brown is a counselor and founder of the survivor support program\, Project Snowball. Project Snowball is a charitable organisation raising awareness by providing: counselling\, group support and education both for children and adults affected by pedophilia or child sexual abuse. We aim to do this using person-centred principles that create safety and belonging\, so that actualisation of potential can be reached. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/confession-time/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/02f05955.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200604T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200604T120000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20200313T210410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T202122Z UID:23128-1591268400-1591272000@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Keeping platforms safe\, inclusive\, peaceful\, and healthy DESCRIPTION:Keeping Internet platforms safe\, inclusive\, peaceful and healthy involves both design decisions\, policy development\, and community building. Failing in any one area can result in endemic bullying and harassment\, an unwelcome environment for marginalized users\, and the exacerbation of some users’ existing mental health problems. \nThis webinar will consider all three elements of building and maintaining an Internet platform that attracts and retains a diverse and happy user base. Participants will also hear how Prostasia Foundation is partnering with fan communities to develop community guidelines that uphold freedom of expression for creators and fans\, while also protecting them from abuse. \nCompleting this webinar will enable you to learn about: \n\nSupporting volunteer community moderators and the development of community standards\nBetter practices in tagging and agegating adult and other triggering content\nDealing with harassment\, abuse\, and dogpiling over fictional content\nHow to identify and provide support to users who may have mental health issues\nImpacts of platform content policies on LGBTQ+ communities\n\nPresenters\nJeremy Malcolm is Executive Director of Prostasia Foundation\, and a lawyer and policy expert with experience in human rights\, child protection\, and Internet governance. He led the development of the Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability and is a member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the Internet Governance Forum. Jeremy advises Internet platforms on the boundaries between free speech protection and child safety\, emphasizing preventative approaches. \nClaire is the co-founder of Fanexus\, an upcoming social media platform that centres the needs of fandoms and indie creators. Due to the increasingly rampant harassment and ever greater push for censorship of artistic freedoms in online fandom and creative spaces\, a focus of Fanexus has become providing a space that guards against cyberbullying whilst permitting a significant degree of artistic freedom compared to most popular platforms. \nCreator\, software architect\, and senior vice janitor of BobaBoard\, Essential Randomness has been living and breathing online communities for over 20 years. Software engineer meets mental health activist IRL\, her online alter ego researches (and creates) sustainable\, decentralized online communities for fandom. Her value proposition is to recreate the fun and excitement of early online communities in a safe\, supportive\, and diverse environment. As required by contract\, she speaks only for herself. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/healthy-platforms/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/banner1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200509T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200509T100000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20200313T204139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200503T231926Z UID:24171-1589014800-1589018400@prostasia.org SUMMARY:MAP Support Chat: a peer-support network for adolescent MAPs DESCRIPTION:Many people ask themselves how someone could possibly sexually abuse a child. At Prostasia Foundation\, we are committed to researching that question as it pertains to prevention. In MAP Support Chat\, a livechat group for people age 13 and up who have a sexual attraction to minors\, the aim is to get ahead of abuse by providing peer support and resources to people who may be at-risk. Prostasia Foundation has partnered with MAP Support Chat to provide technical\, institutional and financial support to this endeavor. \nJeremy Malcolm\, Executive Director of Prostasia Foundation\, will talk about the history of censorship that has dogged MAP Support Chat\, the organization’s decision to join as a facilitating partner\, some of the technical and legal safeguards that have had to be adopted to enable this\, and the difficulties that have been experienced in public outreach and partnerships in supporting a chat server on such a controversial topic. \nAn administrator of MAP Support Chat will talk about what providing peer support to minor attracted people looks like\, what their needs are\, and connecting that to the needs around prevention as they relate to helping minor attracted people. They will talk about the culture of MAP Support Chat and the MAP community and the challenges and benefits to reaching out specifically to minor attracted people with the end goal of preventing sexual violence. \nLearning Objectives: At the end of this webinar\, you will be able to… \n\nExplore the culture of fear and paranoia in the MAP community and the reasons for it\nIdentify ways of reaching minor attracted people without triggering that fear\nIdentify how reaching out to minor attracted people is related to preventing child sexual abuse URL:https://prostasia.org/event/msc/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/logo-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T120000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20200313T234355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200314T024903Z UID:24200-1587034800-1587038400@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Defeating EARN IT by offering positive alternatives DESCRIPTION:The EARN IT Act would empower a new National Commission on Online Child Exploitation Prevention (NCOCEP) to enact guidelines on how Internet platforms should prevent “online child exploitation conduct.” Unless they comply\, or take other “reasonable measures” to prevent such conduct\, Internet platforms would face new civil and criminal liabilities. \nChild sexual exploitation is preventable. But there are strong reasons to doubt whether the NCOCEP will be the right vehicle to develop guidelines that are both effective and avoid collateral harms. History has given us cause to be wary of the misuse of “think of the children” rhetoric by politicians advancing a broader agenda of government control of speech and private conduct. \nDuring this webinar we will: \n\nIdentify the guidelines that the NCOCEP may be most likely to put forward\, and explore the likely impacts of these guidelines on key stakeholder groups.\nIntroduce how experts in the United States are working to reduce the incidence of sexually offending against children\, and explain how these initiatives are jeopardized by the EARN IT Act.\nDefine strategies for activists and allies to oppose EARN IT by informing lawmakers about the broader context of online child sexual exploitation prevention\, outside of platform regulation.\n\nLearning objectives: participants will be able to \n\nIdentify the three major flaws in the EARN IT Act according to child sexual exploitation prevention experts.\nExplain why the campaign against FOSTA failed\, and how the ongoing campaign against EARN IT can avoid these mistakes.\nDescribe the likely recommendations of the NCOCEP that will most impact Internet platforms\, and how their effects can be mitigated. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/defeating-earn-it/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/earnit-webinar.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T120000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20191011T005022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191202T013708Z UID:13743-1575543600-1575547200@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Safewords and red lines III: Expressing concern without kink-shaming DESCRIPTION:Consent is an integral part of sexual practices such as in ageplay and BDSM. So at what point does kink shaming end\, and legitimate concern begin? This virtual “fireside conversation” will cover dicey topics like: \n\nHow to express your limits without “purity policing” in the bedroom.\nCan ageplay become self-harming for a child sexual abuse survivor?\nIs it OK to confess a desire that would be illegal to enact in real life?\nWhere to obtain help if you fear your partner may cross a line.\n\nJoin our panel for an open\, off-the-record\, roundtable discussion about these important topics. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/safewords-and-red-lines-iii/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Cover.png ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191126T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191126T093000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20191116T190010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191117T014623Z UID:16243-1574758800-1574760600@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Launch of #SexContentDialogue best practice principles DESCRIPTION:In May 2019\, Internet companies gathered with policy experts and representatives of marginalized groups at #SexContentDialogue in San Francisco to talk about how to minimize the harm done to minorities in our fight to prevent child abuse online. \nThis led into the development of a set of principles that could be used to guide Internet platforms of all sizes to adopt a more nuanced and better-informed approach towards the moderation and censorship of sexual content\, with a view towards protecting children from sexual abuse while also upholding their rights and the rights of others. \nIn June 2019\, we took this conversation to the world at RightsCon in Tunisia\, and we have been finalizing the principles since then. The result is a document that emphasizes that the most important priority in child protection for content moderation professionals is to minimize direct harm to minors—and that this doesn’t need to conflict with freedom of expression. \nNow at the Internet Governance Forum in Berlin this year\, Prostasia Foundation will be launching version 1.0 of its #SexContentDialogue principles. You can be there at the launch event\, to be chaired by our Advisor Dr Kyung Sin Park of Korea University Law School. But places are limited\, so please register now to obtain the room details. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/sexcontentdialogue-principles-launch/ LOCATION:Estrel Congress Center\, Sonnenallee 225\, Berlin\, 12057\, Germany CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Best-Practice-Guidelines.png ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20190719T030755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190911T185859Z UID:7897-1568835000-1568840400@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Safewords and red lines II: ageplay and child protection DESCRIPTION:Ageplay is one of the most divisive sexual practices that falls under the umbrella of consensual kink. But despite its controversy\, it is also exploding in popularity among adults of all ages. \nSome worry that ageplay and its associated relationship dynamics such as DD/lg (Daddy Dom/little girl) can be misused to groom minors for sexual abuse. Four days after an influential child protection consultant called on Facebook\, Twitter\, and Instagram to ban representations of DD/lg from the Internet\, calling it “the new currency of predatory paedophiles\,” Facebook caved to this demand and banned the #DDLG hashtag. A month later\, Reddit banned its AgePlayPenPals forum. \nBut on the other side of the coin\, emerging research demonstrates that many participants in ageplay and its associated relationship dynamics are survivors of child sexual abuse—and these survivors are among the staunchest defenders of the practice for what they claim are its therapeutic benefits. Some sexologists also posit that rather than acting as a gateway to sexual abuse\, ageplay may be a safe space for the exploration of taboo sexual feelings for which there would otherwise be no safe and legal outlet. \nThis workshop will outline the emerging common understanding of kink practitioners and sexologists about the roles that ageplay fills in the sex lives of consenting adults. It will also present some suggestions for best practices to keep real minors from being drawn into this practice\, including safeguarding tips for venues and events\, and effective ways to communicate with minors who attempt to join adult spaces. \n \nThis event is a follow-up to our successful Safewords and red lines webinar held in July\, in which we asked\, is kink really incompatible with child protection? We will recap the key lessons from that webinar\, in which we demonstrated how sex-positive communities such as kinksters\, consensual non-monogamists\, and sex workers are well placed to be allies in the fight against child sexual abuse and exploitation. \nWe will also provide an update on our work to collaboratively develop a set of guidelines for how kinky and non-monogamous people can show their responsibility and leadership when it comes to protecting children from sexual harm\, while standing up for their own sexual freedoms as consenting adults. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/ageplay-and-child-protection/ LOCATION:Mission Control\, Address will be given to registered guests CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Safewords-and-Red-Lines-II.png ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190818T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190818T143000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145033 CREATED:20190707T225522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190707T225522Z UID:4003-1566131400-1566138600@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Butterfly Kisses DESCRIPTION:Prostasia Foundation is celebrating the first anniversary of our launch with the San Francisco Bay Area premiere of Butterfly Kisses\, directed by Rafael Kapelinski\, on August 18 from 12:30pm at the New Parkway Theatre in Oakland. \nJake has a dark secret – one that he cannot even share with his closest friends\, and which pushes him deeper and deeper into a sense of isolation. Will anyone close to Jake catch on to his secret obsession before he harms himself or others? \nThis daring and challenging film won the Generation 14plus Crystal Bear for Best Film 2017 at the Berlin International Film Festival (awarded by a youth jury). Stephen Fry called Butterfly Kisses “Unforgettable” and John Malkovich called it “Beautifully produced.” URL:https://prostasia.org/event/butterfly-kisses/ LOCATION:The New Parkway Theater\, 474 24th St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States CATEGORIES:Film screening ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190718T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190718T120000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145034 CREATED:20190621T184135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190624T152857Z UID:6098-1563447600-1563451200@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Safewords and red lines: consensual kink and child protection DESCRIPTION:A recent Huffington Post article about children at Pride parades suggesting that “kids can handle the kink” generated thousands of angry replies\, from those convinced that progressive sex-positive communities have gone mad and are grooming children for sexual abuse. Prostasia Foundation has also come under fire recently for its suggestion that the insights from the consensual kink community should be welcomed in the development of child protection programs and policies. \nSo is kink really incompatible with child protection? We think not\, and in this workshop\, we can lay out the evidence that shows why sex-positive communities such as kinksters\, consensual non-monogamists\, and sex workers are well placed to be allies in the fight against child sexual abuse and exploitation. But we will also pose some challenging case studies\, to illustrate how it’s not always as simple as just keeping an 18+ sign on the door: \n\nA guest attending a play party at a science fiction convention was confronted about breast feeding her infant at the party\, in a room where no play was taking place. Other guests were concerned that this might get them into trouble with the authorities—but the organizers decided in favor of the mother. Was this the right call? \nA bisexual and polyamorous woman in her 40s became involved in a sexual relationship with her 18 year old tenant\, and on two occasions engaged in sexual activity with him in the presence of her 5 year old son. She claims her son had been asleep on one occasion\, and unable to witness the act on the other. Were any lines crossed? \nA young transgender man was sexually abused throughout his childhood while he was in foster care or homeless. Recounting and reenacting his memories of abuse are now an important part of his sex life for him\, and he seeks out sexual partners who receive sexual pleasure from this also. Should he be stigmatized for this? Should his partners?\n\nBuilding upon work done with Internet companies at a series of meetings in May and June 2019\, Prostasia Foundation is co-developing a set of guidelines for how kinky and non-monogamous people can show their responsibility and leadership when it comes to protecting children from sexual harm\, while standing up for their own sexual freedoms as consenting adults. This event will outline our concept for the guidelines\, present some key learnings from sex-positive child sexual abuse prevention experts that can inform their development\, and invite community input and participation. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/consensual-kink-child-protection/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Cover.png ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190524 DTSTAMP:20260425T145034 CREATED:20181102T031841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T202539Z UID:2279-1558569600-1558655999@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Internet Platforms\, Sexual Content\, & Child Protection DESCRIPTION:Download the brochure \nHow can Internet platforms protect children from abuse\, while preserving space for legitimate sexual expression and discussion online\, and minimizing risk? This full-day workshop will bring together platform and stakeholder representatives in a private expert-led seminar and open discussion about best practices to protect children without infringing the human rights of children or others. \nBy facilitating a dialogue with experts and stakeholders who are normally excluded from the development of child protection policies by Internet platforms\, industry participants will learn how to make these policies more evidence-informed\, and more compliant with human rights standards. The result will be improved accuracy in the moderation of sexual content: removing more material that is harmful to children and has no protected expressive value\, and less material such as lawful\, accurate information on child sexual abuse prevention. \n\n \n Update: the final outcome of this event was the launch of the #SexContentDialogue Principles at the Internet Governance Forum on November 26.\n \n \nSpeakers\nCathy BeardsleyPresident and CEO\, Segpay \nAndrew PuddephattChair of the Internet Watch Foundation\, United Kingdom \nKristen DiAngeloCo-Founder and Executive Director of SWOP Sacramento \nGuy Hamilton-SmithSex Offense Litigation and Policy fellow at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law \n \nFacilitator\nJeremy MalcolmLawyer\, human rights activist\, and technology policy expert \n \nAgenda\n9:30—10:00Registration and coffee\n10:00—10:30 \nIntroduction to the problem\, participants\, and process \nA nuanced approach to the restriction of sexual content can protect children better\, improve user experience\, and comply with human rights obligations\, while managing risk\n10:30—12:30Presentations from the assembled experts followed by Q&A \nExperts in child sexual abuse prevention and those who are affected by sexual content bans share insights from research\n12:30—1:30Lunch break\n1:30—3:30 \nPresentation of case studies for small group discussion \nGroup work on examples of sexual content restriction and how these can become better informed and more inclusive\n3:30—4:00 \nLarger group discussion of lessons learned\n4:00—5:00 \nDistillation of key lessons and agreement on next steps \nParticipants will identify key lessons into points for inclusion in future jointly-developed best practice recommendations\n5:00—6:00 \nClose and reception \nQuotes\nPlatforms of all sizes need to be empowered to be made more effective contributors towards child sexual abuse prevention\, through a more nuanced and better-informed approach towards content moderation and censorship. Jeremy Malcolm\, Prostasia Foundation \nThis new sex-positive approach provides another necessary avenue through which we can continue to work together to address\, and ultimately prevent\, child sexual abuse. Gilian Tenbergen\, SUNY Oswego\nOftentimes\, policies that sound sensible in principle wind up perpetuating the very harms that are sought to be extinguished. Input from varied perspectives is essential to diminishing this risk. Guy Hamilton-Smith\, Mitchell Hamline School of Law \nAbout Prostasia Foundation\nProstasia Foundation is the only s.501(c)(3) nonprofit child protection organization that is progressive and sex-positive\, and supports the free and open Internet. We came together in April 2018\, one week after the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) was signed into law. Our diverse team includes digital rights activists\, lawyers\, mental health professionals\, and representatives of sex workers and other stakeholders who are normally excluded from discussions about child protection. URL:https://prostasia.org/event/dialogue/ LOCATION:Patreon\, 600 Townsend St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190409T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190409T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145034 CREATED:20190320T224701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T191957Z UID:3537-1554838200-1554843600@prostasia.org SUMMARY:The War on Whores DESCRIPTION:Is it anyone’s business if consenting adults want to pay or accept money for sex? Sex worker and author Maggie McNeill tells her startling tale about the persecution of sex workers based on the false assumption that most of them are exploited victims of pimps and traffickers. Her movement is challenging these assumptions and the powerful political and cultural forces behind them. \nThis will be the Bay Area premiere of The War on Whores\, and it will be followed by a Q&A with Maggie McNeill and other local sex worker representatives\, moderated by Jeremy Malcolm from Prostasia Foundation. \nWatch the trailer URL:https://prostasia.org/event/the-war-on-whores/ LOCATION:The New Parkway Theater\, 474 24th St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States CATEGORIES:Film screening ORGANIZER;CN="Prostasia Foundation":MAILTO:info@prostasia.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180815T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180815T220000 DTSTAMP:20260425T145034 CREATED:20180722T070434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T202551Z UID:1369-1534363200-1534370400@prostasia.org SUMMARY:Launch of Prostasia Foundation DESCRIPTION:Announcing the launch of a child protection organization like no other.\nFollowing our successful crowdfunding\, Prostasia Foundation will be officially launched at the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco on August 15 commencing from 8pm\, with Dr Carol Queen as Master of Ceremonies\, and DJ Fact 50 providing the soundtrack. \nInformation\nProstasia Foundation was incorporated one week after FOSTA/SESTA was signed into law. The law was sold to the public as a solution to child sex trafficking\, but has actually made sex trafficking crimes harder to prosecute\, while causing real harm to adult sex workers\, and to the free and open Internet. This is indicative of a larger problem with the ineffective way that our society deals with the problem of child sexual abuse (CSA). \nProstasia Foundation is dedicated to taking a more evidence-based\, prevention-focused approach to protecting children\, by: \n\nhelping to fund sound scientific research on CSA prevention.\nengaging with diverse stakeholders. whose voices are not normally heard.\naddressing the human rights impacts of child protection laws and policies.\ncommunicating the results of our research and engagement to policymakers\, platforms\, and the public.\n\nThis uniquely balanced\, rights-respecting and fact-based approach to CSA prevention allows us not only to protect children from abuse\, but also to reduce the separate harms caused to children and others by our society’s predominantly reactive child protection agenda. \nAgenda\nAlong with plenty of time for networking over drinks\, the event will include presentations from: \n\nJeremy Malcolm (Prostasia Foundation) — How Prostasia Foundation came to be formed\, and why it is unlike any other child protection organization.\nDavid Green (Electronic Frontier Foundation) — An update on the Woodhull Freedom Foundation’s lawsuit to have FOSTA declared unconstitutional.\nMeagan Ingerman (Prostasia Foundation) — A childcare worker and kinkster tells us what we can learn about child protection from the consensual kink community.\nIan O’Brien (Free Speech Coalition) — The common ambitions of the sex industry and child protection advocates\, from a public health perspective.\n\nRefreshments will be served\, and DJ Fact 50 will be spinning beats. Entry is by donation (or free for those who have already donated!). RSVP or pick up your ticket below. \nBiographies\nCarol Queen has a Ph.D. in sexology and is the author or editor of a dozen books about sex\, including Exhibitionism for the Shy\, Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture\, and PoMoSexuals (edited with Lawrence Schimel). She is the co-founder and executive director of The Center for Sex & Culture (www.sexandculture.org)\, is Staff Sexologist at Good Vibrations (www.goodvibes.com)\, and frequently speaks at colleges and universities about sexuality. She lives in San Francisco. Visit her at www.carolqueen.com. \n  \n\nJeremy Malcolm\, PhD is a lawyer\, human rights activist\, and father of two boys. Prior to his work at Prostasia he held the position of Senior Global Policy Analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation\, defending digital privacy\, free speech\, and innovation. Before that he worked for Consumers International coordinating its global program Consumers in the Digital Age. He also serves on the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the Internet Governance Forum. \n  \n\nMeagan Ingerman is a childcare and child development specialist with over ten years as a provider\, tutor\, and consultant. She has engaged in multiple forms of sex work and has ties to the organized kink community. Within the kink community she has been an event organizer\, presenter\, and volunteer. She has presented on subjects such as safety in kink\, kink/BDSM for beginners\, and has helped to facilitate discussions about consent and consent violations. \n  \n\nDavid Greene\, Senior Staff Attorney and Civil Liberties Director\, has significant experience litigating First Amendment issues in state and federal trial and appellate courts and is one of the country’s leading advocates for and commentators on freedom of expression in the arts. David was a founding member\, with David Sobel and Shari Steele\, of the Internet Free Expression Alliance\, and currently serves on the Northern California Society for Professional Journalists Freedom of Information Committee\, the steering committee of the Free Expression Network\, the governing committee of the ABA Forum on Communications Law\, and on advisory boards for several arts and free speech organizations across the country. \n  \n\nIan O’Brien is Senior Director of Programs and Operations at the Free Speech Coalition. Ian works with regulators of both the pleasure products and adult film industries\, to compile\, analyze and provide accurate\, evidence-based research on issues ranging from zoning and lubricants to workplace safety and public health. O’Brien attended graduate school at Columbia University’s prestigious Mailman School of Public Health. 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