#censorship
Recently, PRC's GFW began to block all EU.ORG traffic (only on 443 port, seems to be detected through TLS SNI, I observed no DNS fake-response).
I also found, after a blocked TLS connection with EU.ORG domains in SNI, the server IP will be blackholed for serveral minutes.
May we use this to let GFW block any IP?
censorship
"Terminated #NIH grants are being reinstated almost entirely in blue states."
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/03/nih-cuts-grant-restoration-complicated-by-limits-to-court-order-trump-dei-restrictions/
(#paywalled)
PS: It's not that #Trump officials feel more lenient toward blue-state scientists. It's that blue-state Attorneys General fight back in court. Sometimes resistance works.
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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LOOKIT!
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More HERE including THE LATEST ISSUE! http://www.jlroberson.org/comix/smut/vladrushka/index.html
Tell #censorship to go f*ck itself & BUY PRINTS TODAY! Vladrushka will #love you forever for it, as shall I...
#eroticart #comics #nude #explicit #nsfw
Wrote this up on discord initially and thought it would be nice to share it here. Spread it around however you like/wish.
Wider federation reach version on my blorbo @Yaoi_MeowMaru
My basic template for the payment processor calls
[TEXT] is placeholder for your situation
(Te/xt) Is interchangeable words
Basic Intro:
Hello, my name is [NAME] and I have a (CONCERN/COMPLAINT/ISSUE) with [COMPANY] regarding your policies on (limiting transactions based on the content of goods and services / globally dictating what adults can buy with their own money / restricting independent creators from being able to sustain a living)
Jumping off points:
As an artist
I am a creator who has been impacted by enforcements [COMPANY] has been pushing onto my storefronts (which does not break the law/ that has limited my ability to make a living / making me a casualty of [COMPANY] applying morality to independent purchases)
As a buyer
I'm a consumer who, because of [COMPANY]'s action against a store I use, this has forced the store to deny me access to products I have already purchased. This is really (upsetting/ frustrating/ infuriating) because (well,I paid for them/ nothing was even illegal there/ [COMPANY] shouldnt have the right to dictate what I buy if its not against the law)
As a cardholder
I am concerned about the message [COMPANY] is sending about deciding what I am allowed to spend money on. Your company claims to only limit transactions that lead to harm yet (you have censored stories of people who are survivors of horrendous events / you have taken action against marginalized independent creators for making lgbtq content / there is no such thing as one international law because there are globally conflicting ones and as an American based company, there are no law being broken thanks to freedom of speech.
Things of Note:
They will ask for your name to put a complaint on file. Up to you
They will ask if you have an account with them.If yes, you can say you dont want to share it because of fear of retaliation, with visa, they can ask for first 6 digitsIf no, you can just say you dont use it
they might give a corpo speech, just let them get through it
#Visa #mastercard #censorship #paypal #collectiveshout #itchio #AntiCensorship
#Democrats flip #SocialMedia *#censorship* complaints on #Musk, #GOP
#ElonMusk’s #X is facing #impartiality questions after he endorsed #Trump & the *platform* restricted pro-#Harris account.
#Republicans have spent the better part of a decade accusing #SocialMedia companies of “censoring” *#conservative* viewpoints & skewing their platforms to benefit Democrats.
#VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/13/democrats-flip-social-media-censorship-complaints-musk-gop/
Ah, yes... a fresh stench of GOP control back where I used to live. 🤮 😠 Greenville County, #SouthCarolina stops all book fairs for all schools, since "It is not possible for school personnel to vet all book fair content after it arrives, nor can vendors provide accurate content information far enough in advance for it to be vetted through the District prior to the start of fall book fairs."
https://www.wyff4.com/article/greenville-county-schools-no-book-fairs/61945606
"Several large American #publishers sued #Florida…over a state law that prohibits sexual content in school #libraries. They argue that the law has ignited a wave of book removals in violation of the #FirstAmendment."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/florida-book-ban-lawsuit.html
PS: This is one of the rare occasions when I side with publishers in a lawsuit. (FYI, see the next post in this thread for the last time this happened.) This is a case in which the interests of publishers, authors, and readers align.
“We’re seeing teens being prevented from accessing content about sexual health, politics and news.
If adults want to see this content, they are forced to prove how old they are with unregulated age verification companies.
Meanwhile, small websites are closing down because they are worried about being fined because of these onerous demands.”
🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #freedomofexpression #censorship #ukpolitics
🚨 **Privacy Alert: The New French Surveillance Law** 🚨
The proposed law not only targets drug trafficking but also poses a significant threat to the very foundation of our digital privacy. By mandating "backdoors" in encrypted messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, this legislation compromises the security of all users. This sets a dangerous precedent that could lead to widespread surveillance and abuse.
🔍 **Why It Matters**: Encryption is essential for safeguarding our personal communications from prying eyes, including those of malicious actors. If the government can access our messages, so can hackers.
📢 **Take Action**: Join the fight against this invasive law! If you are a French national or resident, contact your representatives and demand they prioritize our digital rights. 📚 For more information, including how to find and contact your local representative, visit the French article: [La Quadrature du Net](https://www.laquadrature.net/narcotraficotage/).
#PrivacyMatters #Encryption #DigitalRights #SurveillanceState #France #MassSurveillance #DataPrivacy #Censorship #HumanRights #CivilLiberties #FreedomOfSpeech #Activism
The DOE “book banning hoax” press release claimed that challenged books are “age-inappropriate, sexually explicit, or obscene”. Only 13% of banned books in 2023–24 included “on the page” sexual scenes—but 36% featured PoC characters and 25% featured LGBTQ characters.
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Wild.
#Science #USPol #USScience #censorship #exile
A press release from Aix Marseille University today said that the program is for American scientists who “may feel threatened or hindered in their research,” and is “dedicated to welcoming scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic freedom.”
In an interview with AFP, University management said that the invitation is in the “DNA of Marseille” values, and that it has previously invited researchers from Ukraine, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Palestine as part of a program that supports researchers and artists forced into exile.
#Science #USPol #USScience #censorship #exile
Madness #AmericanAutocracy
‘Vaguely Threatening’: #Trump Federal Prosecutor #EdMartin Queries Leading #Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine [#NEJM] received a letter suggesting that it was biased & compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
#law #censorship #FirstAmendment #Constitution #democracy #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #AntiIntellectualism #science #medicine
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/health/nejm-prosecutor-letter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=68CE025A-703F-4C94-87AA-8D0D7D06D23B
Amid anti-#DEI push, #NationalParkService rewrites history of #UndergroundRailroad
Since #Trump took office, the #ParkService -- an agency charged with preserving #AmericanHistory -- has changed how its website describes key moments from #slavery to #JimCrow
#whitewashing #WhiteSupremacy #History #racism #lies #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #USpol
https://wapo.st/4jdXL8m
Mike Masnick compares how the Free Press covered the (misleading-to-false) story of the #Biden admin’s "censorship" of #SocialMedia [actually trying to combat harmful #disinformation like #election & #COVID #lies & #ConspiracyTheories or #HateSpeech like #WhiteSupremacy], to how they handled the very real #censorship attack on #Wikipedia by #Trump’s DC #USAttorney #EdMartin.
Spoiler: there are differences.
#law #tech #moderation #dictatorship #FourthEstate #journalism
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/
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There was that story last month about the Turks demanding that certain opposition Bluesky accounts be silenced. They were (mostly, sort of, it’s complicated). I dug into it and came away with an essay on what we want and don’t want concerning censorship or no-censorship and how well #Bluesky and the #Fediverse might give us that: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/04/28/Censoring-Social-Media
Maybe instead of building global police states, parents should just parent their children...
#foodforthought #censorship #privacy #surveillance #internet #wtf #childsafety
100% ILLEGAL
WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS?!?!?
#Trump administration asks #IRS to revoke #Harvard’s #TaxExempt status
The directive to the IRS is a significant escalation of Trump’s feud with #HarvardUniversity & other Ivy League institutions & other #nonprofit groups his admin views as “woke.”
#law #AcademicFreedom #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #AbuseOfPower #ExecutivePower #Autocracy #Tyranny #AntiIntellectualism #censorship #Dictatorship
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/16/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-irs/
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OONI data is being used as evidence in support of a landmark public interest case in #Kenya! ✊
Our report on the blocking of Telegram during the 2023 & 2024 #KCSE exams supported a petition filed at the High Court of Kenya.
https://ooni.org/post/2025-kenya-blocked-telegram-kcse-exams/
This is disturbing. I do not care what a journalist said, nor about who. A representative of the President should not be "inquiring" about discipline at a media outlet. This isn't Mother Russia. #censorship
Trump administration must restore health articles scrubbed for transgender mentions, judge rules
#Trump #trans #health #LGBTQ #erasure #discrimination #censorship #press
微信的AI，至於這麼敏感嗎？
就因爲有「追求民主，反對獨裁」和「和平請願」，連馬敘倫的信息都要屏蔽？
太可笑了！你在怕什麼？
WeChat's AI, does it really need to be this sensitive?
Just because of phrases like “pursuing democracy and opposing dictatorship” and “peaceful petition”, even information about Ma Xu-lun is being blocked?
So ridiculous! What are you afraid of?
#china #wechat #ai #artificialintelligence #chinese #censorship #censor #blocked #democracy #dictatorship #petition #中國 #人工智能 #人工智慧 #中国 #中国式叙事 #微信 #審查 #屏蔽词 #审查 #中國特色 #中国特色 #民进 #民進 #民主 #獨裁 #独裁 #請願 #请愿
#CallForPapers for #OnlineConference: Thinking of the Children: #BookBans, #Censorship, and #Literature for Young People
For this online conference, organizers invite contributions from #scholars at all career stages, from #librarians and #archivists, and from #teachers at all levels, to consider #BookBanning and censorship of literature for young people, past and present.
#YALit #YA #Resist #CFP #Books
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Parts of the Internet are going dark for UK users since the Online Safety Act heaped weighty duties on platforms.
Sites are geoblocking the UK, overmoderating content, age-gating access or shutting down completely.
We need your help to track how content is being censored 🫵
Use our tool to report a site that's shutting down or restricting access to UK users as a result of the #OSA.
➡️ https://www.blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
#Trump Urges #Congress to ‘Kill’ #VoiceOfAmerica as Its *Leader* Defends Gutting It
In a heated hearing, #KariLake, the Trump [crackpot] ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the #media agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded.
#law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/trump-lake-voice-of-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Conservatives Get the #PBS & #NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades
The cuts speak to #Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in #media.
They tried under Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush. Newt Gingrich gave it a go when he controlled the #House, & Bob Dole did, too, when he held power in the #Senate.
But for 5 decades, #Republicans failed time & again to choke off #federal #funding for #PublicBroadcasting.
#censorship #autocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/business/media/npr-pbs-funding-cuts-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare