Re: contacting your reps: don't overthink your method too much. Just contact. Express your concerns. And do it often. Once a week, if you can.
We need action now. No hesitation because you're worried "what is best" or "how you sound" -- these are things you'll get better at doing so just ACT.
This is really important. The FRB is soliciting feedback on a proposal that would require banks to accept any legal transaction. Please leave a comment in support of this. It's simple, takes like a minute and you can do it anonymously. There just needs to be more feedback on this issue.
(1/2) hello!
we are in direct communication with the Free Speech Coalition, a sex worker trade association combating overreach of debanking & porn laws.
tl;dr - YES it's a good idea to comment on this as ero creatives. the FSC is also submitting a comment.
If you're spending all your time and energy on yelling at people for wanting fun and escapism during these hard and tough times, then please touch grass.
You're not helping anyone. You're just an asshole.
Today the EU Parliament said NO. ❌
Voluntary scanning by Outlook, Gmail, LinkedIn, etc. might come to an end on April 6 in the EU. Keep pushing everyone! 👏🥳
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Summarized advice from the FSC (from their lobbyists) was that you should tell your story/explain why the issue is important to you, and – most importantly – clearly say what you want the Fed to do about it. In this case, eliminating "reputation risk" from the Board's supervisory programs.
(1/2) hello!
we are in direct communication with the Free Speech Coalition, a sex worker trade association combating overreach of debanking & porn laws.
tl;dr - YES it's a good idea to comment on this as ero creatives. the FSC is also submitting a comment.
I repeat again, americans have the most power to challenge these issues. If you have the ability to, you need to challenge them where you can.
EU, Canada and elsewhere can only exert portions of the strength americans can in instances these. Please use that power.
if you want to help push back against debanking and censorship, you should leave a comment HERE for the Federal Reserve Board's proposal to prohibit banks from denying services based on "reputational risk"
additionally, contact your reps!
www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposa...
The current Canadian government is trying to fast track Bill C-9, "the Combatting Hate Act" through Parliament. This bill is an attempt to squash and silence people's legal right to protest and strike.
Please take a moment to sign this petition opposing C-9.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Theyre only going after in-game gambling/loot boxes as a means to get age verification in the door
Finally, some good fucking news.
The government is asking for public comments on whether banks should be able to deny you from buying legal goods at their own whim (i.e. how they're cracking down on art)
Tell them you don't want to be told how to spend your money
www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposa...
SubStar walking back their new rules against feral/furry porn is not a win and shouldn't be considered one. They're hoping y'all take that and don't care about all the other harmless (but taboo) stuff they have banned since you get to keep your furry yiff.
Fellow canucks - be sure to fight for your right to lawfully protest! Things can get real bad real fast if voicing your displeasure becomes a criminal offense
Reminder to my fellow artists and writers, it's time to diversify.
Have a space the fascies can't control through corpos. Stay connected with friends beyond social media.
Don't stop making your art, start posting it places they can't reach it.
Play by the rules to get by, but don't give up.
The Substar TOS looks extremely similar to Patreon's now. Call your reps or we will lose everything
Tell them to stop the payment processor power grab, tell them to vote no on child online safety bills/ID verification. We need everyone
Porn shouldn't make its case to exist based on morals but this one really goes out to the bible thumping mastercard suits and ted cruz because my degenerate predator goonslop is doing more christlike things than they ever have
The Federal Reserve System (Board) is inviting public comment on new guidelines in regard to debanking of persons & orgs regarding lawful business activities perceived to present reputation risk.
Comments due by April 27, 2026.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
We have to keep complaining:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
If you're a bit confused on how to submit, follow this link
www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposa...
And click "Submit Comment" on the right.
Unfortunately I forgot to save my own comment as an example. Just be courteous and explain how Reputation Risk policies harm you and/or other people around you
Please look to this post they made to figure out how to help and be proactive.
If you're going "this is too long to read." Cool, if you got more important things in your life going on then take care of those first obv.
But if you're doomscrolling and saying that, I don't have nice things to say.
Hey, alongside contacting your representatives, this seems like another thing worth putting a bit of your time into and sharing around. If we could get "reputational risk" taken off the table, even in this current climate, that could create a chilling effect on these kinds of policies
The fun part is it's all subjective.
I've drawn plenty of bdsm, some rough sex, characters with animal traits like tails. What constitutes a violation of the terms? Where are the lines drawn?
We are heading down a dark path and we have to be loud about it.
Bully PayPal and Stripe but I still think VISA and Mastercard are better targets: as well as asking your reps to start thinking about laws that protect porn from being debanked.
Again, porn is still legal but they're very quickly making it impossible to access, which makes it essentially illegal.
A bunch of sexually repressed c*nts who think they are better than everyone else.
I hope they all realize their legacy will be that of hatred and spite, and people will repay them in kind after death.
I didn't use patreon, or subscribestar (cus I don't produce enough art to justify it). But even I can tell this is a load of crap. We need to be pushing back against this wave of puritan behavior. They went after video games, they went after art, they are going after everything because they are all
also yell at these stupid companies phone lines and email lines too, may they remain unusable forever till they grow a pair.
If youre a furry and you live in the US it is your actual moral duty to yell at every single representative you can reach to dissolve mastercard and visa because if you dont the US will kill this hobby for literally all of us.
Cuz don't forget: porn is still legal. But when you can't access it or sell it, they have essentially made it illegal without having to jump through the hoops of actually doing so.
Hate this timeline.
