With the direction things are heading, it’s a very real possibility that LGBTQ+ online spaces will become physically unsafe, even if we fight hard.
IRL support networks are important. You need people who will support you, even if you have to disappear off the internet.
''Ermmm it's unprofessional to talk about ''politics'', you'll lose followers!''
Oh shit my bad, here let me say this instead-
Fuck ICE
Fuck MAGA
Free Palestine
Trans rights
Black lives matter
I could give two fucks if people unfollow, i'm not here to surround myself by bigots.
Like persona is definitely not the only age verification service that's passing your data directly to governments. They're just the ones who got caught. What happens when the one they're still using gets a really lucrative contract?
I call PR move.
Still don't trust this one bit, as it still sets out the precedent of it being okay to de-anonymize users against their will.
This is very clearly a surveillance mechanism being pushed on them, and them apologizing sounds more like "we're sorry we told you what we were doing."
Yes. Art is not degenerate, even if it's meant to appeal to things that make us uncomfortable.
Art that pushes the boundaries of what we deem "acceptable" is critical to social progress. If we restrict that, we will backslide socially.
Moral panics are a part of how a fascist regime consolidates power. I know this seems like a reach, but considering this alongside all the other authoritarian policies that the UK is implementing, yall have a serious problem on your hands.
Fyi, labelling things as "degenerate" and creating moral panics to justify consolidation of power is extremely common in a rising fascist regime.
Brits make fun of the USA, but you're about three steps behind us on the road to total fascism.
Please dear god don't make the same mistakes we did.
The right wing organizations that push for this bullshit all coordinate. If they make it work in the UK, they'll make it work in the US. That's why age verification immediately jumped to everywhere once the UK did it.
It's really bad, especially since that's part of the strategy.
It's satisfying to see someone do something bad and be punished.
It's exhausting to see thousands of people committing unspeakable acts every day and getting no consequences for them.
Btw in case you don’t hate trump enough, he’s done everything he can to sabatoge the growth of solar in the USA because like, idk, he’s cartoonishly evil ig.
