"If we learn that our teens are sexting, it forces us to see their emerging sexuality in ways that are uncomfortable for many parents, and profoundly cringey for your kid, too — if they know that you know — or worse, have seen." https://www.romper.com/parenting/talk-to-your-kid-sending-nudes-photos-sexting-phone
"A strong comprehensive data privacy law promotes privacy, free expression, and security. It can also help protect children, support journalism, protect access to health care, foster digital justice, limit private data collection to train generative AI, limit foreign government surveillance, and strengthen competition." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/address-online-harms-we-must-first-do-privacy
"To help you get answers to any questions you may have about keeping kids safe, as well as who we are, what we do, and what we support, we are launching a new initiative called 'Ask Prostasia.'"
Learn more: https://prostasia.org/project/ask-prostasia/
Join us on Friday, November 17th for this rescheduled event! Sign up for free: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/child-protection-in-an-age-of-end-to-end-encryption-tickets-756279210477?aff=erelexpmlt
Let's be clear: making pornographic content based on a child's likeness (or an adult's without consent) is sexual abuse and should be treated as such.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/10/child_psychiatrist_sentenced_ai/
"The Parliament’s position on the CSA Regulation is a rejection of authoritarian law enforcement powers, and a reaffirmation of the human rights that constrain governments from using such powers against the people – for any reason at all." https://jere.my/ai-and-victimless-content-under-europes-csa-regulation/
"KOSA would censor the internet and would make government officials the arbiters of what people can see online" https://act.eff.org/action/call-congress-to-stop-kosa
⚠ If you are in Canada and you participate in ageplay, and the character that you roleplay as is "underage", be warned that you risk being charged with "child pornography" by Canadian prosecutors. It would be wise to read through our online ageplay safety tips blog: https://prostasia.org/blog/online-ageplay-safety-tips/
"Every human being should have the right to have a private conversation. That’s true in the offline world, and we must not give up on those rights in the digital world. We deserve to have true private communication, not bugs in our pockets." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/month-eu-parliament-can-take-action-stop-attack-encryption
“I can’t think of a worse idea than charging minors with criminal offenses for viewing adult content and potentially ruining their futures." https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/06/ohio-lawmaker-wants-to-criminally-charge-minors-who-watch-porn-to-protect-minors-what/
"Back at Scheidegger’s law office, she thinks it’s time parents and schools across the state have a discussion with students about the consequences of sharing sexually explicit videos." https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/glendale-police-investigating-alleged-circulation-of-child-porn-among-high-school-students
"The last time that I saw my OB she said 'do not get pregnant in Texas right now'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eH2BItdo0M
"What we're seeing is a pattern of books that are being banned and challenged that represent the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities, and I don't think that's going to stop any time soon" https://13wham.com/news/nation-world/book-bans-backfiring-study-reveals-increased-readership-for-prohibited-books-controversial-book-bans-backfire-prohibitions-library-schools-education-controversy-students-children-parents-carnegie-mellon-university-george-mason-university-virginia-library
"Let me be clear: contrary to the name, pedophilia OCD is not related to true pedophilia. It describes a specific obsession wherein someone becomes fearful of being a pedophile." https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/beyond-mental-health/202311/spirals-of-harm-fear-of-pedophilia-and-scrupulosity
As one of the only child protection organizations that is willing to stand up against human rights violations and censorship (particularly against groups such as the LGBTQ+), we rely on the generosity of our supporters to support this vital mission: https://prostasia.org/donate
"And, as before, today’s youth aren’t handing over their rights. Tens of thousands of you have vocally opposed flawed censorship bills like KOSA." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10/young-people-may-be-biggest-target-online-censorship-and-surveillance-and
"This can’t happen without involving sex workers. Their voices and experiences need to be central to any initiative in forming an educational and safety framework." https://prostasia.org/blog/defining-and-preventing-trafficking/
"The proposed EU ‘Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse‘ (2022) (CSA Regulation, or CSAR) has raised concerns that it is incompatible with EU fundamental rights and case law" https://edri.org/our-work/most-criticised-eu-law-of-all-time/
"In editorials that ran in his local Shreveport, Louisiana, paper, The Times, Johnson called homosexuality a 'inherently unnatural' and 'dangerous lifestyle' that would lead to legalized pedophilia and possibly even destroy 'the entire democratic system.'" https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/25/politics/mike-johnson-gay-sex-criminalization-kfile/index.html
"If there are educational, safety, and regulatory systems in place to ensure the safety of consensual sex workers, it becomes much easier for someone to find an ethical place to purchase sexual services that don’t involve exploitation." https://prostasia.org/blog/defining-and-preventing-trafficking/
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