Prostasia Foundation @ProstasiaInc@qoto.org

RT @kkomaitis
The #OnlineSafetyBill is not only ridiculous as @mmasnick poignantly writes; it's dangerous. The UK government is creating an unsafe environment for the children; it pushes them to go underground.
Democracies are embracing the age of #surveillance.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/18/uks-online-safety-bill-gets-ridiculous/

"With the new combination of the Dobbs decision and entrenched parental-involvement laws, though, many social scientists expect that, for teenagers who do become pregnant, the birth rate will rise again soon." https://buff.ly/3EJFIEh

"Musk followed this with a personal attack on Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of trust and safety. After Musk suggested that Roth was sympathetic to pedophilia — a dog whistle harking back to QAnon and Pizzagate — Roth fled his home and went into hiding." https://www.theverge.com/23551060/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-layoffs-workplace-salute-emoji

"We also completely revamped our online deterrence campaign in 2022. This program now includes a new series of ads aimed at helping people who encounter illegal content by accident to report it to law enforcement." https://buff.ly/3GUDu6a

"a major challenge during 2022 was the increasing misuse of the term “grooming” to justify violent rhetorical and physical attacks on marginalized LGBTQ+ communities, sex educators, sex workers, and even CSA prevention researchers and clinicians." https://buff.ly/3GUDu6a

RT @OwenJHurcum
A petition is going around demanding to bring back Section 28 laws by banning LGBTQ+ education in Schools. It has over 160,000 signatures and will be debated.

Son please share and sign this counter petition to ensure queer education isnt remmved.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/631529

"In the end, we stuck with the policy we’ve used from the beginning of the project — which is that we allow parents and guardians to decide how identifiable or anonymous their children will be." https://buff.ly/3PiNTfR

RT @SaintStinky
The arson attack on the Planned Parenthood clinic came just two days after Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed comprehensive reproductive health care legislation into law that protects out-of-state abortion seekers and allows them to get an abortion https://abcnews.go.com/US/planned-parenthood-set-fire-2-days-after-state/story?id=96502839

RT @kira_nuki
They get you next. No one is safe from laws like this. Where the state can claim "your very existence is traumatic for children".

RT @DecrimSex
Consensual sex is not a crime.

Why should it be a crime when money is exchanged?

Decriminalize consensual adult sex work.

RT @StephenKing
Hey, kids! It's your old buddy Steve King telling you that if they ban a book in your school, haul your ass to the nearest bookstore or library ASAP and find out what they don't want you to read.

RT @qirtaiba
UK: We promise that these sweeping tech censorship powers will ONLY ever be used against child sexual abuse material...

...oh, and also "video footage that shows people crossing the Channel in small boats in a 'positive light'”. Just as bad, yeah? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/17/donelan-confirms-stiffer-online-safety-measures-after-backbench-pressure

Did you know? Prostasia is one of the only organizations acting as a watchdog for the child protection community. We call out attacks on LGBTQ people and violations of human rights disguised as child protection while continuing to promote evidence-backed prevention efforts.

RT @mikestabile
"Exodus Cry received more than $2.5m in donations in 2021, including from prominent Christian foundations, according to filings to the Internal Revenue Service. It also received $117,300 in government grants." https://twitter.com/openDemocracy/status/1613161082968838144

RT @bimboafrn
The overuse of words like "pedo" and "groomer" by antis is deliberate. If you hammer it into people's heads that XYZ is pedophilia or grooming, it becomes hard to speak to the contrary or present an opposing view point due to the immediate emotional response once has to things-

RT @purity_culture
Do not trust personal feelings of discomfort when it comes to whether some sexual fantasies are "normal"/"healthy" or not.

Believe the research.
Believe the experts (psychologists, therapists, sexologists, etc).

"I find this gross" is not proof that something is bad/unhealthy.

Masturbation is normal for children and adults alike. Shaming or denying child sexuality does not help stop abuse, it just makes children feel bad for something natural.
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RT @NicoleRPrause
A 12 and 14 year old on a Reboot forum planning to self-harm to stop themselves from masturbating.
https://twitter.com/NicoleRPrause/status/1614072306359324673

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RT @CupcakeGirlsOrg
Sex Workers are our greatest allies in fighting sex trafficking. They are, and they always have been.

RT @ACLUofNE
Let’s call this what it is — an unconstitutional censorship attempt rooted in a coordinated national effort to push LGBTQ+ people out of public life. The #NEleg must reject this bill. https://twitter.com/NebraskaMegan/status/1613582367947460625