Prostasia Foundation @ProstasiaInc@qoto.org

RT @JessicaValenti
Leaked audio of a strategy session between Tennessee lawmakers and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America reveals the anti-abortion group telling politicians to wait a year or two before going after IVF and contraception
https://jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-every-day-111522#details

The idea that stigma enables abuse is a difficult one to understand, and even some experts struggle with the concept. However, the science is clear and the explanation can be simple. We discussed how stigma impedes prevention in a previous blog post: https://buff.ly/3DKRw6Q

"Terrifying into silence the people who do this work will only serve to make it easier for abuse to continue." https://buff.ly/3gDgzDt

Primary prevention is less about reacting to sex abuse and more about knowing how and why abuse happens, and ensuring people receive the support they need before people harm children. Bystander intervention is one practical example of this.

RT @KaiShappley
We especially need lgbtqia+ communities in safe states to start learning how to help. Since we have been in a safe state we realize that blue states activists who can get plugged in with red state activists should be doing that now because it’s coming to y’all’s front door too https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1592536218507833344

RT @mikestabile
KOSA looks poised to move in the year end defense spending authorization. As ⁦@mmasnick⁩ details — again — it’s a disaster waiting to happen. https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/17/bad-news-for-the-internet-congress-looking-to-sneak-in-dangerous-save-the-kids-internet-bill-into-year-end-omnibus/

"I find this happens quite frequently in the field of sexual abuse prevention–society talks a good game (we all want to protect children), but when it comes to supporting and funding evidence-based programs that actually protect children, we fall short." https://buff.ly/3gDgzDt

RT @JuliaSerano
new essay! not only debunks #trans "social contagion" & "gr00ming" charges, but shows how they're linked, & the unconscious thinking behind the TERF-to-fascist pipeline. no paywall link, pls share & give it lots of "claps" (up to 50) so other ppl see it!
https://juliaserano.medium.com/anti-trans-grooming-and-social-contagion-claims-explained-a511a93b042f?sk=6bb3c7d13529e52d16f9781f42162a3b

RT @WoodhullFreedom
Our friends @DecrimSex wrote a succinct explanation of #SESTA/FOSTA.

Check it out here: https://decriminalizesex.work/sesta-fosta-explained/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=f5d56afc-8706-4086-b5c4-a218706f55fc

RT @evan_greer
RED ALERT: hearing @SenSchumer is falsely claiming he has hear “no opposition” to #KOSA despite LGBTQ+ and digital rights advocates repeatedly explaining how this bill is a disaster with a lot of the same problems as the EARN IT act and similar bills. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-senate-the-solution-to-kids-privacy-isn-t-more-surveillance

"Every person is responsible for ensuring the safety and well-being of the most vulnerable among us. But how safe are we and our children if we (the people who engage in this work) are not allowed to be their complete selves?" https://buff.ly/3gDgzDt @DrGTenbergen

RT @mikestabile
With antis pushing to deplatform adult creators on Twitter, and Twitter potentially relying more heavily on AI to identify TOS violations, it's critical to remember that a regular creator who permanently loses an account here, will see a 62% drop income in the year that follows.

RT @lovingtaeonmain
He's willing to work with fascists and transphobes and homophobes and ignore the vast majority of people who DO NOT WANT bills like #KOSA and #EarnItAct. If he actually cared about kids he'd push for more public school funding, more mental health resources, better wages.

The call is coming from inside the house
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RT @willsommer
QAnon believers say they're fighting a pedophile cabal.

Today, I've got a story on a leading Q promoter whose ill-advised defamation lawsuit against a local paper revealed his own criminal relationship and sexually charged text messages with a teenager.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-leader-phil-godlewski-has-sordid-past-of-his-ownincluding-a-conviction-for-corrupting-a…
https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1597996915987185671

RT @EFF
“It seems that the goal of some in Congress is actually censorship. It is to prevent children and teenagers from seeing certain types of content,” EFF’s @imck82 told @nationaljournal about the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/719663/the-narrow-pathway-to-passage-for-the-childrens-online-privacy-bill/?unlock=G6HJCFSENDPDCZ65

RT @Oxen_io
Privacy is a fundamental human right, but that doesn't mean we don't have to fight for it.

Another child has been bullied into attempting to take their own life over accusations about "pedophilic" artwork. No other child protection group recognizes this crisis because they support and profit from such moral panic.
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RT @ztater_
@evelynisepic has attempted suicide for a fourth time, and this time was very likely successful, because she has never been as low as she was the last few days. I hope you're happy, twitter. I really ho…
https://twitter.com/ztater_/status/1598681782622179328

Did you know that falsely reporting drawings and illustrations as CSAM makes it harder for actual abusive content to be identified and removed? The problem is so pervasive that @IWFhotline had to publicly ask people to stop filing false reports.