"Ever since the passing of FOSTA in 2018, it is near impossible to talk about any subject even remotely related to "sex" (including both sex education & sexual abuse prevention) without getting censored"

While I'm not a fan of FOSTA (the anti sex trafficking law which led to many deaths of sex workers and which failed to decrease it), some people have really got to stop blaming it for every dumb policy decision.

I understand that new pieces of legislation can nudge platforms towards making stupid decisions (and people really don't think enough of this chilling effect) but these stupid decisions are ultimately on them (though, obviously you still have to be wary of holding people liable for things they can do nothing about).

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It's not like they recanted or withdrew any of their stupid policies after courts made very clear the scope of the law (it being narrow).

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