Olives @olives@qoto.org

At one point, they even wanted to remove all porn, although they backed down begrudgingly due to community backlash.

Patreon has a real weird obsession with bestiality, even censoring some furry porn.

It makes me wonder if the company isn't run by a religious zealots spooked by the prospect of sodomy.

https://www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/free-speech-coalition-sues-louisiana-over-age-verification-mandate
The Free Speech Coalition files a lawsuit against Louisiana, arguing the "age verification" law is a violation of the First Amendment (which of course it is).

Another problem with heavy "regulations" is how it only takes one inconvenient war to throw a wrecking ball through Silicon Valley's finances.

He's not even an immortal vampire mage who can walk in sunlight. He just doesn't age for no reason.

https://reason.com/2023/06/16/pokemon-journeys-the-series/ He is also immortal.

Looking at Twitter and it is so feral there lol

Someone talking about cat girls.

Oh, not an anime girl smh lol

"Algorithms make social networks appear more active than they actually are." Smart. It's likely to have something to sell to investors.

https://reason.com/2023/06/15/a-civil-rights-attorney-started-filming-a-traffic-stop-then-police-arrested-her/
Apparently, the police tried to intimidate a civil rights attorney for daring to sue them, and to record them.

https://reason.com/2023/06/16/justice-department-finds-deeply-disturbing-and-illegal-policing-in-minneapolis/ Preventing someone from recording the police is a violation of the First Amendment.

Drag bans might even accidentally ban kilts (a British / Scottish cultural practice) or wrestling (since the outfits are very exaggerated).

Apparently, a judge in Utah has ruled that drag shows are protected by the First Amendment.

These Russian atrocities in Ukraine are so disgusting and so repugnant that it is simply incomprehensible.

Conspiracy guy was his boss.

https://www.theregister.com/2010/01/28/australian_censors/ Do you remember the puritanical Barnaby Joyce who made absurd and ridiculous claims here about porn?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-25/barnaby-joyce-had-history-of-groping-women-wa-labor-mp-says/100244186 He stands accused of multiple cases of sexual assault.

https://qoto.org/@olives/110445384736437393
https://psyarxiv.com/ehqgv/
Porn has nothing to do with these kinds of antics.

https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship-timelines/game-iarc/
In Australia, the previous government put a really awful censorship algorithm in place.

Let's see what it censors.

Gambling apps. They spend a lot of time censoring trash tier apps which probably no one uses, although who really knows.

I'd be more ambivalent about it, although I know it creates a justification for keeping this terrible algorithm.

"アルカナコレクト"
Random anime themed game. Why? Who knows. Maybe, it's because algorithms tend to be systemically racist and puritanical.

The previous government was xenophobic and scared of immigrants. It comes with the territory.

"Drugz Demo"
A game about running a "criminal empire" and "trading drugs". Really?

"World Z"
I can't find this. This sounds like a zombie survival game. It probably is a zombie survival game. Maybe, it committed the cardinal sin of "containing drug references".

"Dirty Wars: September 11"
Someone doesn't want you playing a game critical of Augusto Pinochet?

"The Last of Zombie"
Banned for "gambling elements". Presumably, there is a gambling machine inside the zombie game?

Or it might be an over-zealous anti-gambling algorithm. See how that fixation with gambling easily bites back?

"Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones"
Lovecraftian horror.

"Freud’s Bones"
A video game where you play as Sigmund Freud.

As a warning, a lot of Freud's ideas are discredited in modern psychology, although it's not so bad in a video game.

The ban was removed eventually, although it's no consolation, when you notice they can't be bothered to get off their asses to remove the majority of these other ones.

"Weed Farm"
Really?

"Anycards"
Deep inside this cards game, there is a joke about sex offenders.

"Grand Theft Auto VI : Online RP Server"
"Grand Theft Auto VI."
Probably drugs.

"Santa Vs Zombies"
A game where Santa fights zombies.

"BraCup"
A game where you guess the size of boobs. I told you it has a puritanical bias.

"Life is Strange 2"
Really?