#Censoring

[theresistanceneverquits]

“Unalive” was funny when I was 14 and Deadpool said it in that one episode of Ultimate Spider-Man. It hasn’t been funny since

[tickety-boooo]

drew a lil saucy azicrow and even censored it so i could post it, and it was immediately flagged by tumblr 🙃

why must everything be sanitized and pure and forbidden and omg no one's seen a nude body before, never mind a drawing of one.

sorry as an artist it upsets me. as a human it upsets me that everything is becoming even more regulated, specifically bodies and queerness and expression of the self.

[sophieinwonderland]

Run out of asks yet? Here's a fresh one for you:

What's a minor thing you wish people would stop doing?

LOL!

Ineffective censoring of words. If someone is going to be triggered by you saying murder, they'll probably still be triggered by m*rder.

Relatedly, can't stand people using "unalive" unironically.

[theicarusconstellation]

excellent article on why KOSA is fucking awful, how it affects teens, lgbtq+ young people, and other underage marginalized groups, and why you should care about how it affects them even if you’re not in the states.

[gardenofchrome]

These airplane companies really need to stop censoring the cursing in Pacific Rim- you’re telling me it’s ok to have Saltburn but Raleigh saying “let’s kick some ass!” In the beginning sequence is too much?

[thepersonalwords]

You can control the visibility of my name and my popularity, but you cannot control the frequency at which people are quoting me. Truth always rises with time.

Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

[like-wuatafauq]

I want yall to know the censoring on tiktok has gotten worse and as sad as it sounds to mention tiktok, tiktok helped spread awareness about Palestine and Congo, Sudan and Yemen, Afghanistan and more. Please engage with accounts that use the tag or talk about it and keep talking,sharing etc.

No matter how small the account is(of course make sure they're not spreading propaganda) but a lot of bigger accounts get banned, or censored. I've noticed Palestinian creators have had their stuff banned or hacked and I'm seeing more people mentioning congo information not being pushed out as more (deliberately by tiktok and I had my own experience with this) and I'd like to remind you all China does own tiktok [edit: I forget some stuff is not widely known so I don't want to confuse ppl but I meant China owns like a good chunk of tiktok it has a lot of investors etc. I dont want yall to confuse that with the CEO of tiktok. I would not be surprised if thats why China has a lot of influence on the app] And China does own a lot of the mines in Congo.

[relaxedstyles]

[wandering-aloneo-o]

please im Loosing My Mind over how much company censoring bs has leeched into the general population

because WHAT DO YOU MEAN my TEACHER who teaches a CRIMINAL FORENSICS CLASS (a class that. yknow. goes over Crimes. which is something we all signed up for when we Choose to Take The Class) apologized that a video we were watching About Rape was going to say. you wont believe this. "rape"

they also kept calling it sexual assult instead of rape, which, newsflash, is Not The Same Thing (and teaching that it is surely Isnt good?)

(the teacher also said that saying "sexual assult" and Even "r word"?????? is better and More Politically Correct????? because its Less Triggering???????????)

like hot take but. the people who take this class should be okay enough with topics In The Course Theyre Taking that the Teacher doesnt need to censor themself with youtube and tiktok friendly sayings. and if the Teacher isnt comfortible with those words, then Why The FUCK are they teaching the course????

[kaapstadgirly]

Did you know that this setting automatically resets to the first option once you close Instagram and open it again? The censoring is wild.

[kuno-chan]

Conservatism and Anti-ism are Two Sides of the Same Coin in Censorship

The internet at large really needs to stop using pedophilia and grooming as their shutdown response to any censorship argument. You're not protecting the children. You're having a moral panic and/or trying to win an argument.

It's the classic response from every conservative and anti- whenever the topic of censorship comes up.

Conservatives want to stop schools from teaching their kids about queer topics and sexual education.

Anti folks want the internet to stop tolerating/being indifferent certain kinks.

Both these groups essentially just want to feel personally comfortable about how the world is conducting themselves according to their personal moral compass. Conservatives think gay is morally wrong. Antis think a group of kinks are morally wrong.

"People kissing is fine unless they're gay. They need to stop doing that."

"People engaging in kink is fine unless it squicks me out. They need to stop doing that."

And then when you just throw down the trump card PEDOPHILIA, all argument is lost. Because that's how it starts, right? It's an easy tactic to shut down discussing underlying issues, such as, the invasion of privacy and the removal of marginalized media.

There's even a whole wikipedia page on this very popular tactic called "Think of the Children."

This post was largely inspired by a tweet I saw talking about how "The 'Guns Don't Kill People' people sure seem to think a book can make you gay."

But it applies to all arguments of censorship because you know what?

They sure do think that.

[persephon-queen]

Pixels, My beautiful waist, whaletail, My armpits

Is there something more perfect than Me?

I don't think so 😌💅

[madamefluffnstuff]

Hi! I just came across one of your recent posts in a tag, and I wanted to just mention this- censoring things like "kid/n@pping/t0rtur3" doesn't really do anything on tumblr! I of course don't mean to be rude, but as there is no such algorithm, using the full terms themselves doesn't get you blocked/banned from appearing in tags the way they might on tiktok; this style of self-censorship however does make it very difficult (if not impossible due to the multitude of ways things can be censored) for people to filter out or avoid these potentially triggering topics.

Please, consider using the full words, spelled correctly, when talking about sensitive topics, and/or maybe adding a "tw: kidnapping" or "torture tw" type of tag to your post- maybe with "mention" tacked on if it's not discussed in-depth!

Thank you for your time, have a wonderful day! <3

Hi, Anon! Thank you for taking the time to explain this to me. Since I haven't been on TT in years, I didn't know this was how they did things. Unfortunately I've also previously had people come after me for "not properly censoring" my posts, so typing warnings as I did has become a bit of a habit.

Nonetheless I will keep what you've said in mind and try to do better next time I post trigger warnings. Again, thank you for being patient and educating me. I appreciate it very much.

I hope you have a wonderful day/night as well! ❤

[magnum-oopsies]

DOWN WITH THE FUCKING TIKTOK SPEECH. STOP CENSORING SHIT DUDE. THATS NOT HOW THIS WEBSITE WORKS

If you are doing to avoid triggering people, I have no idea how you came to the conclusion that's how it would work. Write like normal so people can block the term, duh

If you are doing this to evade the blocking of the term, then fuck you

ALSO, if you do that, it makes it harder for people to search for your thing. This website already have a shit search engine, DO NOT MAKE IT WORSE, THANK YOU

And, no, you wont get shadowbanned for saying "death", "sex", "suicide", whatever. Just say shit straight dude. I prommy you can

[ar1su]

We had a popularity contest for pretty girls! Sadly, you can only see one of them properly here. (go on the not-a-bird-site if you need to)