#Censoring

[mischievousdevi]

if you have a twitch account please upvote this: https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/933812-safety/suggestions/49038707-remove-sensitive-social-issues-bullet-point

OP put this in the replies but it's better to have this in the same post.

So... Twitch just labeled LGBTQ+ lives political in its updated Content Classification Guidelines, on the same level to wars or talking about 911.

So now if you mention trans rights, you can be forced a 'controversial' label on your channel, which advertisers can see.

If you're a queer streamer, be prepared for an influx of targeted transphobic ads on your streams.

[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

[remyxavierr]

When I see people on tumblr censor words like suicide, rape, anorexia, sexual abuse, domestic violence, even the word restrict (I don't even understand that one), it irritates me to no fucking end.

You are not on tiktok, you're not on instagram, you're not on facebook, and you're not on twitter. You're on tumblr. Spell the word like a normal human being so people can choose to block certain words if they feel they need to, without worrying about all the variations teenagers made up by spelling everything with numbers and symbols instead of letters.

You were taught how to spell, please use that education here as well and spell the fucking word correctly, please.

Nothing makes me block someone faster than seeing them censor words. This helps no one on this website/app. Do everyone a favour and spell the word out. Or fuck off to tiktok or wherever. Thanks.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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! ��

[shyloudpanda]

Was watching a video reaction of Dan Schneider's apology. I watched it twice and it was just odd. Anyway, this reaction video came from Alexa Niklos of Zoey 101 fame.

Back up. This is about Quiet On Set, the dark Nickelodeon documentary. Opened my eyes and had me literally weeping. It wasn't good, these were PENT UP tears.

Anyway, Alexa's reaction video. I won't go into details or my opinions about the whole thing, I just want to rant a bit about her self censoring.

Alexa kept spelling things out and using secret words. I actually had to look them up, and now I'm probably on some list. It was hard to watch bc I was confused. I didn't get the insightful information I was expecting from someone else who worked with Schneider, I just got mad.

This was on YouTube! I watched someone else who self censors herself and it's annoying as shit! Swear all you want, talk about the most horrific murders and crimes. But can't say sex or abuse or those other words.

I'm an increasingly grumpy panda who wants to understand, but I can't because I have to research the research, and wave through the self edits. By the end of Alexa's reaction video I was more upset having sat through it instead of the actual situation her and other children went through under "the Golden age" of Nickelodeon.

[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)

[blusical]

PSA: Please for the love of all that is hockey stop censoring the names of teams and players!

No, I'm not being sarcastic. I keep seeing this a lot on a ton of hockey blogs. (for example "d*nn", "p*tr*ck k*ne", "bl*es" or "v*g*s g*ld*n kn*ghts"), and honestly, it's really, really, bugging me, especially as someone who has some team lb tags filtered. I know most of you mean well, but this might not be the best idea. Even if you don't like saying their name. Even if you're censoring it as a joke. Even if you're worried about people you don't like flocking your blog (which, there's a block button for that btw). For one, Tumblr allows you to filter out certain words and tags. And people may already have specific players/filters tagged. If a post contains said filtered word/tag, it'll look like this:

(Image ID: A screenshot of a tumblr post that is flagged to the viewer due to it containing "#bruins lb". The username and profile picture is covered in red. The person has an option to view the post, via a button that reads simply "View post". End ID). By censoring them, Tumblr won't pick it up, and people will still see the post they don't want to see. Additionally, censoring words, especially l*ke th*s (like this) might not be helpful to visually impaired folks, especially those who use screenreaders.

"So, what should I do instead?" If you're talking about something a player did, here's some tag suggestions I have: If you're talking about a player who has assault or abuse accusations against them, you can use "tw assault", "tw abuse", "tw sa" (if the accusation involves sa), "tw violence" or "violence mention" (if violence is involved), or similar tags! If you're talking about someone who has a history of bigotry, try tagging "racism", "ableism", "homophobia", "tw slur" (if there's a slur involved), or other similar tags! I do see people use "tw (team/player)" as well (ex. "tw hawks", "tw auston matthews", "cw wilson" or "cw boston bruins") as well, however, I also discourage against that, because not every hockeyblr user has those filtered, and from my understanding they also aren't that well known. Again, simply tagging the players' names or the name of the team is enough half the time. (And, as a bonus, if you already have "tw (player/team)" tagged, instead of removing them, you can also simply add the player or team name to the tags!) If you're simply trash talking a player or a team... just say the name. It's not that hard, really. However, you can also tag the post with "trash talk" if you don't want people seeing it. Other good tags/words to use include: "rant" or "vent", which can be especially helpful to folks who dont wanna see huge rants, vents or complaints. "tw injury", which you can use to filter out videos or discussions containing injuries. "tw blood" and similar tags can also be helpful if blood is involved. "hockey fight", which can be used for hockey fights. Can be especially helpful since some fights get bloody and do lead to injury. Simply tagging "fight" can also work! "swearing cw", can be helpful for folks who don't want to see posts with heavy amounts of cursing. I advise only using this if there's excessive swearing involved, and not if there's only one instance of a curse word. "slander", which you can use if you're ranting about a player you don't like. And additionally.. "I don't know how filters work!" or "I don't know how to filter words/tags!" Alright so here's what you do: 1. Go to your user settings. 2. Scroll to "content you see". 3. Add the tag or word you want to filter, like this:

(Image IDs: Two screenshots of Tumblr settings. In the "Add a filter" bar are the words "tony deangelo" and "keith". End ID) 4. Click "Add" and bam! You're done! You might need to refresh for it to go into affect. Protip: Filtering out words will filter out all words of a specific phrase/name. For example, if you filter out "Tom Wilson", it will filter out all posts containing both words, even if it doesn't talk about the player. I advise using "Filtered Tags" when filtering out specific players, teams and team lbs.