Chinese police target writers of gay erotica with prison terms and heavy fines The crackdown in Anhui has triggered debates about possible abuses of power and whether the law itself is too heavy-handed.

The arrest of online fanfic erotica writers (99% young women) in China is still ongoing, some are getting sentenced to 10 years in prison

I didn’t see any newer international coverage of this but I saw on Weibo today that more writers are getting sentenced right now

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dio from jojo 's bizarre adventure says it was me dio ! ALT: dio from jojo 's bizarre adventure says it was me dio !

DK why this is giving me these vibes

Omg mdzs got a LA stage production???

Live footage of me when someone spills tea on a privatted twt account I can't access

The saddest thing about bluesky making everything public is that I can't goon by qrting shit with an unhinged reply :(

Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know  - The Authors Guild Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...

Good news for fellow authors disheartened by your books being illegally used to train AI;

"If your book was used by Meta, you’re automatically included in the Kadrey v. Meta class action in Northern California..."

And @authorsguild.bsky.social has some practical steps you can take.