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Settings>Moderation>Advanced for folks that are new, SFW Mode circled yellow

They've added some since the last time I've checked this so, if it's been a while, I'd say do a quick rundown when you get the time

Got edgy stuff on Warn just in case a post is mislabeled/to personally check accounts

KOSA dropping duty of care is great but this article buries a very important lede:

A bill package will be introduced once the govt reopens that is a collection of multiple bad "child safety" bills, COPPA 2.0, the Sammy Act, and the App Store Accountability Act [age verification]

CALL YOUR REPS

1/2 🦊 #Firefox 144 quietly added AI junk. Want to turn it off?
Go to about:config and set these to false ⬇️

browser.ml.enable --> disables Firefox ML features
browser.ml.chat.enabled --> kills AI chat
extensions.ml.enabled --> stops AI add-ons

Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff

Block, move on.

went through to verify the accounts on this list and yeah this is pretty legit and helpful.

Remember:

- they DO NOT CARE about your arguments/rebuttals

- they DO NOT CARE about your dunks

- the person running the accounts was specifically hired to drive engagement BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY; it’s the algorithm they’re catering to

This is a game, and to them you are data to be manipulated.

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation. "Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies. Text and image generation Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

human: look! a kobold!

human 2: keep watching, maybe they’ll make the cute face

kobold: •w•

human: YEAAHH

a man giving a thumbs up to a dog with the words do not blow this for us below him ALT: a man giving a thumbs up to a dog with the words do not blow this for us below him

Bluesky is a wonderful place that has flourished in large part because of its artists and intolerance towards facists/Nazis. The Updated policy currently going into effect Oct 15 could fuck that up and we should be very vocal about it. Here are some specific things to mention in feedback (THREAD)

actions that will contribute more to pushing against bluesky's censorship than a blackout:

-submitting a feedback request
-@ing moderation about it
-commenting on mods posts about it
-making and sharing memes (ex: "i consent!" sticker)
-leaving an app store review
-just generally posting about it

Do NOT believe the misinfo going around

There absolutely have been MASSIVE TOS updates

Most notably:

1) Specifying no FICTIONAL noncon
2) No "dangerous" kink
3) No DISCUSSING self harm, suicide, or substance abuse unless its "educational"

So what can we DO about it?

#SaveSpeech

1/🧵

DO NOT go back to twitter that is the hitler site. i am dead serious with this shit. its main role as a de-facto organ of the trump admin is to facilitate nazi propaganda. you cannot be posting your doodles on the "euthanize all trans people" forum just because they still allow pornography

A post on the importance of sending letters

A post with Disney's address

Do this to voice your outrage at Disney's unjust cancellation of Kimmel and other people's shows for simply practicing their free speech, ASAP.

so hey, with the entirety of the FBI in a fevered state to find any shred of evidence that THE TRANSES and THE FURRIES caused a political assassination, keep in mind that discord isn't private

its backend is available to people that hate you, your servers aren't private, your DMs aren't private

UPDATE: Some people allegedly looked into the actual ToS for the paypros and the "Fantasy" part seems to be missing, so the statement might be a thing from this particular company despite what they told the original poster.
I'm waiting to see some more sleuthing, but please take that into account.

Think its stupid that VISA and Mastercard think something as innocent as Cat Ear accessories are a bannable offense?

Then heres something you can do about it. Complain to visa and MC, call your representatives.

Advocate for porn, whole heartedly.

We either call now or we live in a world where you can suddenly not have any money or means of making money at the behest of a payment processor.

Make your calls now. Please!

Tie up their phone lines, gum up the works, make this decision hurt them.

If you want a place to start fighting back vs Visa and Mastercard and you live in these regions? Heres a great thing you can do to get your activism start

Live elsewhere? Look into whether your govt has any similar petitions, or what you can do to start one yourself

I simply cannot stress it enough.

You cannot sit this out.

They are coming for EVERYTHING. No media, no creators are safe under these policies. They want us poor, they want us criminalized, they want us disenfranchised.

Call paypros. Call your reps. Do SOMETHING.

Oh, hey.

Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".

Let that sink in.

Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.

This is correct.

Google their FAQs - start the call off with one of them and take it to the end of that long road - then when they ask if you need anything else - bring up the censorship.

With ongoing pressure campaigns, not everyone can push 100% all the time

If you and maybe a friend or two can jump in "late"? You give people a chance to recharge their batteries, so they can take over again once you need to recharge yours

Its a marathon, not a race

Stripe, Visa and Mastercard have all made some kind of public statement within the last 24 hours about the #SaveSpeech backlash. While theyre continuing to dig in their heels, a response is MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. it means we are having an effect.

yall are doing great. keep up the energy! Call! Mail!

Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand Steam and Itch.io are worried about trouble with their payment processors, and Mastercard is not a payment processor.

Great work by PC Gamer showing MasterCard shares much responsibility for what happened to Steam

www.pcgamer.com/games/master...

Protest movements that stop as soon as they start seeing results fail.

Protest movements that keep going until your whole squad is across the finish line win.

Valve breaking silence on this is huge, they really dont do this. Companies, at this scale, dont -do this-.

Visa, mastercard, stripe and paypal are feeling the pressure. They are making mistakes under pressure.

Keep it up

On the payment processor thing, there is something more impactful you can do. If you have a card with a yearly fee, call your bank/issuer and ask them to downgrade it. Cite the Collective Shout thing as your reason. This is a loss of money for them so they take it more seriously than a complaint 1/3

if you call and they hang up on you, call back and immediately say you want to escalate to a supervisor because you were just hung up on. you don't even need to say any other details, just that you were hung up on and need to escalate

Currently on the phone with Visa

Instead of starting with a complaint, I approached this as a Confused American Consumer who doesn't understand why they can't buy things off a website they use

The call center rep immediately asked if it was about Steam/itch

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