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Itch.io Delists NSFW & LGBT Games/VNs Under Legal Threat
2 months ago
Do you enjoy furry visual novels like Echo and Adastra? Well, they've been delisted from itch.io, which is under pressure from payment processors like Visa and Mastercard to remove all NSFW content following collaborative censorship campaigns from a group of right-wing Christian fundamentalists based out of Australia, called Collective Shout.
https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content
https://youtu.be/OiOnsLyaBM4?si=2bQ7fZj0QhfdisI9
In addition to over 20,000 games and visual novels with the NSFW tag, countless SFW LGBT games and VNs have also reportedly been removed with no explanation. These games are no longer downloadable, even if you have the direct link to them.
If this doesn't bother you, it should. Even if you don't care about or engage with adult content, the fact that they're also targeting SFW LGBT and furry content means that the conservative right is taking steps to begin our erasure from media under the guise of puritanism and 'protecting children.' It will not stop there. Emboldened by Trump, right-wingers are pushing to ban any media in which we are depicted. Countless books featuring LGBT characters have been banned in the United States already, and now right-wing organizations are pressuring payment processors to censor our media by claiming that it features CSAM.
I said this would happen the moment Trump 'won' the election. Websites like FA, SoFurry, and Weasyl will be next on the chopping block; they will not stop until they have erased us. If your political views consist of 'uwu no powitics,' you need to get your head out of your ass right now and start giving a shit because this affects all of us, including you. ICE is already kidnapping people of color and shipping them off to a concentration camp in Florida. How long before they start coming after LGBT people? What are you gonna do when they kick down your door and 'arrest' you at gunpoint? Timidly ask them not to be political?
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD before the conservative right has a chance to silence you for good. Collective Shout claims it only took around a thousand calls to make this happen. Make calls, sign petitions, your voice matters!
Personally, I think we should give the bigots a taste of their own medicine and push to have the Bible banned from sale, due to its depictions of pedophilia, rape, murder, slavery, and other content that is 'unsuitable for children.' Fight fire with fire.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
https://www.change.org/p/tell-maste.....9394_en-US%3A8
https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content
https://youtu.be/OiOnsLyaBM4?si=2bQ7fZj0QhfdisI9
In addition to over 20,000 games and visual novels with the NSFW tag, countless SFW LGBT games and VNs have also reportedly been removed with no explanation. These games are no longer downloadable, even if you have the direct link to them.
If this doesn't bother you, it should. Even if you don't care about or engage with adult content, the fact that they're also targeting SFW LGBT and furry content means that the conservative right is taking steps to begin our erasure from media under the guise of puritanism and 'protecting children.' It will not stop there. Emboldened by Trump, right-wingers are pushing to ban any media in which we are depicted. Countless books featuring LGBT characters have been banned in the United States already, and now right-wing organizations are pressuring payment processors to censor our media by claiming that it features CSAM.
I said this would happen the moment Trump 'won' the election. Websites like FA, SoFurry, and Weasyl will be next on the chopping block; they will not stop until they have erased us. If your political views consist of 'uwu no powitics,' you need to get your head out of your ass right now and start giving a shit because this affects all of us, including you. ICE is already kidnapping people of color and shipping them off to a concentration camp in Florida. How long before they start coming after LGBT people? What are you gonna do when they kick down your door and 'arrest' you at gunpoint? Timidly ask them not to be political?
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD before the conservative right has a chance to silence you for good. Collective Shout claims it only took around a thousand calls to make this happen. Make calls, sign petitions, your voice matters!
Personally, I think we should give the bigots a taste of their own medicine and push to have the Bible banned from sale, due to its depictions of pedophilia, rape, murder, slavery, and other content that is 'unsuitable for children.' Fight fire with fire.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
https://www.change.org/p/tell-maste.....9394_en-US%3A8
What's next? Are they gonna shut down FurAffinity, too?
Wouldn’t surprise me if it’s even restricted here in the UK now. No thanks to our nanny states online safety act. Already heard and seen a number of NSFW sites close down access here in order to protect children and vulnerable people.
There’s much worse out there than the places where we furies call home.
People like that have no business being in leadership positions, but here we are.