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Don’t Delete Art (DDA) is a collaboration of artist-activists and human rights organizations advocating for artists facing suppression and censorship online. https://www.dontdelete.art/ https://linktr.ee/dontdeleteart
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New age verification legislation in 22 U.S. states—meant to protect minors from “harmful” online content— are bound to sweep up artists in regulations that will lead to self-censorship and put limits to the pubic's access to art.
Article by @exshaps.bsky.social in @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
Comment | US digital age verification laws are threatening artists’ freedom of expression
New laws to protect minors from “harmful” website content are alarming artists and privacy groups
www.theartnewspaper.com
A few months ago, an update to Apple's "clean up" retouching tool deployed a "Safety filter" when nudity was detected that would automatically pixelate everything artists wanted to retouch.

We told them to remove this frustrating assumption that hindered artists from editing their artwork!
A few weeks ago we had the honor of participating in UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day 2025 as part of a conversation about how digital technologies like AI are impacting artistic freedom.
DDA’s @exshaps.bsky.social joined @unesco.org, LAS Art Foundation, CISAC, and Viviana Rangel 🔥
With “Don’t Delete Art Presents,” we shine a spotlight on the incredible and resilient artists in our DDA Gallery, and their stories of censorship.
Find Justyna’s work and the work of many more artists facing suppression and censorship online at the Don’t Delete Art website! www.dontdelete.art
One of the more frustrating things artists face when it comes to art censorship and suppression online is not only that self-censored work is wrongly actioned on, but artwork that has been posted earlier (even years earlier) is actioned on and creates visibility issues for your account.
𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘: If you are considering submitting to the FTC Inquiry On Tech Censorship before May 21, we urge you to incorporate our boilerplate highlighting the reality of art censorship on platforms but objecting to governmental control over content moderation 🔥 www.dontdelete.art/ftc-response
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KOSA is being reintroduced today.

It's always been a dangerous censorship bill.

But in this environment, with Trump weaponizing every aspect of the Federal government to suppress speech he doesn't like, KOSA is a catastrophic attack on human rights.

We have to stop it.

StopKOSA.com
Stop KOSA
KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA!
StopKOSA.com
Thank you @fightforthefuture.org ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
Our friends at @dontdeleteart.bsky.social
have provided boilerplate language for artists to include in the FTC comment page, or to add in part to your own response: www.dontdelete.art/ftc-response
FTC Response — Don't Delete Art
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Artists who have online censorship - BEWARE, this call from the FTC isn’t all it seems to be. Want to send in a comment? Use this: www.dontdelete.art/ftc-response
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We welcome Emma Shapiro (Editor-At-Large for @dontdeleteart.bsky.social & AGL Comms Officer) to discuss online art censorship and the internet regulations that affect free expression, as part of our new Art* module.
Register before 4/23!
avantgardelawyers.org/the-art-of-d...

@exshaps.bsky.social
Read the blog piece here: www.dontdelete.art/blog/armando... and watch the interview between Armando and DDA's Editor-At-Large Emma Shapiro here: youtu.be/8LvEZvFtvng?...
New from DDA: "DDA Interview With...", a regular series highlighting the artists, activists, & voices against art censorship online!
Inaugurating our series: Armando Cabba @armandocabba.bsky.social with interviews in the DDA blog & youtube channel!
Thanks for spreading the word!
Thanks for shouting this out!
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NEW: We've launched our #PracticeSafeText 💬 campaign to defend and promote the use of encrypted services.

Encryption keeps your online communications and transactions safe. But it's under attack from powers that threaten your security.

Find out more ➡️ www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...

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Artists in Europe! Do you know about this??
My article about the EU's out-of-court dispute settlement bodies (ODS's) published by @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
I see a lot of potential for ODS's to incorporate artistic freedom cases, and give a better voice to artists' needs and challenges. But first, we need to use them. Read about it here:
Here's how the EU is aiding artists in tackling social media moderation issues
Out-of-court dispute settlement bodies are an important development in supporting creative expression
www.theartnewspaper.com