#PSA: posting someone else's nudes without their consent is fucked up, and also illegal.

- it doesn't matter if you "don't own these images" —I already guessed you weren't a collective of teen girls or their agent.

- it doesn't matter if you "found them online" —they weren't your fucking photos to share.

- it doesn't matter if I can "message you to have a photo removed" —see point #2, asshole.

Not only are these porn reposting accounts *nonconsensually* using the bodies of (mostly) young women to earn themselves fake internet points, they're also (in many places) breaking existing anti-revenge-porn laws. It should also be pointed out that, because the photos are stolen, they have no reasonable assurance of the subject's age, so it's entirely possible they're also posting child porn—and ignorance of the subject's age isn't a defense.

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So help make Fedi safer for femme-presenting folx and for responsible sex-work. Stop these shitty porn repost accounts that profit off of other people's bodies. Call them out. Report them. Get them suspended.

(but please don't dogpile or attack them—there's still a person in there somewhere, and with any luck they're redeemable)

#PornRequiresConsent

@FediThing

Thank you so much for sharing this, you're absolutely right it needs to be shared on non corporate platforms

I would go further, I think that PeerTube instances need to look into getting onion or i2p addresses to hide their identity

I think this video and others like it will become the United States of America's Tiananmen Square footage

#Tor #I2P #PSA #Anonymity #TiananmenSquare #PeerTube #ICE #Minnesota #Minneapolis #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #ImmigrationCustomsEnforcement

#fedi #PSA: As has been documented recently, there is a strong increase of influence campaigns into the #ActivityPub spheres: yes, our communities are now big enough to attract the attention of State and State-adjacent Actors.

PLEASE be cautious. If you see something which makes you sad, or angry, please do not engage until you understand why you feel emotional - you may be being manipulated into stronger reactions.

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Hiya Internet randos! A Friday #PSA. Given what’s been going on with #Threads and #BlueSky, it’s a great day to toss a few bucks towards the maintainers/admins of your #Mastodon servers.

Remember: #Zuckerberg and #JackDorsey are in it for the advertising revenue and the money they can make by packaging and selling your demo info to third parties.

For Mastodon maintainers it’s a passion project, and hosting and maintaining servers isn’t free, in either money or time.

Support your platform of choice. Check if your server has a #Patreon or similar subscription service.

Hugs. Happy Friday!