#savespeech is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 19 people shared 259 posts with it — around 9 a day. Activity is up 24% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 10 with 26 posts.

Posts with #savespeech

Mr Peculiar 🔞

@mrpecu.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

You didn't think we'd forget about you two, did you? All payment processors get love! :) While Mastercard and Visa are drowning, these two have been feeling a bit neglected. u_u stop-paypros.neocities.org #SaveSpeech

Background: Personified Visa and Mastercard surrounded by a crowd of people
Foreground: Monder lady looming over a personified PayPal and Strip
Dialogue: Hello, dear. Do you have a minute to chat
Caption: All my homies hate censorship
stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Void🔞 | VGen

@voiddebris.bsky.social

11 months ago

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/🧵

Multiple cropped screenshots showing portions of the bsky TOS before and now. Before: "iv. Encouraging self-harm or suicide
v. Depictions of excessive violence, gore, torture, dismemberment, or non-consensual sexual activity". Now: "ii. We do not allow sexual content involving non-consensual activity including synthetic, simulated, illustrated, or animated versions. iv. Do not create, share, or promote sexual content involving realistic risk of death or serious injury. i. Do not share content, methods, instructions, or promotion of self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, and extreme dieting practices.
ii. Do not share methods, instructions, depictions, or promotion of dangerous stunts or abuse of dangerous or controlled substances. 5. Protected Expression
B. Support, Recovery, and Mental Health:
i. Personal recovery experiences or survivor stories shared to promote healing and community support rather than encouraging harmful behavior.
ii. Sharing verified mental health resources, crisis prevention".

Bluesky @bsky.app

Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines! We’re updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. New guidelines kick in Oct 15. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

bsky.social

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation

@discord12395.bsky.social

10 months ago

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard

Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372
1-800-307-7309
US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111
Aus: +61 1800 120 113
UK: 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers here (and here )

Stripe

California: 888-926-2289
US: 877-887-7815
France: +33 805-11-19-67

Paypal

Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
UK: +44 (0203)-901-7000

Visa

Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911
US option selection: 1, 1, 2 or 1, 1, 3
Headquarters: +1 (650)-432-3200
Aus: +61 1800 125 440
Phone (outside US): click here

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

12 months ago

#SaveSpeech Stripe's phone operators have been sounding much more aggressive the past few days, and every time i call they give me a different excuse for who the "real" reason theyre pressuring Itch etc. Some days they say its govt regulations (they wont say which) others they say Visa/MC

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United Videogame Workers-CWA

@videogameworkers.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

Keep up the pressure! #SaveSpeech

In the last two weeks, we have seen a wave of censorship sweep across online retailers, particularly Steam and Itch.io. This is because of demands from payment processors as well as sex-negative activist groups like Collective Shout (originally reported by journalist Ana Valens, and then censored by VICE’s parent company).

UVW affirms that sex and sexuality belong in games. Games are works of art, created by workers who should be free to express themselves. It's important to encourage a healthy and critical discourse about the media we consume. One vocal minority cannot have the power to categorically silence creative expression, just because some sexual themes make some people uncomfortable.

Sexual art is art, sex work is work. Any attempt to suppress sexual art is an attempt to suppress all art. Any attempt to deny sex workers their dignity is an attempt to deny all workers their dignity.

Workers rely on platforms like Steam and itch.io to distribute their games, and it is workers who are suffering at the behest of this vocal minority. We call on the payment processors Mastercard, Visa, Stripe, and any other companies demanding compliance with this unjust action to reverse their policies and stand with the workers who have lined their pockets for years with their labor. We call on Valve and the Itch.io leadership to reverse their policies and stand with game developers.

We encourage our members and the general games community to use the resources in the quoted post to contact these payment processors directly and express how strongly we object to their actions.

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@megasoups.bsky.social

6 months ago

BLUESKY, DISCORD AND ITS ALTERNATIVES, YOUR ART SITES, YOUR ADULT SITES, FANFICTION ALL OF IT DIES WITHOUT SECTION 230 GET CALLING #savespeech #stopcensorship #section230 #defendsection230 #defends230

IronClaw99 @ironclaw99.bsky.social

If you live in the US, call your fucking representatives and tell them that repealing Section 230 is a horrible idea. If Section 230 is gone, you can kiss Bluesky goodbye.

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

11 months ago

#SaveSpeech US legislators are pushing harder to pass KOSA and repeal section 230. Call your representatives ASAP and make your voice heard! Advocate for protecting section 230, and demand your reps oppose KOSA!

reclaimthenet.org

Bipartisan Push in Congress to Weaken Section 230, Expand Online Surveillance, and Increase Platform Liability

Calls for platform accountability came with few answers about who decides what speech is acceptable.

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Mr Peculiar 🔞

@mrpecu.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

"Stripe has indicated that they hope to be able to support adult content in the future." Whether Stripe means it or not, getting an actual statement from them is pretty big! If anything, the pressure is working! Don't stop calling! #SaveSpeech

itch.io @itch.io

itch.io/t/5149036/re...

itch.io

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

8 months ago

#SaveSpeech Netchoice won their legal battle against Age verification in louisiana! This follows similar rulings in AK and OH! This is huge! These laws can be stopped, they can be overturned. Do not give in to dooming! Keep calling your reps and support orgs that fight these laws in court!

netchoice.org

NetChoice Wins Permanent Block of Louisiana Age Verification Law, Protecting Free Speech and Parental Rights - NetChoice

BATON ROUGE, La.—Today, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana granted NetChoice’s motion for summary judgment in NetChoice v. Murrill, striking down Louisiana’s Act 456. The cou...

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Mr Peculiar 🔞

@mrpecu.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

How it must feel rn... In all seriousness keep it up! If they ask you to e-mail instead, don't stop calling! If they hang up on you, don't stop calling! If they assured you that the issue's been addressed already, don't stop calling! Be polite! Be stern! Be annoying! #SaveSpeech

Plankton "Alright I get it" meme, but plankton is the Payment Processor

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

11 months ago

#SaveSpeech Bill SB-20 is texas bill poised to be a massive overreach by the govt, potentially putting swaths of legitimate art at risk of being criminalized. Please. Help to demand it be repealed by signing this petition.

www.change.org

Sign the Petition

"Repeal Texas Senate Bill SB 20: Protect Kids from Al Abuse, Not Art and Freedom"

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Void🔞 | VGen

@voiddebris.bsky.social

11 months ago

This is absolutely BRILLIANT They didn't listen to our feedback, now we need to ESCALATE Bsky is at 3.4⭐ - let's see how quick we can tank that! Don't know what to write? Copy/paste mine or use it as a starting point! #SaveSpeech #BskyCensorship

Screenshot of bluesky in the play store at 3.4 stars and 47k reviews.

Bluesky claimed to want to decentralize social media, and then came out with a massive community guidelines update imposing sweeping restrictions to free speech

If I could give negative stars I would, these changes need to be repealed and they need to refocus on user facilitated moderation tools

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social

I left a 1 star review on the app store explaining how disappointed i was with their updated adult content policy. I highly recommend doing so yourself too!

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