Current Events > Pixiv to block 18+ images for US and UK users.

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I don't care if it's a ban on scatological pics, gore pics, feet pics, clown pics, dogs dressed as nun pics, or whatever else could be considered the most disgusting. The idea of telling grown-ass adults in any nation what DRAWINGS they're allowed to view is fucked up.

I understand a host not wanting certain content on their site. But an external ban? In the name of morality or avoiding what's icky? Those deviants are still gonna have deviant urges. If you eliminate the fake stuff, they're more likely to act on the real stuff. They're not going to stop being creeps because you say that they should.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

unironically i dont think ive encountered non-nsfw content on that website

You can turn off nsfw filter which I occasionally do now and then. 18+ is even very tame since something like simply wet clothes or swimsuits is considered 18+.
In any case, this seems like another case of the internet getting enshittified. It's really rather depressing how less accessible websites are becoming even as the internet itself technically expands with users. But can't even tell which users are bots anymore.

FortuneCookie posted...

I understand a host not wanting certain content on their site. But an external ban? In the name of morality or avoiding what's icky? Those deviants are still gonna have deviant urges. If you eliminate the fake stuff, they're more likely to act on the real stuff. They're not going to stop being creeps because you say that they should.

They might even just relocate elsewhere, thus having to track that new location down. If it's already in an established location, they could just keep an eye on it and go "oh, this one is a child, so it has to go." which is understandable. That way it'd be easier to monitor, but scatter all the lesser harms around the internet and repeat. lol

trivialbeing posted...

the left is just as puritanical as the religious right, except they use phrases like "the male gaze" and objectification" as excuses

Do you still think affirmative action is racism?

Because this opinion is just as upside down and backwards as that one.

Jaguar34 posted...

We have to replace all the people that died during COVID so our birth rate doesn't fall too far.

Anime babes can't repopulate America.

Then fight for a living wage and strong unions. Those are two of the economic pillars that got us a middle class and a baby boom in the first place.

(Being one of the allies with a relatively intact manufacturing infrastructure helped, too. Because that meant lots of union jobs paying a living wage for soldiers and others to come back to.)

Until then, all some of those zoomers can afford is a one-room studio with an internet connection (if that; they probably have to use their phone data) and a 2D girlfriend.

FortuneCookie posted...

dogs dressed as nun pics

That is oddly and remarkably specific compared to your other examples.

DnDer posted...

That is oddly and remarkably specific compared to your other examples.

Best I could come up with on short notice.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fe271d27.jpg

Cowards!

Yeah, I'm not familiar with all the sites, but apparently payment processors are pressuring most sites that have lewd anime content. I think that's both morally and politically wrong. Payment processors shouldn't have so much power.

Not giving nichegamer a click so they might mention it in the article, but for now you can get around this by setting your Pixiv account region to Japan.

More payment processor bullying. Patreon ain't too far behind with it's wanting of the rule that your characters in your art will have to consent. Fictional characters will have to consent to sexual activity. This how you know media sanitization is beyond stupid.

Kaiser1one posted...

More payment processor bullying. Patreon ain't too far behind with it's wanting of the rule that your characters in your art will have to consent. Fictional characters will have to consent to sexual activity. This how you know media sanitization is beyond stupid.

You can't be serious.

Dungeater posted...

is this also a result of the visa/mastercard puritanical crusade

Yeah

Tis

I don't know why they didn't go through with it when it came to OF.

Can personally confirm that changing your region to Japan works for getting around this >_>

Kaiser1one posted...

More payment processor bullying. Patreon ain't too far behind with it's wanting of the rule that your characters in your art will have to consent. Fictional characters will have to consent to sexual activity. This how you know media sanitization is beyond stupid.

darkmaian23 posted...

You can't be serious.

Oh yeah lmao it's true.

Good question is how do you even illustrate that? Have a signed consent form that fell off the bed?

Bump

Kaiser1one posted...

Fictional characters will have to consent to sexual activity.

What.

Kaiser1one posted...

More payment processor bullying. Patreon ain't too far behind with it's wanting of the rule that your characters in your art will have to consent. Fictional characters will have to consent to sexual activity. This how you know media sanitization is beyond stupid.

They labeled human on furry porn as bestiality and thus banned it years ago because those bastards too.

The USA finally becoming a Christofascist state as it wants. Freedom for all, except if it goes against the Christian values*

• - Values to which our Gods, the Republicans, create.

Lame.

darkmaian23 posted...

Yeah, I'm not familiar with all the sites, but apparently payment processors are pressuring most sites that have lewd anime content. I think that's both morally and politically wrong. Payment processors shouldn't have so much power.

It may be arguable payment processors don't have to process payments on sites they don't want to.
Still, I'll agree trying to control the content of the sites is overstepping.

I'm guessing payment processor bullying is why Deviantart updated their ToS last year and started purging fetish artwork and going on an account banning spree right afterwords.

This has to piss off CassandraCroft. He can't use this to feel superior to the Yanks.

That sucks pixiv is where I find a lot of stuff that gets me the inspiration to draw a lot

I legit thought it was primarily a NSFW artist site.

Funkydog posted...

I legit thought it was primarily a NSFW artist site.

...Is it not? o_o

Deej posted...

...Is it not? o_o

Depends on what you click on, really. IIRC you have to manually enable viewing 18+ content, and even then a fresh account will mostly show you SFW works. But if you mostly view NSFW content its algorithm will start showing more of that.

Deej posted...

...Is it not? o_o

Both Pixiv and Deviantart seem to be the gotos for any amateur fanartist period.

darkmaian23 posted...

You can't be serious.

Yep. A lot of giantess/size artists and producers are affected by this, because many giantess/size interactions (crushing, vore, etc.) are inherently nonconsensual.

Bat178 posted...

I'm guessing payment processor bullying is why Deviantart updated their ToS last year and started purging fetish artwork and going on an account banning spree right afterwords.

Yeah, that's likely what happened. It lines up with everything else going on.

Hell, I fear that my own DA profile will eventually be nuked, because it has content on it that is now retroactively against their rules.

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depends on who you follow/look at. Some artists pages will show nothing at all but have hundreds of posts. Switch to a non-UK/US region and they reappear. Only really affects NSFW viewings. Think of the children and (my) God; man!