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[-] passepartout@feddit.org 104 points 2 weeks ago

From Wikipedia about NCOSE

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), previously known as Morality in Media and Operation Yorkville, is an American conservative anti-pornography organization. The group has also campaigned against sex trafficking, same-sex marriage, sex shops and sex toys, decriminalization of sex work, comprehensive sex education, and various works of literature or visual arts the organization has deemed obscene, profane or indecent. [...] The organization describes its goal as "exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation".

Doing the lords work by fucking up (lol) any discourse about sexuality.

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 50 points 2 weeks ago

I can agree with exactly ONE thing on that list which is worth campaigning against and that's sex trafficking. However, given that this lot voted in a fucking pedo rapist as the supreme leader of their country, I doubt their conviction.

[-] passepartout@feddit.org 23 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of enforcing the identification of all internet users for the sake of "protecting the children".

[-] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Which actual criminals can circumvent, and takes away anonymity from children, which is by far the best protection for them. So yeah, if you want to protect children, this is a serious step back.

[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

You can still identify children online. A/S/L never fails

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[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Generally, the "sex trafficking" these types of groups campaign against is the non-existent QAnon variant, where those people are somehow trafficking millions and millions of (white suburban) kids into sex slavery in those countries for more of those people.

[-] prole 29 points 2 weeks ago

Because fucking of course they're fascists. Of course.

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 weeks ago

comprehensive sex education

Ah yes, because if there is anything that will prevent exploitation it’s not being educated about sex.

[-] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

A thing about how the group's goals are contradictory: Sex education is probably the best tool to protect children from sexual exploitation. So stopping sex ed aids child molesters, by making it easier to manipulate children.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's very weird to see "decriminalization of sex work" in there though. Because that's extremely progressive. (And positive in my eyes.)

[-] 9bananas@feddit.org 17 points 2 weeks ago

"campaigning AGAINST"

they're against that...

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Oh I see thanks.

[-] HearTwoTalk@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

They're against decriminalizing it

[-] Metostopholes@midwest.social 65 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, I thought it was strange for the payment processing companies to come out of nowhere.

Them being pressured by conservative prudish assholes masquerading as concerned feminists makes more sense.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 50 points 2 weeks ago

HuniePop is a comedic masterpiece I will actually be upset about if it's disappeared.

This group is nuts. Wanting to ban Detroit Become Human because it depicts child abuse is completely insane. That's like solving sex trafficking by making it illegal to mention it.

[-] lath@piefed.social 20 points 2 weeks ago

Doubt they want to solve it. More like make it out of sight, out of mind.

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

This is exactly their goal. They don't wanna solve it. They don't want to make things better. They just want it to not be talked about or discussed or thought about. It's the same as your landlord painting over a patch of black mold.

[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, their leader is literally under fire for saying the Epstein files never existed and people should just stop talking about it. Making it illegal to even mention sex trafficking is the next logical step to protect the Dear Leader, because lord knows tackling the real issues wouldn't end well for him.

It's actually a more ideologically consistent position than most reactionary groups. They want to be able to keep diddling kids while everyone shuts up about it and the queers get shoved in concentration camps. Now that's a Good Traditional Christian Nation babyyyyyy

[-] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago

Is there no aspect of life that isn't being completely shit upon and ruined by conservatives?

[-] shani66@ani.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

No. They are anti-human, straight up.

[-] duchess@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Baggie@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago

You mean Christmas dishes you woke commie /s

[-] duchess@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

I say Christmas dish even if its Easter

[-] grue@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

Well, that's new: usually when I need the archived article it's because the original was paywalled, but this time the original seems to have been deleted completely. Is Vice getting censored too now?

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 15 points 2 weeks ago

The author posted three articles involving Collective Shout. The only one that didn't get removed replaces most of the detailing on Collective Shout with narration of the now-endangered benefits of "we both roleplay as giant women who consume our viewers".

https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-vtuber-just-raised-over-780-for-the-aclu-after-steams-new-content-policies-her-anti-censorship-message-is-urgent/

Moral of the story: To avoid takedown, double down ~~and eat people~~

[-] passepartout@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago
[-] nman90@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Archive.ph is always a great choice for this kind of bs. I was able to pull the the article before they decided to remove it. https://archive.ph/x5cGQ

[-] shani66@ani.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

It seems like they are genuinely just anti-video game, which is insane. At first i thought they were pro-SA since they try to censor negative depictions of it, but then they also target GTA with blatant lies. Maybe the puritans aren't as dead as they should be and some of them still hate the idea that someone could be having fun.

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[-] ideonek@piefed.social 20 points 2 weeks ago

I just wonder why they choose pink asshole as they logo.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Why does every logo have to be called an asshole now?

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Its a star shaped opening in a pink ring. Have you never seen an asshole?

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah there is no way I'd think "asterisk" with that logo, especially with an organization that is anti-everything in human sexuality. Aside from the one thing I'd agree with but they don't seem to actually be interested in stopping.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Have you never seen an asshole?

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[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago

This is why piracy is morally correct.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 36 points 2 weeks ago

I dunno, the people making the games would love to sell them but they are literally deprived of a way to take money from you. Even if you wanted to give them money. For once it's not the publisher fucking you over.

[-] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

This is a shit take if I've ever seen one.

[-] blobchoice@feddit.uk 14 points 2 weeks ago

To be honest, when this story first appeared especially with Valve being the ones to announce the censorship, I thought it was sort of a nothing burger with Valve (Gave Newell having libertarian values) being pissed that someone has control over what they can sell on their store or not.

I also personally believe in the past 5-10 years that there is so much adult content and so much gateways to adult content in non adult content spaces that I personally feel something needs to be done about it.

But after seeing the group behind it, it's basically the opposite extreme. We should be able to talk about sex and sexuality, and have media that dives into these topics without some of the extreme fetishism that is on the internet (e.g. cuckoldry, gooning).

While I feel conflicted about these games being on an extremely popular pc gaming store, the people who are trying to get it removed aren't helping - they are the problem by being so extreme in their views of sex and sexuality themselves.

[-] prole 13 points 2 weeks ago

Is Detroit: Become Human on the list of removed titles (that's where the screenshot is from).

The game does deal with themes like child and spousal abuse, and has a part with a same sex couple, so it fits these fascists' MO.

If so, ridiculous. However, I kind of hope they do go after some bigger games so people get pissed.

[-] mormund@feddit.org 12 points 2 weeks ago

I hope they fucked with wrong company. Watch Valve become the best payment processor simply out of spite. Although there is no solution for reactionaries everywhere targeting porn and sex work.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly valve mishandled this issue. This sounded like a solid opportunity to be like "Okay, AO and NSFW games are no longer able to be sold via third party merchants" and then disabled the ability on the payment page.

Like they already offer an ability to pay directly, just require funding to be from steam wallet, then the transaction records are only "add funds" or "wallet payment" or whatever they use for steam wallet funding. Or if it is just paypal, make it so it has to be a first(wallet) or a second(credit cards) party instead of a third party(paypal)

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

I assume the payment processors demanded these games not be on the marketplace at all, not just that they didn't handle the payments for them.

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[-] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

they already removed a bunch of games

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Where is this stage in the “first they came for” poem?

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago

Why is there an Animal Crossing video attached to this? Also, what happened to the original article, did they delete it?

[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Cease and desist from said group?

[-] root@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

What's next? Are they going to try to remove The Last of Us ? :/

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