Potential Rule 8 Question: Regarding the Recent Anti-NSFW Content Bans...

[DragonmanFirebane]

I mean, I don't think QQ is a petitions site, I think there are a bunch around there already.

And I don't see why people that can do it shouldn't sign the one @CptTagon linked.

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yeah qq ain't a site for those being hosted but posting links to those sites in other places is how they are found by other people most of the time.

so is it ok to post on boards about this topic as it at the very least technically pertains to the future of qq or not?

 

[NumberSix]

So, yeah, for anyone that might be interested here are some Ansible playbooks and wrapping that can let you roll your own VPN in a plethora of cloud providers, and generate configs for you:

GitHub - trailofbits/algo: Set up a personal VPN in the cloud

Set up a personal VPN in the cloud. Contribute to trailofbits/algo development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

yeah qq ain't a site for those being hosted but posting links to those sites in other places is how they are found by other people most of the time.

so is it ok to post on boards about this topic as it at the very least technically pertains to the future of qq or not?

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In related news I found where you can get steam vouchers/gift cards and got myself a few, with cash.

I am not swiping my card anywhere unless it is absolutely necessary, like travel.

 

[DragonmanFirebane]

So, yeah, for anyone that might be interested here are some Ansible playbooks and wrapping that can let you roll your own VPN in a plethora of cloud providers, and generate configs for you:

GitHub - trailofbits/algo: Set up a personal VPN in the cloud

Set up a personal VPN in the cloud. Contribute to trailofbits/algo development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

In related news I found where you can get steam vouchers/gift cards and got myself a few, with cash.

I am not swiping my card anywhere unless it is absolutely necessary, like travel.

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sorry to break it to you but gift cards go through payment processors so it ain't a solution.

 

[Xombie122]

Welp the last bastions of video porn (that I know of in the UK) have fallen to the age verification hoard xvideos and tnaflix have bent the knee also the our lords and masters have responded to the petition with a hearty "go fuck yourselves plebs we ain't removing the act"

 

[D'znn-Xy'lll MetaChthonia]

The inevitable future of civilization is a purityrannical die-stopia wherein the only entertainment you will be allowed to possess is the ability to pray to the God of the state religion that you die in your sleep until you finally do fall asleep. the only luxuries you will be allowed to possess is the luxury of accumulating debt that will then be inherited by your children whom you had no say in producing as even reproducing is state mandated, as the corporations need a constant influx of product and consumer. You will own nothing and be forced to feel Despair and desperation so they can sell you the Idea of relief while stomping out anything that could even vaguely offer a crumb of it.

 

[Daytripper]

The inevitable future of civilization is a purityrannical die-stopia wherein the only entertainment you will be allowed to possess is the ability to pray to the God of the state religion that you die in your sleep until you finally do fall asleep. the only luxuries you will be allowed to possess is the luxury of accumulating debt that will then be inherited by your children whom you had no say in producing as even reproducing is state mandated, as the corporations need a constant influx of product and consumer. You will own nothing and be forced to feel Despair and desperation so they can sell you the Idea of relief while stomping out anything that could even vaguely offer a crumb of it.

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I'm thinking that this it it for me?

 

[Flux Casey]

Welp the last bastions of video porn (that I know of in the UK) have fallen to the age verification hoard xvideos and tnaflix have bent the knee also the our lords and masters have responded to the petition with a hearty "go fuck yourselves plebs we ain't removing the act"

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It does say that, though it does also say, paraphrased, they aren't ruthlessly going after every single platform that hosts adult content. Only the ones that pose significant risk of those underage being a part of it. If there is no significant risk, they only require worthwhile controls on illegal content, which QQ does have with the moderation team. So... Fair chance that they do pretty much ignore QQ. It's small, has a barrier to even knowing it has adult content on it without making an account, and is a niche writing forum for nerds. One can hope that's enough.

But you know what makes people feel comfortable with a legal framework? Hearing that the legal framework will be enforced arbitrarily at the whims of the authorities. Super duper comfortable. /s

 

[DragonmanFirebane]

The inevitable future of civilization is a purityrannical die-stopia wherein the only entertainment you will be allowed to possess is the ability to pray to the God of the state religion that you die in your sleep until you finally do fall asleep. the only luxuries you will be allowed to possess is the luxury of accumulating debt that will then be inherited by your children whom you had no say in producing as even reproducing is state mandated, as the corporations need a constant influx of product and consumer. You will own nothing and be forced to feel Despair and desperation so they can sell you the Idea of relief while stomping out anything that could even vaguely offer a crumb of it.

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sounds like we need to bring the guillotine out of retirement if that is even close to happening.

And that is if we don't just go back to the older ways of porn distribution i.e. ye, old porn stump

 

[D'znn-Xy'lll MetaChthonia]

I'm thinking that this it it for me?

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Jesus fucking Christ just put me on your Ignore List already if'n I have that much Influence on you. I don't even Know you, why does my Opinion matter.

I have two Steam Games that will take a bit to go down the list of Entertainment they're deleting, been quite useful to cycle between those to be too busy to care for this crap:
Melvor Idle
Hardspace: Shipbreaker

The first is a non-Idle-able Idle Game and the other is literally "you have a job in Space. You take appart ships and sometimes explode. Sometimes". The later is addictive and can be played infinitely. As long as your computer was made after 2015 it should run buttery smooth. Which is weird given it really feels like it shouldn't but it does. Another suggestion is "Shapez 2", it's a 3D version of Shapez 1 and is basically just "build a factory and try to maximize optimization. You have infinite resources forever". Shapez 1 being a .io Game while Shapez 2 is another Game that feels like it should be melting current Era PCs but could run on one from 2005 fairly well. Another is Traveller's Rest, literally just "own a tavern and watch DnD adventures begin in real time as the barkeep". I recommend getting vodka up and running, pretty much cheating from how much booze money you'll rake in.

If it's QQ you're worried about then it'll likely slip through the cracks for a good long while. It's also US based so there's that keeping it stable and able to tell foreign laws to fuckoff. Personally I worry about CoCII and Latex Dungeon and a few others.

I think I may immolate myself in protest.

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...that's literally the purityrannicals' wet dreams. Seeing someone kill themselves will only motivate them. They want you to kill yourself because it's what they think of as progress.

Seriously. Get some air. Find something soft and cuddly and cuddle the soft thing. Rats make for good friends when you get them to trust you. Cats also are cuddly creatures. Maine Coons are known as the gentle giants for a Reason, bred specifically to be the cuddliest of kitties. Get therapy.

If ya need even more Motivation to live then develop an addiction to Stories, if'n ya die then ya can't get to Read the next one or if a Game in Early Access gets another Update then ya won't be able ta Play it. Works for me as my Motivation to live. Depend on the small things. Fury of the small and all that jazz.

 

[Daytripper]

What about AO3?

 

[randomlightning]

What about AO3?

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OTW has stated they will not be complying with the UKs request, I believe. They aren't at the mercy of payment processors because they are a non profit, and they take donations more or less for the sole purpose of running the site and having lawyers for these sorts of things, to my understanding.

 

[Daytripper]

Rule 34?

 

[D'znn-Xy'lll MetaChthonia]

What about AO3?

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Based in New York, makes biyearly updates regarding Censorship Bills. Only Bill they didn't talk about that could have threatened it within the State failed due to end-of-session bill wipes earlier this Month. Here's something from the Free Speech Coalition to keep track.

Federal Government can't do anything right already and this one especially won't, August is their vacation month (also: calendar, calendar, calendar), end-of-session wipes on January, GovTrack helps with assurance against certain Bills (not gonna provide the ones I'm watching but I have 7 tabs, only 1 maybe 2 are a threat to any Website and GovTrack only list 1 of the 7 as being above 10% Chance of Passing and it's a tentative 3rd for to the threat list) and currently the Epstein thing is fucking them up so badly that they're doing fuck-fuck games to try and not talk about it alongside trying to reverse what they did with Trump's attempt to steal and destroy anything Biden did despite being the ones to vote it to happen and doing the actual tax part they couldn't put it. Any Censorship Bills from the Federal Government are more for next year. Assuming they don't accidentally cause the next US Civil War mixed with the French Revolution with all the "let them eat cake" they have been doing. SCOTUS last Month also threw in some complication from FSC v Paxton by putting Age Verification in a Schrödinger's Constitutional Right by instead of reviewing Porn as the content it was reviewed on who it impact and declaring it's a violation for adults to be forced to do Age Verification but not children.

If it's the IODA one I assume ya have been hearing about: Don't.

Spoiler: Explanation

It's trying to change the Miller Test. A Test set down by the Supreme Court. They need most of both the House and Senate to change that like overturning a Veto would.
On top of that it's a stupid change. It's literally just duplicating Factor 1. For Reference the Miller Test is a three part test requiring all three parts to simultaneously be met. Which is impossible. Because it was factoring in the ultimate Pornography to be protected due to being at a time when Laws would be applied equally. The ultimate Pornography being the Bible. For Reference the current Miller Test is:
1: Prurient Interest
2: Illegal for the local community standards (this was to connect to the Definition of "Obscene" due to it being meant to make "Obscene Porn" (not all Porn) Illegal and this is the one they're trying to change. Couldn't be use for enforcement even before the Internet)
3: If taken in its whole by a reasonable person contains the work, taken as a whole, possesses any serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value beyond prurient interest. (Most Stories count for that. Really only Websites like Pornhub and Xvideos in which their Videos are just sex is the only thing that could be targeted. Note it weirdly doesn't mention Economic which I wouldn't be surprised if anyone was serious about the IODA could have the addition advertised as being to add but poison pilled with the other change)
GovTrack lists the IODA as only 1% and the Senate version at 2% and for Good Reason, these are simply the "my constituents throat my dick for this" Bills that are put forward to claim to be doing something. Also the guy that created IODA is a weirdo freak that does stuff like that in Politics so him putting that out there is expected. Heard a while back the rest of his own Party hates him for it so even if that had a chance it still would likely fail out of personal vindictiveness for the guy.

Aside from that they have their own Law Division specifically to ensure independents from shit like Steam is experiencing never can happen.

Rule 34?

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...I'm not answering that. I have a VPN which is why. Depends on the country. I have the VPN specifically to test out Laws other countries have to see how it would affect me should those Laws happen where I live. Pretty sure it's a US Website though? Websites can move to different countries but one of the benefits of the US right now is that it trying to kill itself is that it's too busy arguing if it should disembowel itself, shoot itself, or set itself on fire to be able to fuck with Censorship effectively. Maybe last century it could put itself in order enough to do it like it actually did for a while but not much anymore. One side are purityrannical extremists that actively want to murder the otherside and most of the country and be praised for it not just by their supporters but their victims as well making bipartisanship hard (especially doesn't help some of the more influential voices are claiming that Politics was "too bipartisan") while the other is currently split between status quo obsessed more amicable less extreme version of the purityrannicals that have been doing their own version of the Southern Strategy out of thinking the US genuinely is as vile as the other side and what they regard as extremists for being where the other Party used to sit 20 years ago before the country went off the deep end.

So if it's a US Website it should be protected and AFAIK it's only an Image Host so I don't think it does anything that a payment parasite could try and force.

 

[NumberSix]

sorry to break it to you but gift cards go through payment processors so it ain't a solution.

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I literally buy the gift card, rub the stuff that conceals the code, then input the code into steam to get steam wallet funds, where the hell does a payment processor come in?

It does say that, though it does also say, paraphrased, they aren't ruthlessly going after every single platform that hosts adult content. Only the ones that pose significant risk of those underage being a part of it. If there is no significant risk, they only require worthwhile controls on illegal content, which QQ does have with the moderation team. So... Fair chance that they do pretty much ignore QQ. It's small, has a barrier to even knowing it has adult content on it without making an account, and is a niche writing forum for nerds. One can hope that's enough.

But you know what makes people feel comfortable with a legal framework? Hearing that the legal framework will be enforced arbitrarily at the whims of the authorities. Super duper comfortable. /s

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Like all legal frameworks made by incompetent and corrupt politicians, you mean?

Humor aside, since QQ is US based, the Beitbongistan can not do anything about it, at most they can order their ISPs to block it's IP.

And from what I hear there are already grumblings about the UK's latest bullshit and some of the latest idiocy the EU commission has put into the DSA being anti-freedom of speech and censieous against Americans.

The Foreign Censorship Threat: How the European Union’s Digital Services Act Compels Global Censorship and Infringes on American Free Speech | Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Republicans released an interim staff report titled, "The Foreign Censorship Threat: How the European Union’s Digital Services Act Compels Global Cen

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And the current crop of EU politicians will piss and shit their pants if somebody high enough in the USA says boo, we saw that over the weekend.

 

[Laath-]

And the current crop of EU politicians will piss and shit their pants if somebody high enough in the USA says boo, we saw that over the weekend.

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Ugh don't remind me about that, embarrassing is the politest term that comes to mind over the bullshit that Trump has done and how readely von der Layen has taken it on her ass.

Not thread topic but had to get it off my chest.

 

[NumberSix]

Ugh don't remind me about that, embarrassing is the politest term that comes to mind over the bullshit that Trump has done and how readely von der Layen has taken it on her ass.

Not thread topic but had to get it off my chest.

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Dude, I am a huge eurosceptic that wants to roll the EU back a few decades and newter the commission.You know, going back to De Gaulle's Yurup of sovereign nations...
(Hard to imagine it can be newtered further , given it's head's latest servile idiocy), and I felt bad and embarrassed because of that performance and think Orange Man bent us over a table and screwed us over.

As an European I feel your pain.

 

[Wild Transient]

As an Asian I genuinely am surprised at how nuts a lot of Westerners have become on both the social and political fronts.

I used to envy your countries when I was way younger but now.....you all make my country look sane in comparison despite all our own fuck ups.