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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 01/10/2026

When "online harm" laws expand to cover #shadowbanning, fiction, sex ed, & #QueerContent, who's actually protected, and who just gets erased? On Oct 6, Drawing the Line heads to APrIGF in Kathmandu to confront this hard question. Join us c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-aprigf

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 27/09/2026

This discussion calls for people who understand the law, clinical research, online platforms, and digital safety. Join them as they examine how legislation can protect the vulnerable without turning the internet into a surveillance state. c4osl.org/medical-school-berlin-wor…

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 26/09/2026

Maybe you've noticed we haven’t used this panel's official title in our posts about it. Word choice is Drawing the Line's whole argument; we won't undercut it in our own copy. Same panel, described the way we think it should be. Register here: c4osl.org/medical-school-berlin-wor…

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 25/09/2026

3 days to go til we join a panel hosted by the WRITE team at Medical School Berlin to examine how written fiction on taboo and underage sexual themes should be treated in law and policy. Register here: c4osl.org/medical-school-berlin-wor…

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 24/09/2026

Online safety policies are headed towards a narrow view of protection that often results in censorship rather than education. We need your help to push back against overbroad laws and advocate for evidence and freedom of expression. Double your impact today by donating: c4osl.org/support-us

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 23/09/2026

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 18/09/2026

Do laws protect the vulnerable, or criminalize expression & silence marginalized voices? On Sept 28, Drawing the Line joins a panel of leading voices in research & digital rights to re-evaluate legal frameworks around fictional text. Register here: c4osl.org/medical-school-berlin-workshop

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 17/09/2026

Who actually wins when we conflate imagined text with real-world violence? Spoiler: not the victims. We’re taking this conversation to an international panel on Sept 28th. Join us: c4osl.org/medical-school-berlin-wor…

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 10/06/2026

Our growing global movement is telling lawmakers and platforms: learn to draw the line between personal expression and lived abuse. Add your voice by endorsing: drawingthelineprinciples.org

“Drawing the Line” puts forward principles that meet the moment in terms of approaching content in digital spaces holistically with respect for creativity, lived experiences, and an understanding of legitimate safety issues. - Zara Elizabeth Rush, Sociotechnical Linguist.

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 09/06/2026

Policing art and fiction as if it was real abuse sidelines survivors and chills legitimate expression! Endorse the Drawing the Line Principles: drawingthelineprinciples.org

As digital laws and policies evolve, the line between abuse & expression is becoming blurred. Drawing The Line

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 08/06/2026

Endorse the Drawing the Line Principles, telling policymakers and platforms to draw content rules "thoughtfully and holistically with respect for creativity, lived experiences, and an understanding of legitimate safety issues." drawingthelineprinciples.org

"Drawing the Line" puts forward principles that meet the moment in terms of approaching content in digital spaces thoughtfully and holistically with respect for creativity, lived experiences, and an understanding of legitimate safety issues. - Zora Elizabeth Rush, Sociotechnical Linguist". Endorse the Drawing the Line Principles - https://drawingthelineprinciples.org

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 07/06/2026

As digital laws and policies evolve, the line between abuse and expression is becoming blurred. Help put a stop to it – join organizations and experts from around the world and endorse the Drawing the Line Principles. drawingthelineprinciples.org

As digitial laws and policies evolve, the line between abuse and expression is becoming blurred. Endorse the Drawing the Line Principles https://drawingthelineprinciples.org

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 05/06/2026

Governments are blurring the line between personal expression and lived abuse, which is diverting resources from protecting children and marginalized groups to policing expression. Tell them to stop by endorsing the Drawing the Line Principles. drawingthelineprinciples.org #FreeExpression

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 05/06/2026

Research behind the Drawing the Line Principles shows that resources for prosecuting real sex abuse crimes are being diverted into criminalizing personal expression such as fiction and artwork. If you don't think that's right, endorse: drawingthelineprinciples.org

Center for Online Safety and Liberty. Drawing the Line Principles. Our comparative analysis of laws, prosecutions, and policy debates across 10 national legal systems reveals a common trend: governments are blurring the line between personal expression and lived abuse. As a result, resources are being redirected from protecting children and marginalized groups to policing expression. Endorse Now! https://drawingthelineprinciples.org

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 03/06/2026

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 29/05/2026

🔔 Speakers announced! We’re hosting a public webinar to launch the Drawing the Line Principles: a rights-respecting, survivor-centered framework distinguishing real-world abuse from fictional, artistic, educational, and personal expression. Register now 👉 bit.ly/4uvNPNG

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 29/04/2026

We’re heading to Zambia! 🛬 At @rightscon.org , COSL is hosting a workshop, “Drawing the Line” (May 7). How are governments regulating fictional & AI-generated sexual content—and what does that mean for rights & child protection? Register here: c4osl.org/rightscon-2026

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 25/04/2026

Where do we draw the line between digital expression & harm? We will explore how governments are handling AI-generated CSAM and what it means for rights, free expression, & child protection. bit.ly/3QLogJf @exshaps.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social @jere.my @accessnow.org #ILGA #RightsCon

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 22/04/2026

At #RightsCon2026, COSL is hosting “Drawing the Line” (May 7, Lusaka + online). How are governments regulating fictional & AI-generated sexual content—and what does that mean for rights & child protection? Join us: c4osl.org/rightscon-2026

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 09/04/2026

This isn't just theoretical! In the United Kingdom, prosecutions of crimes with real victims fell by 60% while prosecutions over fantasy content, including cartoons and AI images, exploded to 40% of all image-based sex crimes.

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 09/04/2026

There's a trend of referring to AI-generated images as CSAM. Unless they depict a real victim, that's wrong. CSAM is a term that has real victimhood at its core. Using it for anything else weakens that focus. Read on to learn how.

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 18/03/2026

When courts criminalize fiction and UN agencies blur CSAM definitions, real survivors lose focus. Our latest analysis unpacks why deepfake abuse demands targeted tools—not sweeping speech bans—and previews COSL’s RightsCon session. Read + boost: c4osl.org/deepfakes-fiction-csam-law

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 13/03/2026

“Police make fake accounts on queer dating apps to entrap queer people as a way to arrest them.” Hear how selective enforcement warps safety online in our newest Beyond the Filter drop. c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-sexual-… #Podcast

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 12/03/2026

“Mostly LGBTQ content is flagged as adult or harmful.” Beyond the Filter asks who gets labeled unsafe when queer voices go online. Listen in. c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-sexual-… #Podcast #LGBTQ #censorship

“Mostly LGBTQ content is flagged as adult or harmful.” Beyond the Filter asks who gets labeled unsafe when queer voices go online. Listen in. https://c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-sexual-content-online-who-gets-protected-and-who-gets-policed/ #Podcast #LGBTQ #censorship

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 11/03/2026

“Thinking that deepfakes are something that are unregulated is just trying to, again, force legislation where we actually need more education.” Sofia breaks down the real fix in our latest episode. c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-sexual-…

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 10/03/2026

“Censorship is mostly about narrative control, as well as invisibilization of certain kinds of narratives.” Brandy and Jeremy unpack how moderation choices shape culture. c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-sexual-… #Podcast #Censorship

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 09/03/2026

🛑 RED ALERT: New terrible bill "H.R.7661 0 - Stop the Sexualization of Children Act" yet again tries to censor LGBTQ+ expression masquerading as "child safety" www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congres… #LGBTQ #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 09/03/2026

“Safety has become this keyword that justifies anything — mainly, well, censorship.” New Beyond the Filter episode digs into who gets silenced and who gets heard. c4osl.org/beyond-the-filter-sexual-… #Podcast #Censorship #Safety

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 06/03/2026

"Too often, online policy debates treat safety and freedom as a zero-sum choice: more safety is assumed to require less liberty, and more liberty is assumed to tolerate harm." c4osl.org/february-2026-newsletter #Newsletter #Freedom #Safety #Harm

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 05/03/2026

"When speech is indiscriminately censored and access is curtailed, online spaces for discussion, creativity, support, and protest either disappear or are drained of their diversity and vitality." c4osl.org/february-2026-newsletter #Newsletter #AnnualReport #Censorship #FreeExpression

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 20/02/2026

"Think twice about what you post and do on the Internet so you can stay out of sight of ICE’s radar. Be cautious, be safe, and remember the ICE age will melt." c4osl.org/living-under-the-ice-age-…

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 19/02/2026

"It is important that in this age of constant surveillance that citizens monitor what we say or post online." c4osl.org/living-under-the-ice-age-…

"It is important that in this age of constant surveillance that citizens monitor what we say or post online." https://c4osl.org/living-under-the-ice-age-how-the-agency-is-surveilling-people-and-what-you-can-do-to-prevent-it/

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 17/02/2026

"In late 2025, reports have been shared stating ICE is taking steps to implement surveillance programs to monitor social media activity across Instagram, TikTok, X, and Facebook." c4osl.org/living-under-the-ice-age-…

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 16/02/2026

"ICE has come under massive scrutiny for confronting and detaining undocumented with no criminal history, legal immigrants, or U.S. citizens in manners that are violent and dangerous." c4osl.org/living-under-the-ice-age-…

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 20/12/2025

From last week's Drawing the Line webinar, arts advocate Emma Shapiro explains how child safety is being used as a pretext to censor visual arts online. Continue watching: c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #DrawingTheLine #ChildSafety #FreeExpression

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 12/12/2025

A child abuse image is evidence of a crime against a real child. A fictional drawing is not. To protect children and human rights, law must reflect this distinction. drawingthelineprinciples.org #DrawingTheLine #Fiction #FreeSpeech #ThoughtCrime

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 11/12/2025

As real offences decline, prosecutions increasingly target imagined depictions. The data suggests enforcement priorities are shifting from child protection to moral regulation. drawingthelineprinciples.org #DrawingTheLine #FantasyIsNotAbuse #ThoughtCrime

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 10/12/2025

Conflating fictional material with child abuse material takes away resources from helping real child victims to instead investigate fiction. drawingthelineprinciples.org

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 08/12/2025

Law enforcement resources are being diverted. Join the discussion on AI and child abuse - December 10th: c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #DigitalSafety

Law enforcement resources are being diverted. Join the discussion on AI and child abuse - December 10th: https://c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #DigitalSafety

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 07/12/2025

Blurring legal lines & moral panic threaten vulnerable communities. Attend the #DrawingTheLine webinar on December 10th c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #OnlineJustice

Blurring legal lines & moral panic threaten vulnerable communities. Attend the #DrawingTheLine webinar on December 10th https://c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #OnlineJustice

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 05/12/2025

Is AI driving a dangerous distraction from real child abuse cases? Find out Dec 10th at this vital webinar c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #HumanRights

Is AI driving a dangerous distraction from real child abuse cases? Find out Dec 10th at this vital webinar https://c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #HumanRights

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 04/12/2025

Dec 10th: Join experts as they unpack the legal and ethical challenges of AI-generated imagery c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #DigitalRights

Dec 10th: Join experts as they unpack the legal and ethical challenges of AI-generated imagery https://c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #DigitalRights

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 03/12/2025

Artists, queer communities, & educators are at risk. Explore the intersection of art, fiction, & abuse in this #DrawingTheLine webinar on December 10th c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #OnlineSafety

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 02/12/2025

Data reveals a concerning trend: prosecutions for real child sexual abuse are down, while cases involving purely fictional or AI-generated material have surged. Learn more on December 10th: c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #ResponsibleAI

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 01/12/2025

🚨 Urgent: AI & child abuse imagery are shifting legal focus. Join the discussion on December 10th! c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #AI #childabuse #legalreform

🚨 Urgent: AI & child abuse imagery are shifting legal focus. Join the discussion on December 10th! https://c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-webinar #AI #childabuse #legalreform

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Center for Online Safety and Liberty @c4osl.org · 22/07/2025

Whether you are a creator or a fan, the banking industry should not be able to decide what legal content we all enjoy #Censorship #FreeSpeech #creators #fans

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