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Yigit

@yigitindenial.bsky.social
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Sx workers’ rights activist. PhD student. Interested in social justice, tech, politics and furry little things. www.eswalliance.org

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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The research is conducted by Yiğit Aydınalp @yigitindenial.bsky.social in collaboration with the University of Sheffield and University of Leeds. Please share widely!
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Call for Research Participants | Sex Work, Digital Rights and Freedoms: Creating Safer Online Working Environments Across Europe
Are you a sex worker advertising services online in Belgium or France? Then I would love to talk to you! I am conducting research on how online sex work advertising platforms and national sex work law...
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Yesterday, ESWA launched Gold Standard Guidelines for Safe and Ethical Sex Work Research in Europe ⭐ Watch the launch webinar: www.youtube.com/@sexworkeuro... Read and share the research here: www.eswalliance.org/gold_standard
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New Research: Gold Standard Guidelines for Safe and Ethical Sex Work Research in Europe
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
☂️ A little glimpse into ESWA's most recent community gathering: BIPOC Academy: Racial Justice & #DigitalRights. ❤️ We thank all the participants for their presence, wisdom and kindness. It was a joy to share this space and learn from each other. 🎥 Stay tuned, a full recap is coming soon!
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🔍 We are conducting research to understand how deepfake technologies are transforming the realities of sx work. Interested? Take our short survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/CQCXJH2 ⌚ Interview legth: ~ 1 hour 💸 Compensation: 30 euro
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🎉 The new deck of Sx Work & Tech Tarot Cards is here! Download & share: www.eswalliance.org/tarotcards2
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
ESWA is looking for a passionate, strategic, collaborative Executive Director to lead our organisation and support sex workers’ rights across Europe and Central Asia. Learn more & apply: www.eswalliance.org/executive25
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
We’re thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the BIPOC Sex Worker Academy 2: Racial Justice and Digital Rights, taking place 4–7 November 2025 in Barcelona, Spain! www.eswalliance.org/bipocacademy2
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Deepfakes are growing rapidly, yet sx workers’ voices are often excluded from research and policymaking. Your input is critical: this survey will help us understand the challenges our community faces & ensure that future policies are informed by lived experience. www.eswalliance.org/sw_on_deepfa...
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Yigit @yigitindenial.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I am hiring! Work with us at @ESWA. We are seeking a Policy Officer who is passionate about digital rights, community-led tech policy, social justice, and is eager to contribute to changing how governments and platforms approach the treatment of SWs online and offline. DM me if you have questions.
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
9/9 If you’re angry, heartbroken, if you want to take action, please donate now and share the page. Every contribution helps us show sex workers in Sweden that they are not alone. Thank you for standing with us. www.gofundme.com/f/635w6s-hel...
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Donate to Help Us Support Our Community, organized by Red Umbrella Sweden
Sweden Passed a Cruel Law. Now Sex Workers Are Paying the Price. On 20 May 2025,… Red Umbrella Sweden needs your support for Help Us Support Our Community
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
THREAD: 1/9 Sweden passed a law criminalising the purchase of remote sexual services. Here's what that means and why our resistance matters
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚨 ESWA's #DigitalRights expert Yiğit Aydınalp in conversation with Netzpolitik, warning on the implications of criminalising online sx work in Sweden. netzpolitik.org/2025/crimina...
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Criminalising Online Sex Work: „This law will have international implications far beyond Sweden“
The Swedish government wants to make paying for sexual services online a criminal offense. The law could have global implications for online services and put creators at risk, warns Yigit Aydin. He fi...
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🎉 This year's Sx Workers' Day will be nothing short of epic. With events all over Europe, we wish we could be everywhere at once - and we can! All the events will be live streamed on ESWA channels. 💌 RSVP to join, or on- or offline: www.eswalliance.org/50years
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🚨 Conversations about “community standards” often ignore the communities they impact most. So we speak up about the discrimination of sx workers on social media with Meta's Oversight Board 📢 Are you part of a #HumanRights organisation? Sign ESWA's Open Letter! www.eswalliance.org/open_letter_...
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🚨 Sex workers are being silenced. Discrimination, censorship & algorithmic bias online are putting lives & livelihoods at risk. ESWA launches a report calling for immediate action to hold platforms accountable 👉 Read and share the report now: www.eswalliance.org/social_media... #DigitalRights
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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
This would be disastrous and put online workers in danger.
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Yigit @yigitindenial.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
ESWA - @eswa-network.bsky.social - is launching its new report on social media accountability & sx work. Join us online! April 28, 2025 | 2:30 PM CET Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🧵THREAD: Sweden is about to criminalise digital sx work. On 20 May, Parliament will vote on a law that would make watching camming or buying erotic content a crime. Here’s why 80+ organisations and 275+ experts say: NO to Prop. 2024/25:124. www.eswalliance.org/rights_not_r...
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Open Letter: Sweden Must Reject the Expansion of Sex Work Criminalisation: Protect Rights, Not Repression
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PIC Amsterdam @picamsterdam.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Sweden wants to introduce yet another anti-sex work law, this time focused on online workers 😡. Of course we signed this petition - will you too? You can sign on as organisation or individual 👇 #SexWorkIsWork
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TGEU | Trans Europe and Central Asia @tgeuorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
From our friends @eswa-network.bsky.social: Stand in solidarity with sex workers, defend #DigitalRights, and help push back against carceral approaches that harm the very people they claim to protect. Sign the open letter! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Sweden Must Reject the Expansion of Sx Work Criminalisation into online spaces! Sign the open letter to Protect Rights, Not Repression. www.eswalliance.org/open_letter_...
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Yigit @yigitindenial.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Come work with us! ♥️
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Yigit @yigitindenial.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
🧵It’s good that misogyny and the rise in violence against women in the UK are finally getting public and political attention. But I can’t help feeling sad that this momentum has only come in the wake of a Netflix drama. (1) www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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The Adolescence alarm: ‘If there’s a problem with boys’ behaviour, it’s because of us’
Millions have been gripped by a story of toxic masculinity in children that’s been called a ‘wake-up call’. But is it a moral panic, and how should we respond?
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Yigit @yigitindenial.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
(1/3)‼️Call for Papers: Porn Studies Special Issue on Digital-Only Sex Work The special issue aims to bring together contributions from a range of cultures and locations on digital-only sex work. For more information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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International Digital Sex Work
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
1/3 Sx workers call for justice at the European Parliament! ✊☂️🇪🇺 After nearly three years of dedicated work, ESWA is launching "Exposed from All Sides", a groundbreaking report exposing police violations. The event will take place in the European Parliament.
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Yigit @yigitindenial.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I am so excited to be here. I can’t wait for to see those of you who are here at our session on the 4th.
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🧵A new research report from ESWA: Labour rights, safety and privacy: How to centre sx workers' needs on advertising platforms. We are excited to announce that the full report and a two-page summary brief are now available to read, download and share here: www.eswalliance.org/labour_right...
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Labour rights, safety and privacy: How to centre sex workers’ needs on advertising platforms
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tryst.link @tryst.link · 27/11/2024
'This might come as news to some tech bros, but not everyone wants the files and data on their devices lingering around forever. Even if you think you've deleted something, there's a chance that data can be restored by someone determined.' tryst.link/blog/slut...
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Sluts for Security: How to Delete Your Data
Ada Hamilton on how it's important to properly delete the data on your device so that it is gone for good!
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Red Umbrella Fund @redumbrellafund.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Sex work is work ✊🏽
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ESWA @eswa-network.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Online event and launch! Rights in Focus: Sx Work, Safety and Online Advertising Platforms 📅 22.11.2024 🕒 13:30 CET 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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