Twitter annouces it's banning all depictions of child pornography, including loli and shota art

[LiK]

Can people clarify what loli and shota are? Can't loli just be chibi versions of characters? For example, is this loli or is there a difference between chibi and loli?

I don't care about this stuff, but I could see some segments of the animenet being hurt by this, especially creators.

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I think the blatant stuff will be easy to tell. As for the rest, who knows.

 

[vestan]

Can people clarify what loli and shota are? Can't loli just be chibi versions of characters? For example, is this loli or is there a difference between chibi and loli?

I don't care about this stuff, but I could see some segments of the animenet being hurt by this, especially creators.

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This isn't loli... This is just chibi or super deformed (SD).

 

[Woetyler]

illustrators are freaking out

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I mean I def think they went down the wrong artistic path if they're drawing loli.

 

[Wein Cruz]

Don't sexualize children.

How is this a complex topic?

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It's not.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

good fuck anime

 

[SurrenderDorothy]

Good.

good fuck anime

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Nah, Anime is great.

 

[Mesoian]

Don't sexualize children.

How is this a complex topic?

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I mean, do you really wanna have the conversation of what constitutes as art versus porn?

Because I sure as hell don't. Honestly I'm amazed that Twitter does, and am pretty sure if it wasn't for google's algorhythm fuckery, they wouldn't touch the subject with a 10 foot pole.

The congloms are about to show their asses on this stuff in a way no one could have predicted.

All that being said...yeah, no, bye.

 

[sph3re]

[cries in Amir0x]

 

[Jadusable]

won't someone please think of the weebs

 

[Eumi]

Never got why Twitter seemed to let it fly.

 

[Watchtower]

SO BEGINS THE LOLI BAN

 

[Deleted member 3925]

Can people clarify what loli and shota are? Can't loli just be chibi versions of characters? For example, is this loli or is there a difference between chibi and loli?

I don't care about this stuff, but I could see some segments of the animenet being hurt by this, especially creators.

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Loli and shota shit are depictions of sexualized minors. Chibi art is just drawings in the art style you've shown.

 

[Deleted member 2791]

Can people clarify what loli and shota are? Can't loli just be chibi versions of characters? For example, is this loli or is there a difference between chibi and loli?

I don't care about this stuff, but I could see some segments of the animenet being hurt by this, especially creators.

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there's no pornography in this

 

[djplaeskool]

Meanwhile, big anime tiddy twitter is like, "Y'all hear sumn?"

 

[Deleted member 1248]

Took a decade and a half for them to have a policy in place to address this.

Amazing.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Cool. Get rid of all of it.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Good.

 

[DrewFu]

Good.

 

[higemaru]

Can people clarify what loli and shota are? Can't loli just be chibi versions of characters? For example, is this loli or is there a difference between chibi and loli?

I don't care about this stuff, but I could see some segments of the animenet being hurt by this, especially creators.

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Probably explicit lolita stuff, like the kind of stuff you see cropped in people's avatars. Chibi stuff should be fine since major marketing companies use it all the time.

 

[Deleted member 401]

They weren't banned before? WTF

 

[cinch]

About time, it's disgusting it was even allowed for this long.

 

[Deleted member 4372]

Good. Also, how the fuck was it allowed before.

 

[Xe4]

It wasn't banned before...? A bit worrying it took till now but given their CEO I guess it ain't that surprising.

Illustration or no, fuck child porn and those that deal in it. It has no place on any site, much less very public ones such as Twitter.

 

[amnesties]

but they still can't ban nazis and abusive users, somehow

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abuse on twitter is honestly a fraction of what it used to be. i can clearly remember when "kys" was just another comeback on there. you'd get your account temporarily/permanently taken away if you said that today

 

[Mesoian]

"something something.... censorship something something.... 9000 year old dragons"

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Yeah like...what happens when this:

Is the postergirl for your video game/anime/movie.

What happens when twitter loses ad dollars because of this move?

I'm genuinely curious because there's so much official shit that revels in sexing up clearly underaged kids and masking in some stupid way and less people then there should be call it out.

 

[Carl2291]

Good. About fucking time.

 

[Acorn]

Didn't even know it was allowed before this, fucked up but atleast it's done now.

 

[Maxim726x]

Don't sexualize children.

How is this a complex topic?

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But... What if they're actually ancient dragons!

Totally different!

Right guys?.... Right??

 

[Boze Man]

I'm still surprised at the amount of straight up porn there is on Twitter. Countless pornstars posting full XXX pics and clips and none of it age restricted.

 

[Damaniel]

That sound you're hearing is the sound of a thousand fedora-tipping neckbeards lamenting the loss of their disgusting loli spank bank.

And good riddance to it.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Good

 

[caff!!!]

Never got why Twitter seemed to let it fly.

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Twitter has let abusive assholes free with a slap on the wrist by just deleting the abusive post (unless your queer then you get report spammed and banned for saying "men are bad.")

 

[captive]

wait, what? you could post child porn on twitter?

 

[Deleted member 1607]

Can't they please include chibi in the ban.

 

[LiK]

How old are most FGO characters? I see artists I follow love drawing them all the time in scantily clad outfits..

 

[Zip]

I see the shit coming out about youtube is finally giving these networks a boot in the ass to actually do something.

So it would seem -something- can actually get more than just deflection after all. Now if only that can be extended into all the other garbage the social networks let slip by.

 

[Durden]

How the fuck was this even allowed in the first place.

 

[GulAtiCa]

I'm sure if Amir0x was still around, and you know.. not in jail for child porn, he be trying to be all smug and "progressive" saying Twitter is going too far. lol

 

[jph139]

Seems like kind of a no brainier for Twitter. Do they still allow regular porn there? That's always felt weird to me for such a mainstream platform. Twitter in general is weirdly seedy.

There's legitimate ways to portray "sexualization of minors" in art but... I don't think Nabokov is reposting loli sketches on Twitter or whatever.

 

[SliceSabre]

I always thought it was and that the artists who did it just slipped through the cracks because lololo twitter mods are known for being trash at their jobs.

Fine by me though since big mature anime women are my thing.

 

[ClickyCal']

Yeah like...what happens when this:

Is the postergirl for your video game/anime/movie.

What happens when twitter loses ad dollars because of this move?

I'm genuinely curious because there's so much official shit that revels in sexing up clearly underaged kids and masking in some stupid way and less people then there should be call it out.

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Maybe this will ultimately lead to hopefully having less of official stuff like this then. Not sure how or why you are defending this.

 

[chezzymann]

What if you draw a character that's clearly an adult but you make their head bigger?

I'm just wondering where they draw the line cause theres a lot of varying styles that can sometimes make people look younger. I guess its better to just ban it all and then the people who get caught in it will just have to adjust their style.

 

[collige]

Twitter's handling of NSFW stuff always seemed shockingly lax to me, so I'm not surprised it took them this long to make the change.

Yeah like...what happens when this:

Is the postergirl for your video game/anime/movie.

What happens when twitter loses ad dollars because of this move?

I'm genuinely curious because there's so much official shit that revels in sexing up clearly underaged kids and masking in some stupid way and less people then there should be call it out.

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The rule specifically covers "Illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human minor in a sexually explicit context, or engaged in a sexually explicit act". Twitter isn't gonna lose shit from this.

 

[Deleted member 2791]

wait, what? you could post child porn on twitter?

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You never could, but the previous guidelines didn't specify that you couldn't post drawings of underage-looking characters having sex. Now they do.

What if you draw a character that's clearly an adult but you make their head bigger?

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the rule's not about chibi tho, that has like nothing to do with that

 

[Van Bur3n]

I mean, do you really wanna have the conversation of what constitutes as art versus porn?

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I don't think the line is that blurred in regards to something that looks like a child.

I'm also not sure if we should be posting it here, even as an example.

 

[Tohsaka]

How old are most FGO characters? I see artists I follow love drawing them all the time in scantily clad outfits..

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There's a huge age range, for both the male and female servants.

 

[Deleted member 2802]

"something something.... censorship something something.... 9000 year old dragons"

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[StarCreator]

As long as they enforce it better than Tumblr did. Whatever algorithmic detection Tumblr employed flagged so many false positives.

 

[Deleted member 4367]

How do you determine the age of a cartoon?

 

[Rivenblade]

I mean, do you really wanna have the conversation of what constitutes as art versus porn?

Because I sure as hell don't. Honestly I'm amazed that Twitter does, and am pretty sure if it wasn't for google's algorhythm fuckery, they wouldn't touch the subject with a 10 foot pole.

The congloms are about to show their asses on this stuff in a way no one could have predicted.

All that being said...yeah, no, bye.

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I hope it'll be easy enough to spot the difference, but I'm curious where stuff like this falls...

But yeah, agree with the move in general.