News
New Reports Expose the Global Toll of Censorship
Two dossiers paint an urgent quantitative picture of the rapidly growing suppression of free expression and artistic freedom.
Emma Shapiro
Opinion
How Will Meta’s New Content Policy Affect Artists?
Artists have long faced censorship on the company’s platforms, but new guidelines limiting content moderation are far from a boon to free speech.
Art
Meta's Anti-Nudity Algorithms Go After AI Artists
Artists who use the body in their work are falling victim to tech companies' struggle to respond to generative AI.
News
Artists Call on Congress to Stop Corporations From Copyrighting AI Art
Together with writers and performers, visual artists declared an AI Day Of Action to fight for their copyrights.
News
Artists Sound the Alarm on Censorship in Spain
The suppression of films, plays, and other content expressing LGBTQ+ and feminist views in recent months has begun to raise the ghosts of Spain’s fascist past.
Opinion
How a Bill to Protect Children Online Threatens Artists
Decried by human and digital rights groups, the EARN IT Act threatens to undermine privacy and freedom of expression online.
Art
Is the “Free the Nipple” Movement Too White?
Online representations of the activists lean White and thin, creating an image problem for the movement.
Opinion
Will Meta Finally Lift Its Female Nipple Ban?
An oversight board made recommendations against the company’s restrictive female nudity policies. Will Instagram comply?
Art
Artistic Freedom Reaches "Lowest Point" in Years, Human Rights Advocates Warn
Rising traditionalism, conservatism, and populism have resulted in major discrimination against women and the LGBTQIA+ artistic community.
Opinion
The Future of Art Censorship Is Being Decided Without Artists
And it’s mostly our own fault.
Art
Artists Tell Instagram: We're Done!
Artists are resorting to platforms like Onlyfans and Pornhub to show work that was banned from the social media network.
Opinion
Why Does Instagram Think My Artwork is Soliciting Sex?
Instagram’s new “sexual solicitation” notification used in a misguided purge of “sexual” material is not only wrong, it's also offensive.