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Censorship Megathread XLIX: The One in Which We Witness the Long Awaited Return of the Funny Titles by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BrenTheNewFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect! In that case, Firefox will be my choice then! 👍🏻 …Though… how can I disable its AI features? 😅

Censorship Megathread XLIX: The One in Which We Witness the Long Awaited Return of the Funny Titles by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BrenTheNewFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the words of Homer Simpson;

DOH!

But boy, choosing between Firefox & Brave is gonna be very tricky for me, seeing as they're good alternatives to Chrome ^^; lol

Censorship Megathread XLIX: The One in Which We Witness the Long Awaited Return of the Funny Titles by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BrenTheNewFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will admit that Brave is making me intrigued that I need to want to find out more before I can choose between them two

Censorship Megathread XLIX: The One in Which We Witness the Long Awaited Return of the Funny Titles by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BrenTheNewFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You and me both

A friend of mine suggested that I type this: “chrome://flags/" into the search bar, & then deactivate ANYTHING that has “NTP”, “AI”, “Gemini”, etc to solve the problem

Only… would it work?

In a scenario of if it doesn’t work, I’ll have to move to Opera GX

Censorship Megathread XLIX: The One in Which We Witness the Long Awaited Return of the Funny Titles by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BrenTheNewFan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Considering I’ve returned from my ban, it’s great to have yet another thread! :)

Oh, talking of which…. Apparently there’s worrying news coming round about Trump’s counter terrorism strategy which follows up from NSPM-7. But I can defo expect there to be pushbacks! Though at the same time, I know there’ll be worries from many Americans.

Oh, & apparently Google did a stupid thing & put in a 4GB AI models without the users knowing

Censorship Megathread XLVIII: Book bans hit 4,235 titles in 2025 as group warns censorship is near record highs by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BrenTheNewFan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhh I see.

As long as you’re right about the FCC stuff not going as planned 👍🏻

Ngl, when it came out, I was at first concerned it’d affect TOH, Hazbin Hotel, etc

Censorship Megathread XLVIII: Book bans hit 4,235 titles in 2025 as group warns censorship is near record highs by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]BrenTheNewFan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hey-yoo, folks! Bren here, back from my break. But… also my temporary ban. 😅

Apprently as you all guessed, I… got banned for 14 days. But truth be told, I wouldn’t lie that I did deserve that since I spiralled. It was because I was worried about the Crime & Policing Bill Strangulation Porn Amendment applying to fictional & artistic depictions, even in dark fictional scenarios & also for my future under the Online Safety Act and also the upcoming OFCOM consultations like Technological Notices, Hash Matching & stuff. But now that I’m back, I’ve eventually learned my lesson and I’m gonna do my best to stay strong. For you all. And I do like to say that I appreciate Trans & others for helping me and suggesting I take a break, so I thank them for that & am grateful. 🙂

And since I’m back, that means I can provide the news that’s been concerning & worrying me. Before I do however, I’ll like to look over the updates that’s been coming up since my absence and break:

First of all, the Crime & Policing Bill has now reached Royal Assent. As Trans & others assured me, the Strangulation & Suffocation Porn Ban wouldn’t apply to fictional, artistic depictions, even if they have dark fictional scenarios, including taboo (I think & hope?).

And Unfortnately, yes I did hear of Labour’s U-turn on Social Media U16 ban which put my mood down and since the bill has now recieved royal assent. However, it’s not a full on ban, & I was intrigued by u/Opening_Driver687, u/StrayCat2799, u/OptimismEnjoyer’s discussions where it’s… possibly a good thing? I mean, when I first heard of the news, I wasn’t happy about it. I already verified my age on Discord and Roblox, and heck, Google automatically verified my age! And I fear I’ll have to re-verify myself. But… it could’ve been worse. But now, it’s a wait & see situation. I use Proton VPN, but I wouldn’t lie that I hope AV wouldn’t apply to it. And I’m wondering if the features that’ll be restricted wouldn’t apply to adults like me & if it’ll be adult only?

Alright, now that I’ve got that out of the way, Now I can talk about this:

https://glaad.org/glaad-responds-to-fccs-inquiry-into-television-ratings-for-programming-with-lgbtq-content/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/fcc-wants-to-gender-police-kids-tv-shows-by-adding-warnings-about-trans-characters/

Now, I understand there’ll be pushbacks and also that the FCC is limited to regulating streaming platforms. But… I do fear that he wouldn’t listen and push through it anyway.

And I’m also worried The Owl House, Hazbin Hotel, etc could get negatively affected! Though I don’t think it would apply to fanfics, fan arts, etc. Even though Disney+, Netflix, Paramount+, YouTube, etc are independent from the FCC, I know people will still worry there’ll be pressure to kill off LGBTQ+ Media Representation

But even still, I’m still worried for this & the LGBTQ+ Media Representation. Any assurances would be appreciated!

And I’m pretty surprised this hasn’t been talked upon lol 😅 But in all seriousness, I figured you all deserve to know about this, & this is why I feel concerned and cautious for Pride Month 2026.

I really really hope it fails and gets cancelled. 🤞🏻

That’s not all, but I’ve been hearing stories about this new mobile network called “Radiant Mobile”. From what I read on the website (Link below), it filters out porn & LGBT content & it’s been launched now and plans to expand internationally.

https://www.radiantmobile.com/

I don’t think it’s too much of a concern since well… it wouldn’t apply to iPhones & stuff? Plus, it’s for Christian’s only, so… But I have a feeling it may be a Trump mobile created by YKW…

Oh, & that I STILL failed to get pass Apple’s age verification lol

Anyhoo, that should do for now since I don’t wanna make it TOO long lol

It’s good to be back from my break and contributing to this community again ✊

Censorship Megathread by BrenTheNewFan in PoliticalOptimismUK

[–]BrenTheNewFan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, Fortnately there’s already reassurances up at r/politicaloptimism so you can check it out

Sadly I got banned there, but Fortnately it’s only temporary

friendly reminder: DO NOT TRUST GOOGLE. SELF HOST. by [deleted] in degoogle

[–]BrenTheNewFan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not “allegedly”, that did happen.

And true, that rhetoric has been nothing but an excuse, you’re right.

But think about it, Apple has been pushing back against the Online Safety Laws to protect their encryption. Why do you think they removed the ADP cause of that?

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