FSC Launches Reporting Tool for Social Media Censorship

CHATSWORTH, Calif.—The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announces that it has launched a reporting tool for adult workers and businesses to log incidents of social media censorship. The submission form asks for basic information, such as the account name and platform, the approximate date of the loss and any reasons given. As more people use it, the FSC Reporting Tool will be able to better track, identify and understand bans, shadowbans, suspensions and other censorship on social media sites. “Social media censorship continues to be one of the most significant issues facing adult businesses,” FSC executive director Alison Boden said. “But if we’re going to fight it, if we’re going to prevent it, we need better data. Too often, we blame ourselves for bans, when, in fact, the bans are the result of changes at a platform or a bad actor. The more people learn to report on the tool, the more we can identify events like changes in the TOS enforcement or coordinated deplatforming campaigns.” While anyone who has lost an account recently is encouraged to report it, those who have lost accounts in the past can also use the tool to document those events, helping to identify historical trends in account closures. The FSC Reporting Tool is available here.