May 2025 - Center for Online Safety and Liberty

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025Podcast

Beyond the Filter: Aurélie Petit on Censorship of Animated Porn and its Limits

This month on Beyond the Filter, Brandy and Jeremy are joined by Aurélie Petit, PhD candidate in Film Studies at Concordia University […]

May 27, 2025May 27, 2025Campaigns

Fight the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act

A bold landscape-mode digital painting of a diverse artist painting a massive mural on a city wall, depicting vibrant, abstract figures embracing freedom and sensuality. The mural is partially covered by a dark curtain labeled 'H.R.3297,' which is being torn down by activists. The scene is illuminated by dramatic lighting, with warm golds and reds clashing against cold, oppressive grays, symbolizing resistance to censorship."

The government is coming for your rights, and H.R.3297—the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act—is the weapon they’re wielding. Introduced on May 8, 2025, […]

May 6, 2025Project Profiles

Harmful to Minors

Happy May! I’m Caden, a technologist with COSL, and on behalf of COSL, I’d like to start the month by announcing the […]

May 1, 2025May 24, 2025Podcast

Beyond the Filter: Project 2025

Under Trump and Project 2025, censorship isn’t creeping in — it’s charging full force. From gutting public media and defunding the arts […]