Beyond the Filter: Age Verification, Payments, Porn, and Censorship
Brandy and Jeremy speak with journalist Michael McGrady Jr about two growing threats to online sexual expression: financial censorship and age verification […]
The Hidden Dangers of Digital ID Verification Laws
While debates around digital ID verification laws often center on censorship and privacy concerns, there’s a more sinister dimension to these policies […]
Beyond the Filter: Fan Refuge
In this episode of Beyond the Filter, hosts Jeremy and Brandy delve into the creation of Fan Refuge, a new social media […]
Censorship isn’t the answer
Censorship has been a hot button issue recently after payment processors, under the noise generated by the Australian pro-censorship group Collective Shout […]
Upgrade Liberato
Liberato is the foundation of many of COSL’s supported charitable projects. As a nonprofit that values both safety and liberty, our projects […]
Beyond the Filter: Fanfic arrests in China
In this episode, hosts Jeremy and Brandy speak with F15-H (Fish), an artist from Hong Kong now living in mainland China, about […]
Age Verification Provides Neither Safety Nor Liberty
Today, June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas’s age verification law in a 6-3 decision that marks a troubling lurch […]
Fiction or Felony? The Blurring of Art and Abuse
When Danish AI artist “Barry Coty” was arrested in 2023, it came as a surprise. He had believed that the fantasy AI […]
Fan Refuge
Fan Refuge is a new, inclusive and safe fan community built on open source Trust & Safety tools.
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 […]