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We have heard from a number of community members who are feeling fearful of losing access to FB and IG accounts after the anticipated change in Community Guidelines on December 20th. 1/
We have heard from a number of community members who are feeling fearful of losing access to FB and IG accounts after the anticipated change in Community Guidelines on December 20th. 1/
FOSTA had a heavy impact on our community, and it's easy in the wake of that legislation, and with renewed attention to online content in the media, to feel like every change to ToS / Community Guidelines feels like a direct threat. 2/
We at H2 don't have information as to how these new guidelines will be used or enforced, but FB's existing guidelines already can and have been used to exclude and deplatform us.
We have developed what tools we can to resist and mitigate the harm of account shutdowns. 3/
We have developed what tools we can to resist and mitigate the harm of account shutdowns. 3/
With fear surrounding the EARN IT ACT we created some suggestions for SWers to take, including backing up content on social media, making backup accounts, diversifying platforms, and asking for client’s emails!
These tips still stand for IG updates.
https://hackinghustling.org/2020/08/04/earn-it-act-harm-reduction-guide/ 4/
These tips still stand for IG updates.
https://hackinghustling.org/2020/08/04/earn-it-act-harm-reduction-guide/ 4/
Check out our resource on mitigating account shutdowns:
https://hackinghustling.org/account-shutdown-harm-reduction-guide/ 5/
https://hackinghustling.org/account-shutdown-harm-reduction-guide/ 5/
Check out our workplace safety poster for online sex workers:
https://hackinghustling.org/workplace-safety-poster-digital-security-tips/ 6/
https://hackinghustling.org/workplace-safety-poster-digital-security-tips/ 6/
Check out our webinar on doxxing mitigation and how to protect your personal information online:
https://hackinghustling.org/doxxing-prevention-harm-reduction-training/ 7/
https://hackinghustling.org/doxxing-prevention-harm-reduction-training/ 7/
If you want to read more about FB’s “Community Standards Enforcement” you can read their report from August 2020.
https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/community-standards-enforcement-report-aug-2020/ 8/
https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/community-standards-enforcement-report-aug-2020/ 8/
In the face of IG Community Guideline change and any changes to come, we will continue to fight against tech exclusion, against the profiling of people in the sex trades, and for increased access to the very platforms we have helped build. 9/
