Login/auth blocks 2
lainchan / r
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Elliot Alderson · 2025-01-29 14:45
As >>39406 reached the bump limit, here's the second.
Likewise, this is about login/auth blocks on social media widely
affecting the internet, as well as NSFW content. Both of these had
clearly lead straight to the internet as a whole becoming more locked
down and nonfunctional, making scrapers impossible to extract files,
people to view stuff they like, etc.
I have researched as many sources as possible over the course of the
original thread.
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Drifter · 2025-01-29 14:51
>>44005
>"the underfell blog was made private like that by the creators for
archival purposes due to drama"
Well, I believe it wasn't made private; the Tumblr blog was hidden
under a password as indicated by the blog_auth string in the URL's
address.
Sometimes Tumblr blogs can end up on a login-required or blog_auth
string in a URL address like the posts I've previously addressed.
As for the ever-growing list, only a couple of sites had been capable
of login/auth blocks in comparison to those affecting or banning NSFW
content, like Newgrounds, Tumblr and Gumroad (the latter of which was
from a Mastodon post). GitHub's gallery-dl repo had problems with
scraping NSFW content because of the blocks/bans on the fly. So when I
meant "there needs to be a way to curb this without auth" I'm looking
at the fact you could browse/scrape freely like in the 2000's when
login/auth blocks weren't invented until early 2018 with Tumblr's
problematic Safe Mode.
>"a digital rights nightmare"
>"everyone would fight against it"
That's a lot the thread had taken in, since I (the OP of this thread)
had researched a LOT of these like it's of significant importance.
>4ch has an age consent popup
old.reddit.com and e621.net have similar age consent popups/pages as
far as we've seen.
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H.R. Giger · 2025-02-02 19:32
https://lainchan.org/r/res/44060.html
I had tiny issues with Cloudflare, as I had addressed in >>43944 and
these are security checks. However, somebody made a thread on this as
of recent.
Anyways, here is a list of login/auth blocks issues that can help:
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X: https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:ww
w.reddit.com&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X
&ved=2ahUKEwiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571
&dpr=1.5
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
(this is the only one I know of that mentions the NSFW login block
message via the Steam Store)
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (NSFW-blocked)
Tumblr:
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run; however, I do not know what happened to some NSFW Tumblr
accounts in 2023 (one of these examples can be found in post >>40581).
This leads me to ask a hard question to everyone - did this thwart the
ban in 5 years?
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Ein · 2025-02-03 12:43
>>44082
I had been looking into YCombonator all about the login/auth blocks as
well like these examples here:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18606593
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36674070
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26299561
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37330234
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30256984
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39721870
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Apoc · 2025-02-08 03:43
As sage wrote, "Although my examples contain alot of content of the
sexual nature, these kinds of login walls are used even for the most
benign of things like just accessing a website, the measure shouldn't
be a thing in the first place. This is not an acceptable tradeoff, as
there is literally no reason to make an account for anything."
https://www.pcmag.com/news/tumblr-explains-why-it-still-bans-porn-
blame-credit-card-companies-apple
At the very least, this thread (and the previous) cracks down on
arbitrarily login blocks for social media and NSFW age-gates, but I
want the internet to be fully accessible like in 2000's when there was
no login/auth blocks, in my personal opinion.
If you have other opinions on this issue then please let me know. I'm
bumping this thread because it's very important.
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Joey · 2025-02-09 14:51
>>44025
>Well, I believe it wasn't made private; the Tumblr blog was hidden
under a password as indicated by the blog_auth string in the URL's
address.
yes, that's what I mean by private.
>Sometimes Tumblr blogs can end up on a login-required or blog_auth
string in a URL address like the posts I've previously addressed.
this is something else users can do. I'm not sure if you're being
deliberately aloof, or actually not getting it. either way, it is a
bit concerning.
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Dox · 2025-02-09 16:44
>>44142
>I'm not sure if you're being deliberately aloof, or actually not
getting it.
I'm actually giving users like you as much information as much as I
can, the topic at hand here raises concerns for the internet's future.
>That's what I mean by private (regarding certain Tumblr blogs)
I don't mind if we say it's private or hidden via Tumblr, it really
doesn't matter which.
Going into a tangent, some itch.io games can be hidden under a
password or put on private, something I've seen in 2022 but it's like
how Tumblr users manage their blogs pretty much.
Thank you very much for keeping me updated ;)
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Dozer · 2025-02-09 19:28
>>44143
I just need to know, and I'm sorry for getting political about this.
do you think it's wrong that users can do this?
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Special Agent Bob · 2025-02-10 04:17
>>44144
You don't need to apologise. As for your question, it's either right
or wrong if users need to put their Tumblr accounts/YouTube
videos/itch.io games on private. One such example that lingered in my
head was SomeOrdinaryGamers putting all his old Haunted Gaming video
series private in 2017 because creepypastas "were becoming stale".
While I had connected this with the state of creepypastas in general,
I believed it was a Luna Game video I was going to watch in 2012 that
caused all this, wanting to make SomeOrdinaryGamers unprivatize his
old videos.
The only threads that point to Steam's "login-based" agecheck problem:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=steam+%22must+login+to+see+this+cont
ent%22+site:steamcommunity.com&sca_esv=6c62cb884638f89e&filter=0&biw=1
366&bih=657&dpr=1
Full nudity in Steam Store: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/for
um/1/1735465524722059421/?ctp=3
So many NSFW games on Steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/2823131222991189575/
This "login to view" variant of Steam's agecheck is hell and a lot of
users have had trouble finding some games that have been flagged. If
you want to know, this is where I drove the issue that the internet's
dying thanks to login/auth blocks like these. This is terrible.
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Nguoi La · 2025-02-17 12:22
Please note that I still need answers on getting rid of login/auth
blocks for social media and NSFW content because it's completely wrong
if people can't access and/or archive media in the long run. The list
I've organised (post >>44082) can help, as I had researched a LOT of
these as if it was of significant importance (and still is as of now).
As for the ever-growing list, only a couple of sites had been capable
of login/auth blocks in comparison to those affecting or banning NSFW
content.
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Mentat · 2025-02-19 11:09
>>44189
I had found a couple of GitHub links if you guys are interested:
- https://github.com/Qwaxi-Lixard/yes-porn-allowed
- https://github.com/Qwaxi-Lixard/no-porn-allowed
Both of these are lists of different sites and services that differ
between banning their usage in affiliation to adult content or not.
It's important to not that each site, service, platform, or business
may have different limits. In my opinion, Tumblr is supposed to be in
the Yes NSFW Allowed list, since I said "Should be allowed; this was
(and still is) one of the prime examples of banning porn and such
content IS supposed to come back", not the latter because, as I had
stated previously, February 2018's Safe Mode function was the reason
behind the NSFW content blocks and bans. This is the same thing with
opinion on Gumroad stating it "should be allowed".
Another thing the one of the lists covered is Steam, via post >>44147
- "Content must be appropriately labeled and age-gated." As I stated,
it should be "content must be appropriately labeled", as age-gates
have become terrible in recent times.
Newgrounds has no references to age-gates for A-rated content on that
list, but says "Allowed, if marked". The future of internet
accessiblity is uncertain, since I want things to be reversed.
Also I found a funny bug on Tumblr via reddit: https://old.reddit.com/
r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1hjvs70/tumblr_misbehaving/
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Nemissa · 2025-02-21 16:21
https://web.archive.org/web/diff/20220105171207/20220106023308/https:/
/help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy
Twitter imposing restrictions on specific sensitive media, such as
adult content (for viewers who are under 18 or viewers who do not
include a birth date on their profile) and slapping a "Age-restricted
adult content. This content might not be appropriate for people under
18 years old. To view this media, you’ll need to log in to Twitter"
tombstone on some NSFW posts had always been a wrong move for guests
attempting to view NSFW media. Same thing with Tumblr and Newgrounds,
but it's not age, but policy changes so that people can't scrape
anything.
These tombstones should've been reverted back to their normal "may
contain sensitive content; view settings" ones.
Do you have any opinions on all of this while this is still going on?
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Miho Iwakura · 2025-03-02 08:45
Bumping again since it's important; I know I've haven't been updating
this thread in a while. If you have any opinions on tackling
login/auth blocks on social media (as well as NSFW content) widely
affecting the internet, let me know.
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Nemissa · 2025-03-02 11:06
>>44276
don't you think it might be easier to maintain this as like, a
neocities page instead of a thread on lainchan? that way it can't be
deleted and you won't have to deal with the imageboard format.
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John Titor · 2025-03-06 08:55
>>44278
Well, I had been maintaining this on multiple text documents and a
recent list I made using Microsoft Word, inspired by Qwaxi-Lixard's
lists (as mentioned in post >>44204), and I've been archiving posts on
a huge text document. I'm pretty glad that Wayback Machine helps
archive a lot of content on here like it has done in the past (eg.
NSFW Tumblr blogs before 2018 made them not accessible). Thank you for
asking me, though!
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Turner · 2025-03-06 18:30
>>44349
so is there a reason why you need this thread?
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Hong, Guil Dong · 2025-03-07 01:03
>>44353
Yep.
Moving on, I found this:
https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/discussions/11260
I fear it's one of those login/auth blocks affecting sites, it's
upsetting I don't use Piped to watch videos nowadays. A GitHub repo
reached out to everyone, saying that "In July, YouTube has started to
A/B test the requirement of an anti-bot check on streaming URLs from
its HTML5 clients (desktop, mobile and TV websites leading up to a
'sign to confirm that you're not a bot error'), a pot URL query
parameter, which leads to invalid responses (HTTP response code 403)
after some time, like on the Android app if you do not pass integrity
checks (this happened a few times to NewPipe and reVanced which works
around the issue). This anti-bot check is hard to implement and
requires a full browser environment.
[/i]
[i]"YouTube started to require the parameter which was before
responsible of throttling streaming URLs (n query parameter of
streaming URLs) if you do no pass the correct value, computed by the
YouTube's JavaScript player. This requirement leads so now to 403 HTTP
responses too.
[/i]
[i]"Since 2nd week of July 2024, YouTube has started to roll out a new
JavaScript player which changes how this function can be extracted.
The function to return the correct value cannot be extracted currently
by the extractor, leading to instant 403 HTTP responses; which had
been fixed in the 0.27.1 release."
Someone on TeamPiped's GitHub repo did not think this was an IP
blacklist issue as they tried using multiple different IPv6 and IPv4
addresses for one of those instance; after successfully watching one
or two videos, the issue kept coming back. They thought YouTube has a
new way to verify actual clients/detect "bots" - this is backed up by
the fact that people having this issue while using NewPipe, are not
having this issue when they visit the actual YouTube website and try
to watch the same video.
NewPipe fixed the bot error, but I want Piped to do the same because I
tested a video from the piped.kavin.rocks instance as of yesterday.
However, GitHub repos kept limiting issues around this to
collaborators.
From what I know so far, Piped and Invidious are still suffering from
the bot error no matter how many people got affected.
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Hououin Kyouma · 2025-03-10 13:07
Looking at the links on my previous thread, I found that part of the
hyperlink just cuts off. This is when you don't pop the https in the
link:
old.reddit.com/over18?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2FClopClop
%2Fcomments%2F13bo02%2Fhoof_beat_2_coming_soon%2Fc72pn6i
But if you add https in the url this happens:
https://old.reddit.com/over18?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2F
ClopClop%2Fcomments%2F13bo02%2Fhoof_beat_2_coming_soon%2Fc72pn6i
Another thing I came up with comes from this: http://web.archive.org/w
eb/20160821151645/http://mylittledoxy.tumblr.com/post/147675005926/n0n
d3scr1pt-mylittledoxy-im-removing-all
Take note at Doxy screaming out
>"Tumblr is not for us anymore, it’s for them"
in the post. I thought this is what Tumblr's like nowadays because
NSFW content was blocked then derezzed in 2018, while tag searches and
anon asks were blocked for guest view, which had been a total
downfall. Doxy kind of opened up a can of worms with just that exact
phrase, "Tumblr is not for us anymore, it’s for them" back in 2016,
making me relate to the state of Tumblr's downfall from 2017-present
(Safe Mode, NSFW ban, login walls, login to ask anonymously) in such a
simple echo. This seems to be like the perspective on Gaza being in a
barren warzone now than the lush landscapes that it used to be.
Other quotes I found were:
>"It’s really depressing"
- gears towards how site changes had a negative impact
>"scary-sounding"
- could've linked to the 'net, but this is, again, all to do with site
changes
>"This is the short and long of it."
- the research I've been dealing with in 2024 to the present year
What are your thoughts on this?
Anyways, I really wish for social media to not put up a login wall or
block NSFW material. Even Google tries to change my SafeSearch
settings on my Samsung Galaxy Tab A but I'd prefer it if the
SafeSearch settings were completely disabled.
>"completely disabled"
Blocking access to sites/content just goes to show me the internet is
crumbling, making me wish that login/auth walls and NSFW banning
should be completely disabled. And I can't deal with that very well,
since it's just change...
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Elliot Alderson · 2025-03-10 13:25
>>44383
>links on my previous thread
>I found that part of the hyperlink just cuts off
That's weird the link fixed itself
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Jane Doe · 2025-03-10 17:02
>>44383
In case you didn't know, Doxy was mentioned in this entire report
list: https://web.archive.org/web/20151002224425/http://noponyofnote.t
umblr.com/post/34428001389/terms-and-conditions
They said a sideblog was removed due to "false claims by Tumblr staff"
and another Tumblr user made fanart of it, stating it's old (it's just
a snippet for rule compliance!). Also going twofold with this message
because you are awesome
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fsociety · 2025-03-15 07:39
Had anyone been using 4k Video Downloader to the point where they got
this "Error: failed to download" message? YouTube just raised the
restrictions on nearly every downloader online, and blocks downloads
to your IP after you download lots of videos.
I don't care if people watch YouTube or not, I was ok with the site
until Google came and messed it all up, over ad content, Premium
subscriptions, etc.
Clearly Google ruined YouTube; I don't want YouTube to be overridden
with ads before videos or even issuing an IP ban on 4k Video
Downloader. In fact, ads before videos is the reason Google ruined
YouTube for ever, and I want it to be back to the pre-2011 era. I just
cannot take this anymore with the site.
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Neo · 2025-03-15 08:06
>>44447
Sources:
https://old.reddit.com/r/4kdownloadapps/comments/1dz3dhl/just_updated_
to_43110092_and_the_4k_downloader/
https://old.reddit.com/r/4kdownloadapps/comments/1hrojxc/i_cant_be_the
_only_one_having_this_problem_right/
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Yu-ichi · 2025-03-18 10:41
>>44147
This is yet about Steam's NSFW age-gate problems again, this time it's
from the Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/765611991
24986209/screenshots/?appid=250900#scrollTop=0
I want things like this accessible in the long run like I've
documented without the need for logins/DOB, and one of their images
comes from a NSFW-blocked TBoI mod on Steam Workshop. A few things of
note are the image is marked as spoilers but is public.
You can see this for yourself: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tboi+
18%2B+steam&sca_esv=a80202f809587add&ei=0a_ZZ4jnB9DBhbIPu6eZuQw&ved=0a
hUKEwjIk4OYlpSMAxXQYEEAHbtTJscQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tboi+18%2B+steam&gs_l
p=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiDnRib2kgMTgrIHN0ZWFtSMJ9UNwBWNN6cAF4AZABAJgBjQKg
Ab4OqgEFNS44LjK4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgagAu4EwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR8ICBhAAGBYYHsICCx
AAGIAEGIYDGIoFwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgUQABjvBZgDAIgGAZAGCJIHAzEuNaAHwCOyBwMw
LjW4B9oE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
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Lord Nikon · 2025-03-26 06:12
Even bluesky isn't showing things like
https://bsky.app/profile/succulentscum.bsky.social/post/3lcyst6l4zc27
with stuff like "Adult Content; Labelled by the author. Learn more"
and is UNVIEWABLE WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT
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Cereal Killer · 2025-03-26 06:22
>>44479
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
>!no-unauthenticated which makes the content inaccessible to logged-
out users in applications which respect the label
>porn which puts a warning on images and can only be clicked through
if the user is 18+ and has enabled adult content
More like !no-unauthenticated and porn labelled content being
inaccessible to logged-out users in applications should DISrespect
their labels
!hide puts a generic warning on content that cannot be clicked
through, and filters the content from listings which is like kicking
dead whales down the beach because I want stuff like that link in the
previous post 100% accessible by all means; !hide, !no-unauthenticated
and >porn should ALL be accessable WITHOUT login credentials
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Jean Dupont · 2025-03-26 08:19
>>44480
Has anybody come across posts on BlueSky that had been labeled? I
found this link (https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-
guides/moderation) and while it has mod codes, the only ones that
stick out like sore thumbs are
!no-unauthenticated porn !hide
Two of these pops an unclickable generic warning on content that
redirects to what they mean, especially with posts tagged as porn if
somebody put in their D.O.B. in their login credentials (like
Twitter). The !no-unauthenticated tag is similar to porn because
it's inaccessible to logged-out users. These aren't generic labels,
but really awful. I wish for them to make some of the posts 100%
accessible to people without the need of logins and D.O.B.'s.
I've now added it to my growing list of login/auth blocks issues.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X: https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:ww
w.reddit.com&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X
&ved=2ahUKEwiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571
&dpr=1.5
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
(this is the only one I know of that mentions the NSFW login block
message via the Steam Store)
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (NSFW-blocked)
Tumblr:
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts)
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run; however, I do not know what happened to some NSFW Tumblr
accounts in 2023.
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Case · 2025-04-05 04:25
I'm bumping this thread again as usual, but I also want people to talk
to me about the list I've addressed in the previous post as it's of
importance.
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Ivan Horvat · 2025-04-06 04:12
>>44357
This bot issue affected invidious:
http://web.archive.org/web/20240612043331/https://github.com/iv-
org/invidious/issues/4734
YouTube putting in bot checks on piped is 100% unnecessary
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Yuki Nagato · 2025-04-10 08:44
artslush.tumblr.com gave me a message about the blog having mature
content when I know it's for NSFW content (like saunterwing.tumblr.com
and saunterwing.tumblr.com/post/179982627842/ if the descrpition is of
any indication)
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Naomi Nascimento · 2025-04-10 09:03
>>44683
Normally Tumblr blogs having mature content is to do with NSFW/adult
content in general but artslush.tumblr.com was marked as a mature
content blog because of gore and body horror? Or this is because it's
an old blog somebody doesn't use anymore (at least) and they kept it
like this? I'm puzzled because I do not know what happened to a couple
of NSFW Tumblr accounts in 2023 (with one mentioned in my previous
post).
I really don't know about how artslush's blog got a mature flag, can
anyone help me about this situation?
soya beans
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Gyula Kovacs · 2025-04-12 17:08
>>44621
https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/issues/3658#issuecomment-2286484613
Most of the instances are currently unavailable due to this issue, a
user said, stating that I want to mention that I don't think this is
an IP blacklist issue, I tried using multiple different IPv6 and IPv4
addresses for my instance, after successfully watching one or two
videos, the issue comes back again, I think youtube has a new way to
verify actual clients/detect "bots", this is backed up by the fact
that people having this issue while using NewPipe, are not having this
issue when they visit the actual youtube website and try to watch the
same video.
This is happening to me on the majority of videos (~8 out of 10) and
on different instances, to the point another user had to go back to
using vanilla youtube.
http://web.archive.org/web/20240612043331/https://github.com/iv-
org/invidious/issues/4734
Any thread that mentions YouTube's bot-checking error on github I came
across was "locked as spam and limited conversation to collaborators",
like keeping an issue clean from unnecessary comments, leading to too
much chaos, and I mean, TOO MUCH.
This needs to stop, YouTube needs to step down from bot checks for
ever, sorry
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Project 2501 · 2025-04-14 16:46
>>44480
Found an example of the !no-unauthenticated label:
https://bsky.app/profile/sassy0m3g4.bsky.social/post/3lmdf6ccwr22q
Also I found this on github:
https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues/2015
It's similar to https://github.com/TumblThreeApp/TumblThree/issues/221
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Roger Pollack · 2025-04-15 09:26
I found out that Nitter made a return!
https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/discussions/1212
zedeus merged the authentication replacement PR after a bunch of fixes
and updates, so there's no longer a need to use a different branch or
one of the many forks floating around.
However, NSFW/sensitive content accounts aren't showing their tweets,
only people or something: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1218
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Faye Valentine · 2025-04-16 04:50
Remember that I want login/auth blocks on social media widely
affecting the internet, as well as NSFW content, gone from the
internet for ever, this is why I'm bumping again as per usual.
Happy Easter everyone
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Zhora · 2025-05-03 15:24
I want to bump up this thread. this is important please
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Yet Another Lainon · 2025-05-08 02:24
>>44725
>>44213
Reminder that I want NSFW/sensitive content accounts to be 100%
accessible on Nitter/xcancel. Here are a couple of links:
https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/829
https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/discussions/1212
https://github.com/PrivacyDevel/nitter/issues/26
The latter is from StevenNL2000, who says "the problem Nitter is
currently facing with NSFW content is that you can only fetch it with
authenticated requests, which are rate-limited. However, some of the
rate limit is currently being wasted on requests that don't contain
any NSFW content at all.
"My proposal is to always fetch as a guest first, and only retry with
authentication if there was NSFW content in the first response. The
idea is that since guest requests are essentially free, the rate limit
will be used up less quickly and instances will hopefully become more
usable."
For me, the rate-limits and countries are not a problem, but companies
themselves trying to keep us away from archiving NSFW content.
e621.net spoke about Twitter/X slowly blocking guests from viewing
(and scraping) NSFW tweets: https://e621.net/forum_topics/32720
And I was checking any instance of somebody making an announcement
that was making their move from Tumblr to Twitter because of the NSFW
ban on the former via furbooru.org (I know I had problems with them
via http://web.archive.org/web/20240314094426/https://lainchan.org/r/r
es/36744.html but like e621.net, they scrape and archive images that
affected by NSFW content blocks and bans).
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Junichi Fujiwara · 2025-05-08 04:57
soykaf makes it impossible to use the web on a headless browser. would
be much easier to get by on a 500mb p/m plan
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Random · 2025-05-08 05:03
>>45894 actually lainchan is one of the very few places that I can
actually post using elinks. most sites with forms and such use
javascript. which doesnt realistically work on a headless browser.
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Chan Siu Ming · 2025-05-08 13:48
>>45895
Okay what do you mean by headless browser?
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Armitage · 2025-05-09 11:48
>>45891
>"I was checking any instance of somebody making an announcement that
was making their move from Tumblr to Twitter because of the NSFW ban
on the former via furbooru.org"
Okay, furbooru.org/images/20241 had the description
>"two days left until Tumblr doesn't allow NSFW content anymore,
follow me on twitter if you want to see future pics from me"
which was a HUGE lead into Tumblr's downfall IMO because while the
image in question was scraped by furbooru.org in 2020, the description
is important.
>"Tumblr doesn't allow NSFW content anymore"
No, Tumblr SHOULD allow NSFW content, but blocks and bans affecting
them is wholly wrong, in my personal opinion.
>>44383
>>44683
I feel like part of saunterwing.tumblr.com/post/179982627842/'s
description is what Tumblr's like nowadays because NSFW content was
blocked then derezzed in 2018, and that post came out a month before.
Take care :)
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Boris Grishenko · 2025-05-13 02:50
>>45906
I forgot about the NSFW content warning for the furbooru.org link I've
attached in the previous post, and that was a portion of the
description used here. Hopefully this will clear up a few things!
Also, some links I found on Google:
https://old.reddit.com/r/datasets/comments/a346wl/list_of_67k_nsfw_tum
blrs_submitted_to_reddit_in/
https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/a3kdon/43k_tumblrs_w_nsf
w_content_posted_to_reddit_live/
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3AGithub.com+nsfw+login+authtok
en&sca_esv=db94c43514cdc207&biw=1366&bih=600&ei=QBQjaJa7Cs-uhbIPq_mHSQ
&ved=0ahUKEwiW24CelKCNAxVPV0EAHav8IQk4PBDh1QMIEA&uact=5&oq=site%3AGith
ub.com+nsfw+login+authtoken&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJHNpdGU6R2l0aHVi
LmNvbSBuc2Z3IGxvZ2luIGF1dGh0b2tlbkjPA1AAWABwAXgAkAEAmAEAoAEAqgEAuAEDyA
EAmAIAoAIAmAMAiAYBkgcAoAcAsgcAuAcA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
journals.sagepub.com says Tumblr's ban on NSFW content had sparked
"contested platform governance", however Google had opened up a whole
smorgasbord of links if you pop "site:Github.com nsfw login authtoken"
into it's search bar.
But clearly I want content to be accessible without the need of
logins, D.O.B.s and authTokens like I've seen in the past. Not even a
ban could impact the needs of archiving content.
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Zero Cool · 2025-05-15 06:43
>>44721
https://bsky.app/profile/eggnog-art.bsky.social/post/3lntaovdiwc25
said it got "labelled by @moderation.bsky.app". That's ominous but it
led me to https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ar7c4by46qjdydhdevvrndac
which has labels and posts.
Some of the labels can be toggled, but these have a greyed out Hide
button:
Adult Content
Explicit sexual images.
Adult content is disabled.
Sexually Suggestive
Does not include nudity.
Adult content is disabled.
Non-sexual Nudity
E.g. artistic nudes.
Configured in moderation settings.
Sexually Suggestive (Cartoon)
Art with explicit or suggestive sexual themes, including provocative
imagery or partial nudity.
Adult content is disabled.
Graphic Media
Explicit or potentially disturbing media.
Adult content is disabled.
I'm sorry - but what the heck is going on with Bluesky? First off,
I've seen this adult content being disabled for guests in the long
run, but posts labelled as "non-sexual nudity" can be configured in
moderation settings when it led me to a login redirect?! All of them
should be configured in moderation settings.
Two, anything marked as graphic media (like gore) isn't adult content.
Adult content is exactly what it says on the tin, but graphic media
should've had the toggle bar because that's 12+ content. Bluesky can't
make up their minds with this.
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Random · 2025-06-02 14:01
Bumping as always
because
its important
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Drifter · 2025-06-06 10:11
>>43912
I saw some games on itch.io asked for my age consents when they aren't
NSFW and are horror-based games. Why is that even possible?
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The Fin · 2025-06-15 15:25
>>44683
>>46117
Both of these posts show gore/violence treated as NSFW when this is
actually aimed at adult content. I want stuff unblocked because it's
ruining people wanting it to be viewable without any restrictions, in
general. I want it to be possible in the future, and speaking of
which, this is not just about my wish, but something that had impacted
people viewing NSFW content on such an extreme scale.
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Otto Normalverbraucher · 2025-06-19 13:34
Okay, LMJ updated her Beast mod, if you want to know more it's all
there in the link: https://old.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/1l
fdoro/bestia_20_not_just_announcing_it_it_just_dropped/
But it's still blocked by Steam content warnings, which should never
be implemented on the site because when I checked Steam Workshop, it's
not present anywhere. This is why Steam needs to reconsider its age-
checks for ANYTHING.
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Dujour · 2025-06-22 07:48
>>46268
government laws force steam to censor what you can view. They also had
to delete regional pricing because eu sued them over it demanding
equalized pricing in eurozone.
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Agent Smith · 2025-06-22 16:15
>>46277
>"Government laws force Steam to censor what you can view"
When I checked Steam Workshop because LMJ updated her Beast mod, I saw
it not being present anywhere. The mod in question wasn't blocked in
the first place to even begin with. I saw it within the second page of
the "most popular" mods in 2022; back then that mod could be
downloaded, but who am I kidding?
Blame the goverment for letting censorship HURT a prime example.
Intrestingly, LMJ explained that there was an argument between her and
Snowy_Roads (aka Atreue) after they wanted to buy the character from
her, offering LMJ $4000 but she declined. Weeks later, LMJ gave
Snowy_Roads the mod character and all of the files I had for the mod,
including the mod files themselves for The Binding of Isaac.
Snowy_Roads started DMing LMJ's IRL friends somehow and telling them
that she didn't send them the "Animation Files". Still to this very
day, Snowy_Roads kept pulling emotional manipulation and lie nonsense
when LMJ is somehow still being nice to them.
That's very interesting but, why go though the haggling when it's
affected by the goverment?
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Project 2501 · 2025-06-27 10:26
>>46280
LMJ added the original variant of her Beast mod on Steam (the one that
Snowy_Roads had bought before the argument) -
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3508002325
She said:
>"No future changes will be made to this mod. This is purely for
people who wanted the original version."
>"Contains no edits other than my sprite work."
Best of all, the mod in question isn't affected by content warnings.
Just realised an error:
>all of the files I had for the mod
Sorry, I meant "all of the files she had for the mod"
>>46277
I did not realise Steam had regional pricing. But itch.io has regional
pricing for some games and assets.
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Rick Deckard · 2025-06-27 10:38
>>46288
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3507995337
MOverERR reuploaded the Dead God replacement sprites, saying that
"this is a reupload after the recent Steam ban". However, their
screenshots still say 4 on their profile while it shows three of them
because they privatized the preview for the very same Dead God
replacement sprite (when you obtain it).
I have a question. Why was the mod flagged for NSFW content on Steam
and then derezzed for that reason?
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Donna Hawthorne · 2025-06-27 16:17
>>45981
Thanks.
COPPA compliance is required by law. I don't want to, but have to age
gate some of my Auth locked content. Legal remedy to the problem is to
attempt repeal.
BBSes had lock by credit card required [$0.01 credit then deposit].
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Frank Garza · 2025-07-06 13:54
>>46292
>age-gate some auth-locked content
That's a terrible thought. Even though I found some examples from one
account today I still can't shrug off this feeling Bluesky had got to
sort out their labelling problem.
-https://bsky.app/profile/daimera.bsky.social/post/3lsii6gp3622e
(graphic media as marked by the author)
-https://bsky.app/profile/daimera.bsky.social/post/3ltaar2x6fs2m
(blocked with sign-in required, as labelled by the same person)
The former (which can be viewed on artslush/godslush via Tumbig)
should've been "graphic media can be toggled on or off because that
content is geared towards teens to infinity". Some of the labels can
be toggled. Graphic media, when it comes to gore however, should have
had the toggle switch in the first place.
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Y.T · 2025-07-06 14:34
>>46288
>[LMJ's original variant of her Beast mod] in question isn't affected
by content warnings
Now the mod's affected by content warnings and isn't visible on most
recent, only MOverERR's reupload of the Dead God replacement sprites
and I am so angry with Steam to flag BOTH of LMJ's Beast mods and not
make it accessible to anybody. This is Steam's fault to take it away
from people and is 100% wrong. Just look at the link:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3508002325
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Pulse · 2025-07-06 14:52
And I found this Steam user uploaded screenshots of NSFW-blocked games
(especially the ones with a pink frame): https://steamcommunity.com/pr
ofiles/76561198150438297/screenshots#scrollTop=0
WTH is going on?!
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Yuki Nagato · 2025-07-07 01:57
>>46385
Like, what even is the game being used here that's age-restricted?
Does anyone know?
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Linda Lee · 2025-07-12 15:05
Bumping as usual because this is very important stuff.
I've haven't been active for a while so...
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BloodCat · 2025-07-12 15:59
>>44024
the solution in my opinion is to boycott the services that require
authentication, and use and promote the services that are free as in
freedom.
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HELIOS · 2025-07-12 16:08
>>46432
boycotts are effective when you have a lot of people doing it. We
don't. Its not a boycott its an eccentricity.
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XERXES · 2025-07-14 08:43
>>46432
>>46433
How would that be possible though?
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John Titor · 2025-07-14 11:17
>>46433
i'd wager there are enough people unwilling/unable to authenticate
that they'd second guess themselves if people made an organized
commitment not to use their service.
remember that our data is valuable enough to be a bargaining chip.
if theres not a big enough group to sway them, then no matter, still
dont use their services. keep your own freedom even if it makes life
harder, that way, non authenticating sites still will have the
patronage to keep on
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Mentat · 2025-07-15 16:45
Here is my list of login/auth blocks issues. Most of these are aimed
at NSFW content.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X: https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:ww
w.reddit.com&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X
&ved=2ahUKEwiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571
&dpr=1.5
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
However, there ARE other sites such as Facebook and Pintrest that
block guests from accessing their sites.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
(this is the only one I know of that mentions the NSFW login block
message via the Steam Store)
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (NSFW-blocked)
Tumblr:
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts)
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run; however, I do not know what happened to some NSFW Tumblr
accounts in 2023.
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Linda Lee · 2025-07-23 06:08
Someone on Newgrounds uploaded a TBoI Steam Workshop mod that had been
flagged as NSFW:
- https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/vitati/all-tarot-cards-22
- https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3494776356
Worse, the account in question uploaded A-rated art that's still
blocked by age-gates when Newgrounds and Steam did not even need to
block NSFW material from guest access. I don't care how many times
we've seen it now, I want it gone for people to archive that sort of
content. No accounts. Nothing.
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Yet Another Lainon · 2025-07-24 02:26
>>46597
Do you think the world will really become a much worse place if a
bunch of tboi smut gets lost to history? It's not even that well drawn
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Dox · 2025-07-24 06:36
>>46598
>"Do you think the world will really become a much worse place if a
bunch of NSFW material gets lost to history?"
Not lost to history, but lost to age-gating methods, which many people
HATE to see. I had addressed that Steam, Newgrounds, Pixiv, and other
sites are blocking guests from viewing or even archiving NSFW content.
And sites like Facebook and Twitter even blocks guests from browsing.
Another thing I want to bring up is that "delaying(?) could allow more
and more login blocks to increase in number until they are justly
dealt with, especially when it comes to archiving pornography and
accessing sites; something I've effectively addressed. Sites who
censor guest activity ought to face some sort of consequences as well
for enabling this situation to continue."
It's from https://archive.is/Td5NY#selection-591.0-591.724 (I'm not
that person to be honest), but do you see the allusion to censorship
and login blocks?
Also, I don't care if images are drawn to some standards if anything;
I'm wanting things like this archived in the long run because it's
getting lost to auth blocks, as I've referred to in >>46464 (ongoing
list of login/auth blocks).
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Case · 2025-07-24 23:24
have you heard about the recent censorship of steam and itch.io?
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchio-apologise-for-frustration-and-
confusion-after-delisting-thousands-of-nsfw-projects seems to cover
most of it, including a link to the vice news article that was
censored as well.
twitter is freaking out about it rn, as usual
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Miho Iwakura · 2025-07-25 02:34
>>46603
I've checked the link, many thanks for the info.
However, Itch.io posted a statement clarifying that they'd "deindexed"
all NSFW work content from their browse and search pages, following a
campaign against them and Steam by the Collective Shout organisation,
that targeted payment providers due to a game titled No Mercy, which
was temporarily available on itch.io before being derezzed back in
April.
Hmmm... this actually reminds me of Wikipedia covering censorship in
regards to video games, like GTA:SA having a patch.
- https://www.collectiveshout.org/open-letter-to-payment-processors
- https://www.collectiveshout.org/tags/no_mercy
- https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content
... Ugh. This is just awful because first,, I said back in my first
thread concerning this, "itch.io began hiding collections with 18+
games in 2023 and now they've hidden the 'adult' tag for such content,
but still can be accessed".
I said thus: "Are they taking steps to hide all 18+ content like this?
... itch.io is being mean to people wanting to play/download 18+ games
on the site. Had anybody came across this issue recently with the
platform?"
Now it's for real?
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Nobody special · 2025-07-25 14:29
>>46603
visa/master are funding real rape on porn sites and have no issue
processing money for european whore houses known to sex traffic but
they do hunt porn drawings... So its factually a lie when they claim
they are banning games/ art commission for brand safety.
Real motivation? i think they are trying to monopolize the market.
They are killing all competition that is not owned by their friends.
The whole idea of payment processors being able to tell where your
money goes is a problem that needs to be killed in general. US had
bill attempting to ban it but it got repelled. They didnt give up
however and other countries are working on replacing them entirely as
a permanent solution.
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藤原純一 · 2025-07-25 16:55
>>46607
> visa/master are funding real rape on porn sites
>Image is a MSM a article lying calling teenagers and young looking
legal adults "children" and calling them on their own accord exposing
themselves for a fetish of theirs, attention or money as "abuse"
This is the same kind of talk that has lead to the current situation
in the first place.
The issue isn't straight from the payment processors themselves they
are just one step along the line. They are responding to the passing
of SESTA (previously called FOSTA) and being threatened by religious
NGOs with an agenda to end porn and nudity. This has lead to many
websites having login and ID blocks and others to be shut down. They
need to be attacked on all fronts through law changes and cutting off
their money sources as well as promoting alternative payment methods.
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Nanashi No Gombe · 2025-07-25 17:09
>>46607
>"They are killing all competition that is not owned by their
friends."
The login/auth blocks in general is killing guest accessibility, like
going on Twitter - only to find a login wall when, you know, there
isn't a need for it. And archiving NSFW content is going to be a
problem as well.
When I researched Collective Shout's coverage of Steam and itch.io
censorship, I thought, "what even is this?". I was bamboozled.
Collective Shout seems to be affiliated with the problems that NCOSE
has; I don't believe it's a Puritian move but flat-out censorship -
but a few saw this and aggressively called out to the charity (which
is Australia-based).
I've never heard of that charity before but I think they are pursuing
a long-standing battle to ban NSFW content from other platforms. And
here I am going back to continue this long-standing battle of
accessibility for guests who want to view, let's say, Tumblr, for site
searches as well as bringing back NSFW content from the 2018
apocalypse - all without an alternate frontend like Tumbig.
... whew.
>>46603
What happened with the Vice article? One of the news sources said it
got deleted - but I seen it was archived, via archive.ls.
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Hong, Guil Dong · 2025-07-25 18:25
>>46609
Strange because Vice has a similar article
https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-vtuber-just-raised-over-780-for-
the-aclu-after-steams-new-content-policies-her-anti-censorship-
message-is-urgent/
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Hagbard Celine · 2025-07-26 01:32
>>46608
>Image is a MSM a article lying calling teenagers and young looking
legal adults "children" and calling them on their own accord exposing
themselves
>This is the same kind of talk that has lead to the current situation
in the first place.
You making soykaf up here, its not about someone underage looking
posting their pics for money themself.
Pornsites get actual rape uploaded by gangs to make money and only is
used to sell prostitution not just pics.
US had court cases with ponrsites arguing "well we cant tell from the
video if the rape is real and its not our fault verification of
identity can be faked" and that was good enough to continue for them.
Its factually known that rape content is distributed on these
platforms and visa/master maintain relations with these sites while
punishing artists drawing porn.
>and being threatened by religious NGOs with an agenda to end porn and
nudity
Fake excuse to avoid responsibility. Who in US cares about 7
australian hags complaining? They have no power so they can't be more
than a excuse.
Not to mention that the amount of complaints these payment processors
got from banning commission payment is far larger but that didn't
matter when it came to closing services...
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Mario Rossi · 2025-07-26 07:11
>>46610
Found a quote from that Vice link:
>"it’s about protecting free expression – If they get their way, it
won't stop here".
I've applied the idea of "censorship could be hit by an unknown force"
because it's a "you either support it or you hate it" situation for
anyone in the community. Be it defensive or not, I feel like it's a
tough situation to grasp.
>They have no power so they can't be more than a excuse.
Well, to be honest, some companies have rights. Nothing beyond our
control, and is again, a "you either support it or you hate it"
situation for anybody. I'm not involved, it's... companies being
companies?
This is a lot to unpack for those new here and/or just visiting.
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Nobody special · 2025-07-26 09:12
After looking further into it it seems its a international operation
to kill internet anonymity.
Australia will get auth blocks for identification in december, EU next
year. They use "protecting kids from porn, hate speech etc." as the
excuse as usual.
UK got it just yesterday and its already giving an idea of the
implementation.
Also call me shizo but i noticed the australian ngo that got used to
justify payment processors attacking steam/itch.io has the same logo
as the authentication company currently policing UK visitors on
reddit.
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Emmanuel · 2025-07-27 04:17
Well, the Itch.io guidelines seem to be trending on Bluesky today:
https://bsky.app/profile/trending.bsky.app/feed/346345733
Good grief, this stuff about Itch.io gets everywhere! And it's because
a few people reached out to me about it. A charity removes a game from
Steam and changes a part of their ToS thanks to a lot of people
signing a petition? Really?! This is too much to take in!
Anyway, baroness.bsky.social said: "Having checked itch a few times
now, I can confirm a lot of games, including erotic games, are back to
being listed again.
"There are also some reports from creators their non-porn games were
listed again after unticking the 'sensitive to minors' box. Itch
doesn't actually have a porn tick box."
Another one showed that a game/project was delisted:
https://bsky.app/profile/eddyratt.bsky.social/post/3luqdppmags22
And lastly, mandoqueer.itch.io and gifti3.bsky.social are attempting
to keep track of games which have been removed from itch and
attempting to help in knowing where authors of this content are
moving.
The document has registered 100 games and counting: https://docs.googl
e.com/spreadsheets/d/1HxoIm1KiFsXn0e6pjmeV3j3TdAWnnDWXKjE7C6Ka-
x4/edit?gid=1806152370#gid=1806152370
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Yuki Nagato · 2025-07-27 12:09
>>46619
itch.io is similar to Tumblr and Gumroad in banning NSFW
content/payment issues now.
Speaking of Tumblr, I want visual depictions of sexually explicit acts
or content with an overt focus on genitalia to be allowed on the site,
and blogs sharing sexually explicit content never to be terminated
because I 100% care about NSFW content. Tumblr should be bringing back
porn. Same as itch.io and Gumroad.
Banning adult content on sites like this kept the sites in decline.
Same as blocking the accessibility of NSFW content for guests. Same as
blocking the accessibility of social media sites for guests.
Yes, I want this to stop, flat-out stop. No content labels or login
walls.
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Switch · 2025-07-27 14:57
>>46620
Tumblr had an issue of porn spamming accounts that were operated by
bots that try to follow random people. Not that I am against sexual
content but those were annoying. I thought the deal with Tumblr was
because of the passing of FOSTA-SESTA in 2018. This same time every
website derezzed any sexual content or nudity including by file
storage services and lal the big tech giants. Though it probably was a
case of both.
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Zhora · 2025-07-27 15:10
>>46621
had to check what FOSTA-SESTA is, how are anti sex traffic laws
relevant for drawings? Did they sneak in "all porn derezzed" to
include drawings?
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Anamika · 2025-07-28 01:42
>>46622
That has to do with unverified claims by NCOSE and Collective Shout,
to name a few groups, of underage porn attempted to be hosted or sold
through site for drawings but also because at some point during George
W Bush administration US law started counting drawings as illegal
under the special circumstance they are made using real people so for
example traced underage porn could be argued to fall under this, but
that also often is unverifiable and similarities can be pure
coincidence. The law change was more intended for CGI that completely
models realistic actual minors motion capture and all since they
wrongly claimed it would be used to circumvent the law but likely it
was motivated to increase the surveillance state because no previous
case even existed to even try to justify the law change. This is a
bit confusing on why Pixiv also derezzed Fanbox commission for art
that is not actually illegal under US law except for old outdated
obscenity laws nearly never used but I assume the NCOSE or Collective
Shout lied to the Japanese owners after they got the payment
processors to go after them. After the change to rules pressure don
them Pixiv implemented content blocks on anyone outside of Japan,
though kind of randomly where it is difficult to tell what tags they
are blocking, so you had to change your location you appear as to
view some artwork so login blocks and ID checks are not even the only
methods currently locking people out of content on websites making
them jump through all sorts of hoops. Worst case scenario is these
methods combined where websites all over will begging to be fully
region locked and require local ID to access proving your citizenship.
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Lord Nikon · 2025-07-28 04:59
>>46623
>unverified claims
That is strange. But people on social media had began protests on
Collective Shout, Visa and Mastercard, and boy it's chaotic.
>>46621
>Tumblr had an issue of porn spamming accounts that were operated by
bots that try to follow random people
That should've been derezzed in 2018, not actual NSFW content, keeping
actual media and blogs in the long run.
The login wall problem still persists, on the other hand and I really
want that gone from the site, too.
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HELIOS · 2025-07-28 13:51
latest uk soykaf:
300k people signed petittion and got as reply "your concern is noted
but we do it anyway in full measure, enjoy" and they considering
banning vpn now too to extend their censorship as vpn sales have
skyrocketed. Why would you avoid it? They already used it to censor a
livestream of a uk protest
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Agent Jones · 2025-07-28 17:06
>>46626
Maybe if everyone collectively starts erecting guillotines and they
will get the message.
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Boris Grishenko · 2025-07-29 17:21
Some NSFW/mature bypass userscripts I published:
https://sleazyfork.org/scripts/535569-baraag-unspoiler-nsfw-images
https://sleazyfork.org/scripts/540063-imhentai-remove-sensitive-image-
filters
https://sleazyfork.org/scripts/544055-artstation-show-mature-content
Unrelated but if you use SauceNAO a lot you may find these useful:
https://greasyfork.org/scripts/544011-saucenao-drag-and-drop-image-
anywhere-in-page
https://greasyfork.org/scripts/544013-saucenao-compress-downscale-
image-before-uploading
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Netrunner · 2025-07-29 18:01
>>46644
McAfee marked sleazyfork as suspicious but thank you for this.
Anyway I found out that HFTGOOM has been restricted in the UK on
itch.io thanks to the Online Safety Act:
https://bsky.app/profile/tmccue.bsky.social/post/3lv37l56vzc2i
If you can remember, I've spoken about Steam blocking games like this
one, and itch.io asking for your age consents for some games with this
GB game being an example. But this - restricting NSFW content - is
wrong and getting out of control. From https://itch.io/t/5133739/our-
update-on-the-uk-online-safety-act, the staff said that as of July 25,
2025, the OSA requires platforms to implement age verification systems
to prevent minors from accessing adult content, and that itch.io have
had to implement geographic restrictions on project pages with NSFW or
adult content for UK users.
The site had added a “Geo Restrictions” tab to the Distribute section
of a project’s dashboard that has a combination of the “Has sensitive
content” setting and the use of specific tags: “porn,” “adult,”
“hentai,” “erotic,” and “sex”, automatically applying a restriction in
the UK. This is a huge mistake because, like I've said countless times
before, I want NSFW content accessible for guests without age-gates,
age checks, or global restrictions, like I've seen in the past. The
very same is applied to social media websites being free of login
walls.
And yes, the author of HFTGOOM launched a new, self-hosted website:
https://taylormccue.neocities.org
All the games can be accessed here without any problems! So that's
super cool :D
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Linda Lee · 2025-07-30 16:44
I have been checking the Google Doc on the Itch.io issue time after
time, and the people that are still working on the document have
updated the list of games, books, etc. It's here: https://docs.google.
com/spreadsheets/d/1HxoIm1KiFsXn0e6pjmeV3j3TdAWnnDWXKjE7C6Ka-
x4/edit?gid=1806152370#gid=1806152370
Some of the games are currently unavailable or currently suspended -
for example, a trilogy of games by Chimériquement.
Another link I've found: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/whats-going-on-
with-steam-and-itchios-crackdown-on-adult-content
Like I've said over and over again, I want Tumblr to bring back all
NSFW content, same with itch.io and Gumroad, without a problem - be it
age verfication or age-gates. If a site keeps banning adult content on
sites like Tumblr, it keep the sites in decline. It's the vey same as
blocking the accessibility of NSFW content for guests and blocking the
accessibility of social media sites for guests with login walls.
Why? It's not right at all. Login walls and age-gates are killing the
internet. This place is like the only thing we have left.
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Random · 2025-07-31 05:33
I've found another link thanks to zzzchan.xyz making a thread about
the same situation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aAbrEDNa2N
mgntrKtij0RuxKneiFcTJisGyfMUv2nnM
It's a document relating to Steam's pulling/banning of NSFW games in
regards to the situation we're in. This crackdown is huge, if I say so
myself. Some of the games shown on this list are from Japan, and I
think other imageboards/communities are acting on this. All the while
I'm researching ways to reverse the situation.
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Agent Smith · 2025-07-31 10:09
>>46658
jp games have been delisted long before this already.
I dont play sofporn games so i dont know details but ive seen jp devs
complain about them censoring their game to comly with steam and still
getting delisted with a "bans are permanent deal with it" response so
they dont even get a chance to try again. Allegedly they have some jp
hater working actively on hurting jp. Frankly ive experienced my own
ridiculous steam censorship when a post of mine got deleted and the
reasoning was "combative". They literally couldn't find a fault so
they made something up to censor me.
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Chan Siu Ming · 2025-08-01 12:12
Annnnnnd... now the UK's OSA is happening around the internet:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2xx6z6eko
It's going to make accessibly and scraping of NSFW content even harder
until people like us revert the situation...
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Six · 2025-08-01 23:07
https://www.congress.gov/bill/121th-congress/senate-bill/1748
bill to implement auth block on hardware level.
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Acid Burn · 2025-08-02 05:33
>>46658
I have some good news. Itch.io has begun reindexing NSFW projects:
-https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content
-https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/itch-io-is-restoring-some-nsfw-
content/
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Random · 2025-08-05 15:31
>>44447
For your information, 4K Video Downloader had fixed the "Error: failed
to download" message/IP bans from YouTube as of the updates that got
recently released on the program :D
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Nguoi La · 2025-08-06 03:51
Today, I was thinking about if login/auth blocks and NSFW content
blocks affected the robots.txt for websites. In 2014, I called out in
regards to this Tumblr account, creepyponies.tumblr.com, being flagged
as mature and disallowed robots.txt on sites such as Google:
https://web.archive.org/web/20181211191221/http://creepyponies.tumblr.
com/post/80065708517/i-have-elected-to-flag-this-blog-for-mature
The author, aisu-isme said this was a cleanup, but if this broke the
mould for flagging NSFW content this way, creepyponies.tumblr.com
would be the first, in my opinion. Note that this was a change I
wasn't able to cope with at the time, but nowadays it's nothing much
at all!
And of course, I'm just experimenting with ideas like this one because
sometimes, I ramble on with ideas and opinions.
So, can blocks and bans affect robots.txt/webcrawler flagging as of
yet? This happened with Tumblr in 2017, when it was more commonplace.
Picture's unrelated!
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XERXES · 2025-08-06 14:50
>>46671
When I visited https://pixelrye.itch.io/ it gave me a message about
the OSA instead of the profile page saying it "has been restricted
from access within the UK due to the Online Safety Act".
Itch.io should have been able to provide this specific content or
service to users in the UK even if they hope to make more content
available in the future. This is a huge error and restrictions like
this are incorrectly applied. Why?
Because OSA is wrong BS.
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BloodCat · 2025-08-07 11:10
>>46722
Actually, this user had been making SFW Yume Nikki fangames with
animal characters but the profile page for them has been incorrectly
restricted by UK's OSA/Ofcom. I've checked their Tumblr for more
information on whatever date the restrictions were misplaced, but I
couldn't find anything there.
However, Ofcom and/or OSA is wrong to affect people viewing/scaping
specific material, especially NSFW content and I wish the OSA to be
scrapped because, like I've said before, "it's going to make
accessibly and scraping of NSFW content even harder until people like
us revert the situation".
This ridiculous OSA censorship had gone way too far for opinion sakes,
because it ruined everything. Last night, I had a panic attack because
of this and another issue on the internet elsewhere. Reverting
censorship must happen, so likewise it's a case of disregarding
censorship more than 100%.
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Boris Grishenko · 2025-08-07 16:35
Update: bsky.app/profile/trending.bsky.app/feed/346345733 has stopped
being a trend, but I've been really busy tech people and SEL fans.
Hopefully there's light at the end of the tunnel for some website
problems.
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Sabo Engle · 2025-08-13 09:56
>>46731
There's a new trending feed for itch.io:
https://bsky.app/profile/trending.bsky.app/feed/370977141
One of these I came across was from
https://bsky.app/profile/sjklapecki.itch.io/post/3lwc6nzwggs2l which
was about a user just recalculating the entire risk assessment. It was
linked to a post from itch.io themselves in a reply to a login/auth
blocked account about 'monster girls' being flagged as a secret NSFW
tag, saying that "it's possible at some point [the user] could have
added a tag to [their] page that is commonly associated with explicit
adult content."
From this post
(https://bsky.app/profile/shorknsfw.bsky.social/post/3lwc4jwald22r),
it was a SFW connect-3 puzzle game that got affected because "their
system is designed to quarantine certain content in advance".
There's a thread all about this:
https://bsky.app/profile/cometoblivion.bsky.social/post/3lwc5wkjwmc2l
Another post from https://bsky.app/profile/eev.ee/post/3lwc5ss7nms2l
talks about making a long thread, wanting itch.io to explain why each
of a dozen games is deindexed, saying "they would have to sift through
it all."
"Why would a game be deindexed when it has no explicit content?" the
user asked, before "it's tagged 'mature', what are we doing here?"
Another post I found is from
https://bsky.app/profile/foxyoreos.bsky.social/post/3lwc55cpmnk2a
about the site, https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/ and I found
something interesting regarding UK's OSA:
"The UK's adoption of the Online Safety Act has similar motives as
Collective Shout's outcry to censor sexual content, and just as much
overreaches into anything they deem as "obscene", such as LGBTQ+
content. The bill's aim isn't to protect who they claim to protect,
but rather an excuse to censor whatever they see fit."
Some misinformation in indexing on itch.io:
https://bsky.app/profile/thefreeradical.org/post/3lwbwbhtmqc23
This thread's huge! It's about games being invisible from autocomplete
(one of the main ways people find games) and games being deindexed
when they know it's SFW, and a game jam has also reportedly seen over
half of its 200 and more games delisted, with several removed from
itch.io completely. It's on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, too:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchios-mass-delisting-of-paid-adult-
content-has-also-affected-safe-for-work-games-with-yuri-or-lesbian-
themes-devs-claim
>>46726
I had posted about what happened to pixelrye/ClingingLies's itch.io
page on Uboachan before it got deleted, causing me to repost it. This
user makes SFW Yume Nikki fangames with animal characters, but
nothing's wrong with them, it's the OSA restricting their account page
for the wrong reasons, since the user's games have always been SFW,
like all the other games being affected by itch.io in the long run.
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Mario Rossi · 2025-08-13 10:59
>>46809
I found this site that's tracking itch.io censorship, thanks to a
forum post on the Google Doc I posted eariler: https://goony.dev/
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Judge Fang · 2025-08-13 13:34
>>46809
Something I found on Bluesky, continuing the itch.io controversy
problem:
https://bsky.app/profile/wootmaster.bsky.social/post/3lwcfjcga3k26
itch.io had gone around and responding to people who tagged them and
manually reindexing their games bit by bit; the user who posted this
said "it's the worst sloppiest thing to do", regarding itch.io not
having better visibility around how indexing works.
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Lady Jessica · 2025-08-14 06:44
>>46811
goony.dev is now down and when I checked itch.io, the post was deleted
14 hours ago. sad
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Yuki Nagato · 2025-08-14 07:04
>>46809
I have a question regarding these links:
- https://bsky.app/profile/sjklapecki.itch.io/post/3lwc6nzwggs2l
- https://bsky.app/profile/shorknsfw.bsky.social/post/3lwc4jwald22r
-
https://bsky.app/profile/cometoblivion.bsky.social/post/3lwc5wkjwmc2l
What is the SFW connect-3 puzzle game that got mentioned, and who made
it if it's login-blocked?
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Hiro Protagonist · 2025-08-17 06:28
When I used 4K Video Downloader Plus on this video
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBtO3PnLSb4) it said it was flagged as age-
restricted when it isn't due to the fact I enjoy some content. When I
tested www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKVReaoJHvc on the original 4K Video
Downloader, it instead read "can't parse this link". However, I used
other video converters that bypass this age-gate without issue.
The real strangest thing here is that I don't know why Blits Azalis
Dash (the creator of the speedpaint) would flag it when the video has
content warnings/notices over the place. I fully know YouTube had went
downhill recently with AI/ads/etc., but downloading things like this
when it's flagged as age-restricted is a different thing entirely.
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The Fin · 2025-08-18 16:29
>>46809
Well that feed had stopped trending now. Other than that, I don't know
the login/auth blocked (private) account who made the SFW connect-3
puzzle game that was flagged for NSFW incorrectly on itch.io to this
day, nor the the game itself.
I know Steam has issues but the censorship on the internet is making
the internet difficult to cope, in my opinion.
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Turner · 2025-08-22 15:15
Thanks to XCancel, I found that this link
(https://e-hentai.org/g/3399371/b98c41630e/) bought up a message about
the content being unavailable in the United Kingdom "due to intrusive
and privacy-invasive mandatory age verification legally required by
the Online Safety Act" instead of viewing media (yes, I was being
nosy). Again, the reason OSA should be scrapped, and yes it's even
mentioned in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023#Age_verification
because Section 12 of the Act states that service providers have been
using age verification or age estimation technology in order to
prevent users from being able to access primary priority content
unless they are appropriately-aged. This provision shouldn't apply to
all services that allow categories of primary priority content to be
made available, including social networks and internet pornography
because I care hugely on people viewing and archiving this sort of
stuff.
I'm old enough to view things like this, and I'm one of many who wants
this nonsense reduced to nothing. I want the OSA gone since it ruins
your experience (especially if you are over 18 years old).
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Arisu Mizuki · 2025-08-23 03:45
>>46896
That's happened as of recent. And, yes, XCancel is the newest nitter
branch available.
I've been browsing Google and GitHub. Turns out I've found this about
age verification: https://github.com/zzniki/fake-age-verification
Especially this quote:
>"Anonymity is an essential part of the internet"
From https://gist.github.com/mary-
ext/6e27b24a83838202908808ad528b3318?permalink_comment_id=5691426 I've
learned that Mississippi users are completely blocked from acccessing
Bluesky due to HB1126, which would require identity verification for
all users regardless of content preferences.
Most of these are reminding people like us to sign the petition to the
UK parliament to attempt to have the Online Safety Act repealed or
reconsidered, and contact the local MP to express their concerns
regarding the Act stripping away their privacy, safety and freedoms.
Meanwhile, [i]https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6686 shows the
same login cookie workarounds, I'm not entirely sure.
One of the strangest things I've read is from
https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7736 about some tags are
only visible after logging in, not by login cookies, but local storage
being used for authentication. It was fixed so that the cookies work
instead.
There's more on https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/ if you want
to check them out. (May contain lots of code that I've read quickly!)
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Jet Black · 2025-08-23 04:14
Something weird happened when I was using FreeConvert. Normally it
inputs out_of_conversion_minutes for guest users (you can clearly see
it in the first image), however, it only downloaded one image. The
rest of the images simply suffered an error and then gave me a message
reading "you've reached your limit of 10 operations". How on earth is
that even possible?
This "10 operations" limit is not even in the code when I checked
https://www.freeconvert.com/api/v1/#errors. Could anybody look into
this for me? If so, thanks in advance!
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Tank · 2025-08-24 01:57
Remember the message that you get if you wanted to view an 18+ game on
itch.io?
Sources:
https://old.reddit.com/r/itchio/comments/1drc0us/how_to_remove_this_pa
ge_my_game_isnt_18_it_is/
Post >>43699
Part of that had changed to say "please input your birthdate to view"
if you aren't in the UK(?).
Source: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/we-believe-these-restrictions-
harm-creative-expression-the-reaction-to-the-uks-online-safety-act
And that has devastating consequences as I've found out in that link.
If one project is flagged NSFW, the account is blocked by the Online
Safety Act if you are in the UK. This is not the case with post
>>46726 where I found out geo-restrictions were misplaced.
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Ishikura "Tatsu" Tatsuhiko · 2025-08-26 11:24
Here is my list of login/auth blocks issues, now updated to include
the OSA. Most of these are aimed at NSFW content.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
OSA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023#Age_verification
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X: https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:ww
w.reddit.com&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X
&ved=2ahUKEwiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571
&dpr=1.5
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
However, there ARE other sites such as Facebook and Pintrest that
block guests from accessing their sites.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA, but now also the Online Safety Act in the
UK):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
(this is the only one I know of that mentions the NSFW login block
message via the Steam Store)
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (NSFW-blocked)
Tumblr:
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts)
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run; however, I do not know what happened to some NSFW Tumblr
accounts in 2023.
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Lain Iwakura · 2025-08-27 03:38
I'll cover a few things I've forgotten - or, at the very least,
update.
First off, this list of login/auth blocks hadn't been updated in a
while.
itch.io: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HxoIm1KiFsXn0e6pjmeV3
j3TdAWnnDWXKjE7C6Ka-x4/edit?gid=1806152370#gid=1806152370
>>46675
>"Itch.io has begun reindexing NSFW projects"
However, this only applies to free projects, while the platform's
looking for a way to reindex paid projects.
>>46717
4K Video Downloader had gave me "Error: failed to download" message/IP
bans from YouTube yet again, possibly because my copy hasn't updated
in a while. Whenever this happens, I have been using amp4.cc to
download YouTube videos instead. If anybody knows how YouTube handles
IP bans, please let me know.
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Anamika · 2025-08-27 09:45
>>46933
Here is something I've found concerning YouTube in the USA, it's about
extending teen protection.
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Gyula Kovacs · 2025-08-29 20:35
>>46951
It's akshully just another means to verify your identity. If you watch
spiderman x elsa videos and then a bunch of capeshit and minecraft, it
will flag you as an underage and you will need to validate your
identity to google to verify that you are in fact a real human bean
who is over 18.
Don't be too concerned about it, its only datamining.
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Gyula Kovacs · 2025-08-29 21:13
>>46951
What the fuarrrk are these "wellbeing tools"? Setting uploads to
private sounds like a means of isolation since it means all the teen
music and animation videos will be shut down.
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Case · 2025-08-29 23:20
>>46988
It's supposed to keep kids dancing in swimsuits for tiktok likes from
being seen by predators. Think of how bad that would be if it went
viral.
The stockholders would have a fit if regulators got involved.
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Turner · 2025-08-30 00:07
>>46992
You just have been fed bad information. Majority of all kidnappings
are the parents in disputes. Majority of all sexual assault is by
peers, and family.
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Project 2501 · 2025-09-09 11:05
>>46933
Now I can't update 4K Video Downloader Plus anymore because my laptop
runs Windows 7... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Terzibashjian · 2025-09-12 04:21
Here is my list of login/auth blocks issues (most of these are aimed
at NSFW content) and how you can help.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
OSA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023#Age_verification
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X: https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:ww
w.reddit.com&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X
&ved=2ahUKEwiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571
&dpr=1.5
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
However, there ARE other sites such as Facebook and Pintrest that
block guests from accessing their sites.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA, but now also the Online Safety Act in the
UK):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
(this is the only one I know of that mentions the NSFW login block
message via the Steam Store)
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (NSFW-blocked)
Tumblr:
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts)
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run; however, I do not know what happened to some NSFW Tumblr
accounts in 2023.
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Chani · 2025-09-15 04:29
>>47178
sorry i forgotten the itch.io spreadsheet whoops
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Gyula Kovacs · 2025-09-16 13:48
>>46986
Well, I've found that message about YouTube extending teen protection
via Tumblr. I am not sure if this is going to affect the UK and other
parts of the world, but we'll see.
-
Going back to the itch.io and Steam issues regarding games, itch.io
deindexed Fear and Hunger and Fear and Hunger 2: Termina. Had anyone
noticed this? While I had seen this via a Tumblr post, I haven't seen
Steam delist both Fear and Hunger games. It's possibly because both
games were preserved if itch.io can't keep up with their payment
processors over the state of their NSFW issue (which Steam shares
with).
-
>>45891
>>46896
XCancel had fixed the accessibility on NSFW content. However, I
haven't seen an announcement anywhere on their GitHub.
... or maybe they fixed it together, who knows?
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Mario Rossi · 2025-10-08 05:21
>>47214
Here's the official YouTube blog page for the wellbeing tools:
https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/new-safety-and-digital-wellbeing-
options-younger-people-youtube-and-youtube-kids/
-
https://help.tumblr.com/knowledge-base/mature-nsfw-content/
I want blogs that share content containing visual depictions of
sexually explicit acts to be wholly re-allowed on Tumblr. Links or ads
for adult affiliate networks or escort/erotic services should still be
prohibited, though.
Blogs sharing sexually explicit content will never be terminated if
Tumblr re-allows the content, because Safe Mode affected NSFW content,
and still is to blame.
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Motoko Kusanagi · 2025-10-08 05:50
I don't know if it still works, but two year ago when they newgrounds
phased in login for nsfw content, i figured out they secured access to
nsfw art mainly by obfuscating the ngfiles url and you could
realistically bruteforce it by looking at the ids in the download link
of any surrounding non-nsfw submissions. This is the script i used:
#!/bin/rc
if(! ~ $#* 3) {echo Usage: ngidspn n m addr >[1=2]; exit 1}
n=`{expr $1 + 1}; m=`{expr $2 - 1}; a=`{echo $3 | sed
's/.*newgrounds\.com\/art\/view\///'}
u seq $n $m |
{while(i=`{read} && ! flag c) if(wget
https://art.ngfiles.com/images/`{expr $i / 1000 '*' 1000}^/$i^_`{echo
$a | cut -d/ -f 1}^_`{echo $a |cut -d/ -f 2}^.png) flag c +;}
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Agent Smith · 2025-10-08 15:15
>>47309
My word... how did you do that? Most of the time on Newgrounds you're
able to see E, T and M-rated content. I remembered that, in 2022,
A-rated content could still be accessed because the auth blocks were
disabled previously due to the high volume of new accounts and
associated anti-spam API calls; hence the reshuffling of where NG does
spam checks: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1511759/1
NG had updated the age-gates thanks to OSA, which seems fair on
accounts who had been ten years old:
https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1549829/1
better than itch.io... sigh.
The team said, "the flow isn’t perfect at the moment", and they are
using Yoti for age verification.
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The Phantom Phreak · 2025-10-12 08:58
Imgur had stopped people uploading NSFW content to the site and now
they are stopping people in the UK from browsing the site:
https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/31844016762779-Explicit-
content-on-Imgur
https://imgur.com/a/URkPW92 (https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-
us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-in-the-United-Kingdom and
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo)
This should have not even happened because the UK Online Safety Act
ruined everything for sites such as itch.io.
"Some Imgur users and reports speculated as to whether Imgur moved to
block UK users from its services, rather than comply with child safety
duties recently imposed on some platforms under the Online Safety Act"
BBC said - and this is all the OSA's fault for killing websites. Same
thing goes with Tumblr in 2018, all because Safe Mode was implemented
to block the hell out of people scraping NSFW content.
This is something I really want changed and counteracted upon so that
accessibility remains true for the future. I want people to enjoy
searching for things as a guest, no geoblocks, no age checks and no
login walls at all. Forever.
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Yamaoto Toshi · 2025-10-14 03:40
Here is my list of login/auth blocks issues (most of these are aimed
at NSFW content) and how you can help.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
OSA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023#Age_verification
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X: https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:ww
w.reddit.com&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X
&ved=2ahUKEwiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571
&dpr=1.5
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
[/i]
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
However, there ARE other sites such as Facebook and Pintrest that
block guests from accessing their sites.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA, but now also the Online Safety Act in the
UK):
Twitter/X:
[i]-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
(this is the only one I know of that mentions the NSFW login block
message via the Steam Store)
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (NSFW-blocked)
Tumblr:
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039
Itch.io:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HxoIm1KiFsXn0e6pjmeV3j3TdAWnnD
WXKjE7C6Ka-x4/edit?gid=1806152370#gid=1806152370
-https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content
-https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/itch-io-is-restoring-some-nsfw-
content/
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts)
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run; however, I do not know what happened to some NSFW Tumblr
accounts in 2023.
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Mario Rossi · 2025-10-19 15:38
Google has locked SafeSearch settings to filter on my IP address
thanks to "local laws"... double-checked it's not even in the help
page. That should've never happened because I liked it when Google
never even implemented SafeSearch to begin with.
Again, OSA's fault, and that ruins everything for me as well as
everyone in the UK without any login credentials. Anybody getting the
same thing while browsing Google? Thanks in advance.
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Y.T · 2025-10-21 09:37
>>47413
I don't know anybody getting the same issue, but anyways:
Normally, Google's SafeSearch feature can be toggled between filter,
blur or off, but now it's set to filter and you can only toggle
filters with a login.
Is this a bug? I've found a question on Google Help, but all leads
have come up empty.
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BloodCat · 2025-10-25 03:40
>>47443
>"I've found a question on Google Help, but all leads have come up
empty."
It's the same with Reddit and every other source the internet could
think of ATM. No progress so far.
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Spike Spiegel · 2025-10-27 15:47
>>47490
Update:
https://www.google.com/search?q=safesearch+local+laws&sca_esv=3aa6d84c
464b4bf8&source=hp&ei=DfX_aNPRLo-
uhbIPn9CquQk&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaQADHbs7Qbx29YZOMyW-
WjcW2r-zcPXd&ved=0ahUKEwiTjOXHucWQAxUPV0EAHR-oKpcQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=sa
fesearch+local+laws&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhVzYWZlc2VhcmNoIGxvY2FsIGxhd3My
BRAhGKABSLhnUABYkWRwAngAkAEBmAGYAqABsROqAQY2LjEwLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhSgAs
0VqAIKwgIREC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYgwEYxwHCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIO
EC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICChAAGAMY6gIYjwHCAgoQLhgDGOoCGI
8BwgIFEAAYgATCAg4QLhiABBixAxiDARiKBcICBRAuGIAEwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAgsQLhiA
BBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGNQCwgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAggQABiiBB
iJBcICBRAAGO8FwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgcQIRigARgKwgIFECEYkgPCAgUQIRifBZgDCfEF
EidfMBBZIpWSBwY1LjExLjSgB5CRAbIHBjMuMTEuNLgHtxXCBwswLjEuMi45LjcuMcgH6w
I&sclient=gws-wiz
Gemini, Google's AI thingy showed there's no universal reference to
"local laws", it mentions the OSA and uses login credentials... what
the heck's going on?
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Netrunner · 2025-11-01 03:56
I really want Tumblr to reallow NSFW content, and the OSA to be
scrapped because it's ruining the internet. I know I'm autistic but
all of this had impacted people who really want to archive NSFW
material at their own leisure.
I mean, Tumblr changed their rules in 2022, but that's not enough.
What I want for Tumblr is 100% bringing back NSFW content and blogs,
if not just the accessibility.
Speaking of which:
https://archive.is/o8JZg
Somebody mentioned censorship, but why would people do that when all
they were trying to do was get the message across like I am in this
thread about the issues that the internet is currently facing?
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Lady Jessica · 2025-11-03 12:24
>>47573
I mean... look deeper. Is it just me or is the internet censorship-
happy when it comes to things like blocking guests from accessing
social media and NSFW material, even though we are over 18?
What the hell is going on with this nonsense companies put up?
It went too far, and I am aware that internet accessibility had really
crumbled. I have a lot of problems but this thread in general seemed
to stick out like a sore thumb - or worse, a soya coffee brew-type of
storm.
Image unrelated.
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Netrunner · 2025-11-06 10:06
Time and time again, I had been improving my list of login/auth blocks
issues and how you can help. Please note that most of these are aimed
at NSFW content and the UK's Online Safety Act.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
OSA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023#Age_verification
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X: https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:ww
w.reddit.com&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X
&ved=2ahUKEwiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571
&dpr=1.5
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
However, there ARE other sites such as Facebook and Pintrest that
block guests from accessing their sites.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA, but now also the Online Safety Act in the
UK):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to a global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Please note that this does not apply to a blacklist anybody that can
customise themselves.
Steam:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
Please note that this is the only forum post I know of that mentions
the NSFW login block message via the Steam Store.
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (this post had been NSFW-blocked)
Their OSA issue is covered by Yoti.
Tumblr:
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039 (thanks to
PixelJail for the discovery)
Itch.io:
-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HxoIm1KiFsXn0e6pjmeV3j3TdAWnn
DWXKjE7C6Ka-x4/edit?gid=1806152370#gid=1806152370
-https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content
-https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/itch-io-is-restoring-some-nsfw-
content/
Imgur:
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/31844016762779-Explicit-
content-on-Imgur
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-
in-the-United-Kingdom
Google (OSA-related?):
https://www.google.com/search?q=safesearch+local+laws&sca_esv=3aa6d84c
464b4bf8&source=hp&ei=DfX_aNPRLo-
uhbIPn9CquQk&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaQADHbs7Qbx29YZOMyW-
WjcW2r-zcPXd&ved=0ahUKEwiTjOXHucWQAxUPV0EAHR-oKpcQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=sa
fesearch+local+laws&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhVzYWZlc2VhcmNoIGxvY2FsIGxhd3My
BRAhGKABSLhnUABYkWRwAngAkAEBmAGYAqABsROqAQY2LjEwLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhSgAs
0VqAIKwgIREC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYgwEYxwHCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIO
EC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICChAAGAMY6gIYjwHCAgoQLhgDGOoCGI
8BwgIFEAAYgATCAg4QLhiABBixAxiDARiKBcICBRAuGIAEwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAgsQLhiA
BBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGNQCwgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAggQABiiBB
iJBcICBRAAGO8FwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgcQIRigARgKwgIFECEYkgPCAgUQIRifBZgDCfEF
EidfMBBZIpWSBwY1LjExLjSgB5CRAbIHBjMuMTEuNLgHtxXCBwswLjEuMi45LjcuMcgH6w
I&sclient=gws-wiz
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts)
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run; however, I do not know what happened to some NSFW Tumblr
accounts in 2023.
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Junichi Fujiwara · 2025-11-09 03:17
bumping since its important
testing is this still on
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Crash Override · 2025-11-20 09:32
I haven't been updating this thread as I still have other problems to
deal with. As such, I've been committing to many different things, and
so, please watch this space.
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Bob Arctor · 2025-11-23 10:31
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4237
It read that there was a bug that caused NSFW content to be accessible
without authentication via user comments.
I would really like it like this, however:
>NSFW content is accessible without authentication
And, boy, there are lots of repos here:
https://github.com/topics/nsfw?o=asc&s=forks
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fsociety · 2025-11-29 04:03
>>47321
>"Some Imgur users and reports speculated as to whether Imgur moved to
block UK users from its services, rather than comply with child safety
duties recently imposed on some platforms under the Online Safety Act"
BBC said..."
It's actually because Imgur was blocked in the UK in response to a
potential fine from the Information Commissioner's Office regarding
its handling of children's personal data. This is something I want
reverted for all UK users as well as NSFW content being allowed again
because I care a lot about people scraping NSFW content in general.
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Cereal Killer · 2025-11-30 06:15
>>46915
More examples:
https://web.archive.org/web/20231101000000*/cobalt-
studio.itch.io/anamnesis (all archived versions)
https://web.archive.org/web/20231104035145/cobalt-
studio.itch.io/anamnesis (old message that you get if you wanted to
view an 18+ game on itch.io)
https://web.archive.org/web/20250729014406/cobalt-
studio.itch.io/anamnesis (new message that you get if you wanted to
view an 18+ game on itch.io)
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Anamika · 2025-12-02 02:47
>>47745
Interestingly, this was a game I've tested for the 18+ message that
recently changed to really ask you for your date of birth, which has,
in my own honest opinion, has become repetitive on a lot of websites
whenever it comes to NSFW content. Also, this meant that the creator
page is blocked because of UK's OSA.
The game itself isn't delisted, and/or part of those documents where
people tracked down NSFW games on itch.io being deindexed, but I am
not sure on why.
https://web.archive.org/web/20231104035145/cobalt-
studio.itch.io/anamnesis (please do not check 'remember settings' and
click 'I'm over 18', I am not doing it at all)
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Drifter · 2025-12-06 10:26
Remember when I covered a Steam user on my old thread?
https://lainchan.org/r/res/39406.html#q42024
This is a prime example that Steam blocking NSFW content is wrong and
that a TBoI mod (that changes most sprites to NSFW ones) is, indeed,
floating around.
However, the example I showed you here?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2776184908
Has this image been deleted because of the controversy that unfolded
in regards to Collective Shout's impact on Steam, itch.io and payment
options? If the game's a third-party one that got on to Steam, had
that been affected/taken down by said controversy?
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Anamika · 2025-12-06 16:22
Forgot to add an image for post >>47815 so I did just that.
However, I had recently used TurboScribe to view YouTube videos
because some YouTube converters aren't working on my laptop. All the
video links I've copied and pasted from Piped (as there still is a bot
issue that's blocking us from viewing videos) worked on there despite
the poor quality. Sometimes these expire and give you 403 errors,
meaning that you have to refresh TurboScribe with the YouTube link
included.
This link, however? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCtBk0D0ls8 (it's
a Twitch stream VoD)
Pasting that URL in TurboScribe had given me 403 errors from the start
instead of a video. I don't know if this is an age-gated video?
Copyright restrictions? I've added an image for URL details, but if
both are the same, what of YT:LCtBk0D0ls8 or other videos affected in
this way?
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Mario Rossi · 2025-12-10 10:31
In the previous thread I've mentioned YouTube had issues regarding
some age-restricted videos:
https://lainchan.org/r/res/39406.html#q41881
However, while I may be okay with age-restricted videos on YouTube
(because the site's been greatly affected by adverts before videos),
there's another problem that should be dealt with.
If age-restricted YouTube videos get embedded in a web page, you'll
see the message "This video is age-restricted and only available on
YouTube. Learn more; Watch on YouTube", and I have grown sick and
tired of it since this causes a lot of problems for those who had an
account on YouTube. Here's a Google link:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802167?hl=en-GB
Seriously, YouTube has gone as far as keeping accounts away from
viewing age-restricted videos on third-party sites. Not just anybody
without an account, but those with an account as well, which has been
unfair for them because said videos would have been viewable anywhere
on the web.
As for me, this had become repetitive on a Tumblr blog where a couple
of posts (if not just reposts) share the same video and I've grown
sick of this.
When I put the video ID (which the Tumblr blog mentioned) in Piped (a
YouTube alt frontend)'s search, it bought up an image with a blurred-
out thumbnail, which is typical for YouTube videos that are age-
restricted: https://piped.kavin.rocks/results?search_query=OKcz6m4KpyI
However, when I put the URL of the video in TurboScribe to download,
it stopped at 47% and came back with "Unable to download anything from
this URL". Does this look similar to post >>46869 (when I used 4K
Video Downloader Plus)?
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Cat Mother · 2025-12-10 10:40
>>47862
Forgotten to post the images in the previous post. As I've said,
YouTube has gone as far as keeping people with YouTube accounts away
from viewing age-restricted videos on third-party sites and has become
repetitive. The videos would have been viewable anywhere on the web if
YouTube didn't slap a redirecting wall of text when people have an
account with their D.O.B. credentials.
God forbid.
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Nell · 2025-12-13 03:53
>>47862
I think this is because the creator of that video had disabled
downloading it off of TurboScribe.
Speaking of which, the site had given me more 403 errors from the
beginning, like the one I've mentioned in >>47816
Does anyone know why this keeps happening?
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Pulse · 2025-12-27 03:32
Bumping as usual.
I'm sorry if I'm inactive because I had personal issues elsewhere and
it had taken a huge toll on my mental health ever since it was too
much.
Kind regards.
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Splicer · 2025-12-29 07:10
>>47863
This same issue with YouTube happened again with another video (video
ID is VhAkTSzcuCQ) and I inspected it via Chrome's code console...
thingy. More details in the first image. Like I've said, YouTube has
gone as far as keeping people with YouTube accounts away from viewing
age-restricted videos on third-party sites and has become repetitive.
On another tangent, there was a whole slew of 'just posted
[controversial] art of Minkie Pie' reposts on Tumbig:
https://www.tumgik.com/isaac-blooms-archives (yes the very same blog
I've mentioned in the previous post)
One of the reposts was referring to Vivziepop and a (broken) Tumblr
video, which somehow gave me an 'access denied' error? That post in
question was mysteriously deleted off of Tumblr when I was going to
inspect the console for details on the video.
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Aristóteles Amadópulus · 2026-01-02 06:24
Found out that TikTok is doing the same thing with age-gating videos,
because when I accessed this link
(https://www.tiktok.com/@zoochosisgame?lang=en-GB) there's a message
between the profile and videos that reads "Posts that some may find
uncomfortable are unavailable. Log in to make the most of your TikTok
experience".
Another source was from Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/rickbeldenpoet/videos/i-discovered-yesterday-
that-tiktok-is-restricting-visibility-of-this-video-
and-r/1527258135154898/
I had said this countless times that age-restricting content to login
authentications on sites like Twitter, Tumblr and Steam is 100 percent
wrong and cruel in so many ways. This is censorship of people's
browsing freely on the web.
Speaking of Steam, DreadXP released a game as shareware after a last-
minute change to the game store's terms of service (which wasn't only
covered here, but also https://lainchan.org/inter/res/8709.html):
https://dreadxp.com/vile-is-derezzed/
For those who weren't already aware, there were many games removed
from Steam and one of these caught in the crossfire was VILE: Exhumed.
Intended to be released for sale on July 22, 2025 via Steam, the game
was removed from Steam and (wrongfully) derezzed for sale over “sexual
content with depictions of real people” on July 28, 2025.
What this actually resulted in was taking power and storytelling away
from women, other marginalized artists, and ultimately, from everyone.
It's a direct attack on creative expression and artistic freedom.
But in August 5 2025, DreadXP published VILE: Exhumed as a free,
downloadable game that supports charity profits, and people screaming
out "DISREGARD CENSORSHIP" and "This is all thanks to Collective Shout
and payment processors unfortunately".
Very cruel indeed.
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Leto Atreides I · 2026-01-02 06:34
>>48086
I'm sorry, but is it just me or the site's language enhancer break the
link to VILE: Exhumed's shareware page? (Gosh I laughed so hard, it
was just the funniest highlight of my day today!)
dreadxp.com/vile-is-ban ned/
Fixed it so that there won't be issues with the language enhancer
again; just pop it in your browser's address bar ;)
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Mentat · 2026-01-04 12:30
>>48086
This had been mentioned in a television advertisement for TikTok via
ITV1, saying "some functions require people to be older" in comparison
to the 13+ recommendation for people using the site (in tiny advert
print).
Whenever I said "age-restricting content to login authentications on
sites", I'm referring to how sites are taking the accessibility of
some content away from everyone; a direct attack on people's freedom
to browse/scrape freely like in the 2000's when login/auth blocks
weren't invented until early 2018 with Tumblr's problematic Safe Mode,
which I had believed the reason behind their NSFW content purge and
nothing else that sparked this off.
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Agent Richard Gill · 2026-01-06 11:10
>>46886
I had tried https://bskyviewer.github.io/ for
https://bsky.app/profile/sjklapecki.itch.io/post/3lwc6nzwggs2l since
my mind was begging to know the login/auth blocked (private) account
behind the SFW connect-3 puzzle game that was flagged for NSFW
incorrectly on itch.io to this day as well as the game mentioned. This
hasn't been the case since the author's account was either closed or
deleted, I don't know which.
I had other problems with bsky.social and/or bskyviewer, alongside
other Tumblr alternate frontends.
https://www.tumgik.com/isaac-blooms-archives would show up images but
now it never shows them and gives me "403 Forbidden/nginx" errors.
This works however: https://www.tumlook.com/isaac-blooms-archives
Speaking of which, DecendingAbel (Isaac Blooms) ignored the criticism
that he received from a user on BlueSky who called him out for "not
mature tagging his art properly", saying Isaac claimed "[his] account
was age-restricted" via a YouTube livestream when it was login-auth
blocked, and he then blocked that person afterwards. I have the proof
from isaac-blooms-archives (from a post at 12:21pm, on Nov 5, 2025):
>"I don't know if he had decided to mature tag his blusky art or not
because I don't have access to his account because it's login users
only AND blusky viewer doesn't say whether or not the art is tagged."
[/i]
>>43426
Remember that pyromaniacblujay's Twitter, BlueSky and Tumblr accounts
were only accessible to logged in users for a short span? Turns out
her BlueSky account is still inaccessible to guests:
https://bsky.app/profile/incendiary.bsky.social/post/3lvnws7ggik2m
(https://bsky.app/profile/pyromaniacblujay.bsky.social)
I thought the post was made by this user, also login-blocked
(https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5vab3odbqwguptaolbny2dhn), but no,
this is pyromaniacblujay's doing.
The post (when I viewed it on bskyviewer) was actually from
pyromaniacblujay's BlueSky account. All the other accounts by her were
login-auth blocked for a short while, but the BlueSky account
pyromaniacblujay has is still affected by the login-auth block - and
now made me extremely angry at her for how she is still doing this.
IncendiaryOCT mentioned this in 2025. Note that in the image attached
clearly mentions the word "her". If you highlight the account link
(pyromaniacblujay.bsky.social), the preview shows a blurred profile
picture. The image attached in this post shows a repost that clearly
says "Sign-in Required", when it should not even be here and should've
displayed the ACTUAL post instead.
I have stated this over and over again, that setting an online social
media account to a login-blocked state is wrong and I won't tolerate
it at all, even with NSFW accounts.
seriously stuart what the heck is wrong with you i hate hate HATE how
pyromaniacblujay's bluesky account is still login-auth blocked get it
UNBLOCKED FOR EVER
Last but not least, Tumbig fetches error 500 no matter how much you
try using the site. Trying to search for tags is unusable and the
homepage doesn't show anything.
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Boris Grishenko · 2026-01-06 11:22
>>48129
Regarding bsky.app/profile/incendiary.bsky.social/post/3lvnws7ggik2m I
had added the image from bskyviewer for reference. This image
should've been displayed on the repost from the actual
pyromaniacblujay.bsky.social account, and never, EVER blocking her
BlueSky account from being accessible to guests in the first place.
>>47745
>>47766
Because the original image was deleted for cleanup reasons(?) here is
the new image concerning cobalt-studio.itch.io/anamnesis for
reference.
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Dox · 2026-01-08 08:34
Time and time again, I had been improving my list of login/auth blocks
issues and how you can help. Please note that most of these are aimed
at NSFW content and the UK's Online Safety Act.
This is part 1 of 2, due to a 'too many links flooding' error.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
OSA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023#Age_verification
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:www.reddit.c
om&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X&ved=2ahUK
Ewiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571&dpr=1.5
-https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/pa6dra/twitter_starts_t
o_require_login_to_view_tweets/
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
However, there ARE other sites such as Facebook and Pintrest that
block guests from accessing their sites.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA, but now also the Online Safety Act in the
UK):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to a global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Please note that this does not apply to a blacklist anybody that can
customise themselves.
Steam:
Examples:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20191101000000*/https://store.steampowere
d.com/agecheck/app/260330/
-https://steamcommunity.com/id/greenthermite/screenshots/?appid=420110
&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall
-https://store.steampowered.com/app/2293660/
-https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2664821140
-
-https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
Please note that this is the only forum post I know of that mentions
the NSFW login block message via the Steam Store.
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (this post had been NSFW-blocked)
Their issue with the OSA is covered by Yoti.
Tumblr:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181216040913/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/360012260613-November-16-2018-Issues-with-the-iOS-
app
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181231211747/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://web.archive.org/web/20220203015805/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039 (thanks to
PixelJail for the discovery)
Itch.io (thanks to some anons on Lainchan for the discovery, as seen
in https://lainchan.org/r/res/44024.html#q46603):
A prime example for all archived versions of the message that you get
if you wanted to view an 18+ game on itch.io can be found within
https://web.archive.org/web/20231101000000*/cobalt-
studio.itch.io/anamnesis
-
-https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchio-apologise-for-frustration-
and-confusion-after-delisting-thousands-of-nsfw-projects
-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HxoIm1KiFsXn0e6pjmeV3j3TdAWnn
DWXKjE7C6Ka-x4/edit?gid=1806152370#gid=1806152370
-https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content
-https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/itch-io-is-restoring-some-nsfw-
content/
-https://bsky.app/profile/sjklapecki.itch.io/post/3lwc6nzwggs2l
-https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchios-mass-delisting-of-paid-
adult-content-has-also-affected-safe-for-work-games-with-yuri-or-
lesbian-themes-devs-claim
-https://itch.io/t/5133739/our-update-on-the-uk-online-safety-act
-https://www.gamesindustry.biz/we-believe-these-restrictions-harm-
creative-expression-the-reaction-to-the-uks-online-safety-act
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BloodCat · 2026-01-08 08:40
>>48142
Due to a 'too many links flooding' error, I had to split my list of
login/auth blocks issues (as well as how people can combat them) into
two parts, so here is part 2 of this list. However, I've also added
example links to show a lot of information as well.
Both itch.io and Steam:
-https://www.collectiveshout.org/open-letter-to-payment-processors
-https://www.collectiveshout.org/tags/no_mercy
Both of these links was what both itch.io and Steam had to go through.
-https://www.gamesindustry.biz/whats-going-on-with-steam-and-itchios-
crackdown-on-adult-content
Imgur:
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/31844016762779-Explicit-
content-on-Imgur
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-
in-the-United-Kingdom
Google (OSA-related?):
https://www.google.com/search?q=safesearch+local+laws&sca_esv=3aa6d84c
464b4bf8&source=hp&ei=DfX_aNPRLo-
uhbIPn9CquQk&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaQADHbs7Qbx29YZOMyW-
WjcW2r-zcPXd&ved=0ahUKEwiTjOXHucWQAxUPV0EAHR-oKpcQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=sa
fesearch+local+laws&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhVzYWZlc2VhcmNoIGxvY2FsIGxhd3My
BRAhGKABSLhnUABYkWRwAngAkAEBmAGYAqABsROqAQY2LjEwLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhSgAs
0VqAIKwgIREC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYgwEYxwHCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIO
EC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICChAAGAMY6gIYjwHCAgoQLhgDGOoCGI
8BwgIFEAAYgATCAg4QLhiABBixAxiDARiKBcICBRAuGIAEwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAgsQLhiA
BBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGNQCwgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAggQABiiBB
iJBcICBRAAGO8FwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgcQIRigARgKwgIFECEYkgPCAgUQIRifBZgDCfEF
EidfMBBZIpWSBwY1LjExLjSgB5CRAbIHBjMuMTEuNLgHtxXCBwswLjEuMi45LjcuMcgH6w
I&sclient=gws-wiz
TikTok: https://www.facebook.com/rickbeldenpoet/videos/i-discovered-
yesterday-that-tiktok-is-restricting-visibility-of-this-video-
and-r/1527258135154898/
e-hentai (OSA message): https://e-hentai.org/ (only happens if your
country is set to UK)
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts):
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run; however, I do not know what happened to some NSFW Tumblr
accounts in 2023.
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Mitnick · 2026-01-14 10:01
Some more stuff from Fanlore:
https://fanlore.org/wiki/FanFiction.Net#Adult_Content
https://fanlore.org/wiki/List_of_Content_derezzed_by_Archives#explicit
_sex_(also_see_%22pornography,_or_offensive_depictions_of_graphic_sexu
al_acts%22)
There's other links I found:
https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Itch.io
https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Twitter
https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/E621
https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Tumblr
Speaking of which:
On 3 Dec 2018, Tumblr announced that all NSFW content would be removed
on 17 Dec 2018, with plenty of misclassifications detected. This
SHOULD HAVE been reversed, because Tumblr implementing Safe Mode in
2017-2018 is to blame for all of this.
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SHODAN · 2026-01-15 02:29
>>48175
The links I had added in the previous post are from Archive Team, a
loose collective of archivists, programmers and writers dedicated to
saving the digital heritage since 2009.
While e621.net is at risk of being impacted by any age-verification
laws passed by Arizona, I have not seen anything regarding the site
being at risk of being impacted by UK's Online Saftey Act 2023. I know
that itch.io, Imgur, and e-hentai.org are the only ones so far that
have been affected by the OSA, and possibly Google's SafeSearch
feature.
Another link correction due to the site's language enchancer, again
over the word "ban ned":
fanlore.org/wiki/List_of_Content_ban ned_by_Archives#explicit_sex_(als
o_see_%22pornography,_or_offensive_depictions_of_graphic_sexual_acts%2
2)
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HELIOS · 2026-01-21 03:17
I want people to combat censorship and the Online Safety Act 2023 in
the UK to be wholly scrapped by the government:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Britain/comments/1mkrwhe/websites_affected_by
_uk_age_verification_law_and/
>>47526
I had found more on Google's SafeSearch feature (which could've been
toggled between filter, blur or off), but now it's set to filter by
the OSA:
https://www.google.com/search?q=hollow+birds+analog+horror&sca_esv=88a
22a1789578c76&source=hp&ei=GK1waZHIKNidhbIP8tq84AY&iflsig=AFdpzrgAAAAA
aXC7KLcELKZKi-IXdNuwnnbEGttfPfBF&oq=hollow+bi&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6Iglob2
xsb3cgYmkqAggDMgUQABiABDILEC4YgAQYxwEYrwEyDxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGAoYCzIFEAAY
gAQyBxAuGIAEGAoyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIHEAAYgAQYCjIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAESO9RUA
BYzylwAHgAkAEAmAHFCaABnCCqAQswLjUuNS0yLjAuMrgBAcgBAPgBAZgCCaAC_iLCAgsQ
ABiABBixAxiDAcICERAuGIAEGLEDGNEDGIMBGMcBwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAgsQLh
iABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIFEC4YgATCAg4QLhiABBjHARiOBRivAcICDhAuGIAE
GLEDGIMBGIoFwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAhEQLhiABBixAxjHARiOBRivAZgDAJIHDzAuNC4xLj
AuMS4xLjAuMqAH8n2yBw8wLjQuMS4wLjEuMS4wLjK4B_4iwgcFMy0xLjjIB-
sBgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz (example also provided in pic)
>>47490
Speaking of Reddit's reaction to Google going off the rails:
https://old.reddit.com/r/google/comments/1p3ak94/google_appears_to_now
_be_locking_safesearch_to_on/
You can not just toggle SafeSearch filters with a login, but also by
switching your country, but this only works if you have a VPN.
Somebody suggested that to me over on /q/ for other reasons.
Now, Reddit's also suffering from the OSA:
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4ep1znk4zo
- https://old.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/1lzxrxg/reddits_uk_u
sers_must_now_prove_theyre_18_to_view/
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Anonymous · 2026-01-29 11:21
>>48018
Update: The Tumblr archive in question was shut down, as well as their
YouTube account. In case you didn't know, here's what started it for
me:
https://web.archive.org/web/20251207052400/https://www.tumblr.com/isaa
c-blooms-archives/798602953255747584/isaac-just-posted-sa-art-of-
minkie-pie-what-the
I know they made a document about the login-auth blocked account
(desendingabel.bsky.social) as seen here -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qcCUYJhn8chlow03IUm3gcJxbFVWoZbDsz
VASIw-_ag/edit?tab=t.0 - and upon inputting the account name in
https://bskyviewer.github.io/ it worked, but now I kept getting this
message:
Error fetching posts
Could not find user: desendingabel.bsky.social
Take note there was a whole lot of reblogs regarding that one post but
the account well known for that art deleted itself.
On another tangent:
>>48086
TikTok used to show this on searches and accounts but are now age-
gated only on accounts and that's something that needs reverting.
Example is in pic for reference.
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Tequila · 2026-02-01 11:47
Another site has been targeted by the UK Online Safety Act:
https://cybernews.com/uk/how-to-use-vpn/twitchs-new-face-scan-age-
verification-hits-uk-users/
Twitch began enforcing a new age-verification system in the United
Kingdom that requires some users to complete a face-scan check before
accessing mature content on 15 September 2025. This issue has also
reached a wider portion of UK accounts, and had affected mature-tagged
games on Twitch streams, Twitch chat participation, 18+ Twitch VODs
and clips from Twitch streams.
Again, it's in response to increasing pressure created by the UK
Online Safety Act and new requirements for platforms hosting
potentially harmful or adult content. Many users in the UK have
encountered mandatory age-gated prompts and are indeed suffering. This
is why I had urged people to combat censorship and the UK Online
Safety Act 2023 to be wholly scrapped by the UK government.
https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Twitch has not mentioned
anything to do with this.
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Neuromancer · 2026-02-10 11:01
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Ivan Petrov · 2026-02-11 13:21
>>48344
I know this from some of the thing's I've learned about. One of these
is via https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/E621:
>"e621 is hosted in Arizona, United States, and is at risk of being
impacted by any age-verification laws passed by that state"
USA and UK are the only regions I know that have been impacted by any
age-verification laws and login blocks, but I want it to be reversed
for complete, anonymous browsing, like Twitter/X and Gumroad. GitHub
has a lot of issues covering both of these problems.
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Armitage · 2026-02-27 10:26
I'm bumping this so that there is no issue as things are falling out
of place
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BloodCat · 2026-02-28 03:50
>>48129
It's possible that the reason behind why pyromaniacblujay's BlueSky
account had been only accessible to logged in users is because she
made mature-tagged art like that of DecendingAbel's (labeled as
graphic/gore). Nevertheless, whatever she did to her BlueSky account
is wrong and I really want her to revert it - and this happened when I
ran the incendiary.bsky.social account in blusky viewer.
>>46726
I had forgotten that Taylor McCue's HFTGOOM game was affected by UK
Online Safety Act restrictions:
https://xcancel.com/TaylorMcCue5/status/1950035089359794635
This also caused her entire itch.io profile to be ruined by the OSA
while it was also targeted by itch.io's indexing problems for NSFW
content.
Here's an issue to compare with. pixelrye.itch.io's account was
incorrectly affected by OSA restrictions because there was a possible
game on their profile that was NSFW, yet there's nothing I can make of
it and it has been incorrectly restricted. Taylor McCue, on the other
hand, had HFTGOOM restricted by the OSA, which blew up her profile
page as well.
This, Google, and other sites being affected by the OSA is the reason
why I want people like me to revert censorship, with one of these
cases being to thwart the OSA.
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Splicer · 2026-03-10 14:56
Some of the adverts on UK bus lanes contained a QR code that leads to
https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk. The VPN site said that censorship
had escalated, including the Online Safety Act 2023.
This is something that must be stopped, because it had ruined websites
such as Google, itch.io, e-hentai.org and many others. I've had enough
of sites filtering, age-gating or EVEN banning NSFW material,
especially when it came to Tumblr in 2017.
This is the very same with login/auth blocks, affecting and
restricting guest accessibility, especially on sites such as Tumblr
and Twitter:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:www.reddit.c
om&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X&ved=2ahUK
Ewiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571&dpr=1.5
-https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/pa6dra/twitter_starts_t
o_require_login_to_view_tweets/
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
Image unrelated?
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Special Agent Bob · 2026-03-21 12:02
Also another mention of the UK blocks:
https://lainchan.org/r/res/48659.html
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Unsigned · 2026-04-02 06:05
Time and time again, I had been improving my list of login/auth blocks
issues and how you can help. Other people, such as those that tackle
mislabelling material as censorship (https://archive.is/Td5NY) or
rejected by an organization responsible for approving all adverts and
ensuring they comply with the rules set by the authorities
(https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk).
Most of the links I've found are aimed at NSFW content and the UK's
Online Safety Act.
Due to a 'too many links flooding' error, this list is split into a
few parts.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
OSA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023#Age_verification
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:www.reddit.c
om&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X&ved=2ahUK
Ewiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571&dpr=1.5
-https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/pa6dra/twitter_starts_t
o_require_login_to_view_tweets/
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
However, there ARE other sites such as Facebook and Pintrest that
block guests from accessing their sites.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA, but also the Online Safety Act in the UK):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to a global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Please note that this does not apply to a blacklist anybody that can
customise themselves.
Steam:
Examples:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20191101000000*/https://store.steampowere
d.com/agecheck/app/260330/
-https://steamcommunity.com/id/greenthermite/screenshots/?appid=420110
&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall
-https://store.steampowered.com/app/2293660/
-https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2664821140
-
-https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
Please note that this is the only forum post I know of that mentions
the NSFW login block message via the Steam Store.
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (this post had been NSFW-blocked)
Their issue with the UK's Online Safety Act is covered by Yoti.
Tumblr:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181216040913/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/360012260613-November-16-2018-Issues-with-the-iOS-
app
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181231211747/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://web.archive.org/web/20220203015805/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039 (thanks to
PixelJail for the discovery)
Itch.io (thanks to some anons on Lainchan for the discovery, as seen
in https://lainchan.org/r/res/44024.html#q46603):
A prime example for all archived versions of the message that you get
if you wanted to view an 18+ game on itch.io can be found within
https://web.archive.org/web/20231101000000*/cobalt-
studio.itch.io/anamnesis
-
-https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchio-apologise-for-frustration-
and-confusion-after-delisting-thousands-of-nsfw-projects
-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HxoIm1KiFsXn0e6pjmeV3j3TdAWnn
DWXKjE7C6Ka-x4/edit?gid=1806152370#gid=1806152370
-https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content
-https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/itch-io-is-restoring-some-nsfw-
content/
-https://bsky.app/profile/sjklapecki.itch.io/post/3lwc6nzwggs2l
-https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchios-mass-delisting-of-paid-
adult-content-has-also-affected-safe-for-work-games-with-yuri-or-
lesbian-themes-devs-claim
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Miho Iwakura · 2026-04-02 06:10
My list of links, continued from >>48143
Itch.io:
-https://itch.io/t/5133739/our-update-on-the-uk-online-safety-act
-https://www.gamesindustry.biz/we-believe-these-restrictions-harm-
creative-expression-the-reaction-to-the-uks-online-safety-act
Both itch.io and Steam:
-https://www.collectiveshout.org/open-letter-to-payment-processors
-https://www.collectiveshout.org/tags/no_mercy
Both of these links was what both itch.io and Steam had to go through.
-https://www.gamesindustry.biz/whats-going-on-with-steam-and-itchios-
crackdown-on-adult-content
Imgur:
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/31844016762779-Explicit-
content-on-Imgur
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-
in-the-United-Kingdom
Google (OSA-related):
https://www.google.com/search?q=safesearch+local+laws&sca_esv=3aa6d84c
464b4bf8&source=hp&ei=DfX_aNPRLo-
uhbIPn9CquQk&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaQADHbs7Qbx29YZOMyW-
WjcW2r-zcPXd&ved=0ahUKEwiTjOXHucWQAxUPV0EAHR-oKpcQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=sa
fesearch+local+laws&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhVzYWZlc2VhcmNoIGxvY2FsIGxhd3My
BRAhGKABSLhnUABYkWRwAngAkAEBmAGYAqABsROqAQY2LjEwLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhSgAs
0VqAIKwgIREC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYgwEYxwHCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIO
EC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICChAAGAMY6gIYjwHCAgoQLhgDGOoCGI
8BwgIFEAAYgATCAg4QLhiABBixAxiDARiKBcICBRAuGIAEwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAgsQLhiA
BBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGNQCwgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAggQABiiBB
iJBcICBRAAGO8FwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgcQIRigARgKwgIFECEYkgPCAgUQIRifBZgDCfEF
EidfMBBZIpWSBwY1LjExLjSgB5CRAbIHBjMuMTEuNLgHtxXCBwswLjEuMi45LjcuMcgH6w
I&sclient=gws-wiz
TikTok: https://www.facebook.com/rickbeldenpoet/videos/i-discovered-
yesterday-that-tiktok-is-restricting-visibility-of-this-video-
and-r/1527258135154898/
e-hentai (OSA message): https://e-hentai.org/ (only happens if your
country is set to UK)
Twitch: https://cybernews.com/uk/how-to-use-vpn/twitchs-new-face-scan-
age-verification-hits-uk-users/
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts):
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run; however, I do not know what happened to some NSFW Tumblr
accounts in 2023.
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Lain Iwakura · 2026-04-12 17:11
I'm bumping this again until the thread may be at it's bump limit
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Lady Jessica · 2026-04-20 21:58
just bumping again for testing
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HELIOS · 2026-04-23 15:06
>>48344
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_age_verification_laws_in_the_U
nited_States
Looks like Vermont, Colorado and California are the last states where
you can legally host a website that has any pornographic/mature
content without having to implement age verification asking for ID or
biometric data.
However for California that's only until 2027 because SB 976
(Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act) still has age
verification provisions that could be enacted if not successfully
challenged on that effective date:
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/SB_976
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Roy Batty · 2026-04-26 12:55
>>48879
Alrighty.
Unfortunately, I'm British, and I've been getting sick and tired of
the geo-restrictions on Imgur and the UK Online Safety Act affecting
sites such as itch.io, Google and Twitch. I had enough of sites
impacted by any age-verification laws and login blocks and that's why
I want it to be reversed for complete, anonymous browsing. GitHub has
a lot of issues covering both of these problems, and so does
YCombinator.
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Pulse · 2026-04-28 09:03
NaughtyNiche has been geo-restricted in the UK thanks to the Online
Safety Act:
https://naughtyniche.art/shop/pixeljail/
Same with SubscribeStar Adult:
https://subscribestar.adult/age_confirmation_warning
Getting sick and tired of the OSA that it MUST be stopped >:(
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Turner · 2026-04-28 10:44
>>48895
Yeah, I am at my wit's end with the restrictions on NSFW material and
the UK's OSA ruining the future of the internet. Although we are over
18 years old, this does not mean the internet's accessibility to view
some content had been tampered with. I had constantly objected to
censorship too much that it had crippled the way I use the internet
(in contrast to other people's).
I've seen this with a couple of things. One of these was attempting to
tackle mislabelling material as censorship: - https://archive.is/Td5NY
- https://archive.is/pF6rj
- https://archive.is/1KCkf
Another was rejected by an organization responsible for approving all
adverts and ensuring they comply with the rules set by the authorities
(https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk).
I also found this through baraag.net, which is still working despite
the problems that NSFW material had been facing for far too long:
https://anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MNAdVCogC14dinW4OCnzNX1JkhJdTmUISt
zvSROChjo/edit?tab=t.0
>>47321
>>47739
MediaLab (who owns Imgur) got fined by ICO a couple of months ago,
just as they feared. If that's the case, then why is Imgur not
restoring access to UK users when they really should? They got fined,
at least they should lift the geo-restrictions to people in the UK.
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Donna Hawthorne · 2026-04-30 03:16
>>48895
>>48897
If you could remember the old thread, PixelJail made a lot of posts in
regards to their first animation they uploaded to Newgrounds via
baragg.net a couple of years back. To recap, PixelJail (who lives in
Edinburgh, UK) said via https://naughtyniche.art/product/bb1/ (the
site has a age-confirmation javascript issue but now hit with geo-
restrictions in the UK thanks to the Online Safety Act):
>"The animation [i][in question]/i] is completely free to watch online
in full"
Reference in image (spoilered so that it is compliant with Lainchan's
rules).
While they posted stills of this via baraag.net and linked the account
that would lead to the video on Newgrounds in each, PixelJail posted
this: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/110182311525990839
This contained a link to the video via
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/879987. PixelJail said the
animation is completely free to watch online, but it had been blocked
by the site's brute-forced "login to view" messages just as I had
suspected. From https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456 the
actual URLs are not behind a login, only the portal page, and I wanted
it accessible because, like I had said before, I am at my wit's end
with the restrictions on NSFW material and the UK's OSA ruining the
future of the internet.
Here is a commit: https://github.com/mikf/gallery-
dl/commit/a53cfc845e12d9e98fefd07e43ebffaec488c18f
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Lady 3Jane.. · 2026-04-30 14:30
>>48914
Continuing from previous post. https://github.com/mikf/gallery-
dl/issues/2456 had been recently closed, however, this is not going to
solve the issue here. Plenty of A-rated material on Newgrounds have
been affected by login/auth blocks, like so many other sites before
the UK Online Safety Act crushed any hopes in archiving NSFW/adult
material, as well as other local laws.
The old thread I was mentioning was my first login/auth blocks thread
within this very board. PixelJail mentioned that their first animation
[was] completely free to watch online in full when I know full well
guests cannot, and I wanted guest accessibility restored for scraping
the video into an archive, like with all other media. Reference in
image (spoilered so that it is compliant with Lainchan's rules because
of some text).
I want Tumblr to unban all NSFW content, unblock tag searches and
unblock anon asks for guests. Yes, I am autistic but the site's staff
must at least allow NSFW content for ever in my personal opinion and
never lay a god-awful finger to blogs sharing sexually explicit
content, but get rid of the spambots.
I am at my wit's end in regards to all of this.
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Morpheus · 2026-05-01 12:51
>>48917
I do care about Bluesky unblocking NSFW content but this post I've
found on Tumlook makes it clear that I want Tumblr to unban all NSFW
content and unblock guest accessibility for tag searches and anon
asks. The site's blocking/banning of NSFW material on 2017/2018 is, in
my opinion, the root cause of NSFW content blocks.
Also, PixelJail was one of the many people that came in the
Visa/MasterCard crossfire of July 2025:
https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/114954640868259828
They said:
>"Show me receipts or call logs of your efforts to #SAVESPEECH and get
commissions, discounts or coupons to my [NaughtyNiche/Gumroad] art
store.
>"Join the cause and bring more NSFW art into the world where it
belongs."
The latter's what I really want here as I am at my wit's end in
regards to all of this.
(yeah i mentioned gumroad because they also need to reallow NSFW
content lol)
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Nemissa · 2026-05-04 08:03
>>48917
>"[i]github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456 had been recently
closed"[/i]
https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456 was closed in June
2025, and still does not solve the issue in regards to NSFW content
blocks on Newgrounds.
https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/3688 said >"seems like the
login gate is up once again, along with several other changes"
This example comes from their extractor test results:
> python .\test\test_results.py newgrounds
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/kekiiro/red
Should NEVER use any login/auth blocks to view and enable
download URLs for A-rated content
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/595355
.
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/609768
.
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/161181/format/flash
.
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/758545
.
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/717744
Should NEVER use any login/auth blocks to view and enable
download URLs for A-rated content
This is proof if people want to scrape NSFW material, sites (such as
Newgrounds) should not block NSFW content from guests.
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Tank · 2026-05-04 08:24
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Jens Hansen · 2026-05-04 08:53
>>48976
What a coincedence. I was going to post some news on this very topic
of VPNs from my land too, but, apparently, the the Western Calculus is
about to get into trouble too.
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Guthrie · 2026-05-05 19:06
American AI chatbots will require mandatory ID verification after the
passing of this bipartisan bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/bill-banning-ai-companions-
kids-155110424.html
https://www.engadget.com/2161370/senate-judiciary-committee-
unanimously-approves-ai-chatbot-age-verification/
https://www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GUARD-Act-
Bill-Text.pdf
Big Tech has no reason to lobby against this because they would too
would love to data-mine individuals accurately.
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Acid Burn · 2026-05-05 22:47
>>48995
I wanted to point out that it was my theory this was their goal and
the whole "protect the children" pretext is just that.
They are scared of what they cannot control, but i dont think they
actually can and my theory is there are already rogue ais out there
and have been for a long time, now they hope to clean up.
I just dont see any of this happening, even if ais themselfs are
driving this and im not talking about llms.
This will end up a disaster and lawmakers are ignorant old men who are
at the mercy of technocrats with no ethics and just plain crazy.
It wouldnt suprise me if alternative networks will pop up.
Also how would this affect countries like china who we all know what
they do, i can imagine they will not be happy about this.
With the way things are in the states and europe, i cant see how they
can maintain this, but this is all speculative.
fuarrrk the whole lot of these control freaks, but i can see why they
would push for this.
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XERXES · 2026-05-14 09:04
Bumping the thread as always because this is important.
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Shogun · 2026-05-14 22:56
>>48997
It's deeper than that. Every single wedge issue you hear about online
-trump, trans, AI, even blm towards the end - has been part of a
divide and conquer strategy to rape the EFF's political coalition so
that this exact legislation can be forced through. Remember that
they've been trying to do this since the 1990s but didn't have the
political mandate to do so, now they do. How did we give them that
mandate? By bickering over trannies which allowed them to shoehorn
"protect the children" into the law.
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Hiro Protagonist · 2026-05-15 06:26
>>49028
By that logic US democrats and EU shouldn't be pushing for age
verification yet they are.
The political mandate is given by normal people/sheeple who never
cared about privacy. Those who care about privacy have always been a
small minority.
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Aristóteles Amadópulus · 2026-05-15 17:41
>>49032
>By that logic democrats shouldn't be pushing for censorship yet they
are
Why shouldn't they? You need to recognize that people will
superficially endorse contradictory views and party lines while
agreeing on different fundamentals, in this case a significant
proportion of both Republicans and Democrats want to censor the
internet. For the Democrats, it's "protect trans kids from harmful
online influences". For the Republicans, it's "protect white kids from
harmful online influences". Do you see it yet?
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The Plague · 2026-05-20 01:02
Shocker, found that the image in
https://bsky.app/profile/incendiary.bsky.social/post/3mm2vg2bma22f was
author-flagged as "graphic media". Yeah, it's the very same account
I've mentioned in post >>48129 and clearly should not be censored in
any way.
>>48886
Speaking of Imgur, ArchiveTeam hadn't logged the site's UK geo-block,
which should have been reverted after ICO fined MediaLab.
>>44698
If you hadn't noticed, Piped had been upgraded, therefore the bot
issues were fixed.
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Lain Iwakura · 2026-05-21 01:25
>>48976
>>48978
>>48995
>>48997
>>49028
>>49032
>>49039
Found out that a conversation is going around about the same things
via /tech/: https://lainchan.org/%CE%A9/res/91606.html
>>49069
>Found that the image in
bsky.app/profile/incendiary.bsky.social/post/3mm2vg2bma22f was author-
flagged as "graphic media"
That wasn't graphic enough to be double-checked by the author or the
site mods, since I had found it on their YouTube account's posts.
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Bob Arctor · 2026-05-21 17:01
>>46722
>>46726
Concerning pixelrye.itch.io, I found that they make NSFW content on
their Twitter and, where it should have been, Tumblr, of all things:
https://ynfg.yume.wiki/Rye_Raccoon
While the user had made SFW Yume Nikki fangames with animal
characters, the profile page for them has been restricted by UK's
OSA/Ofcom, like Taylor McCue's HFTGOOM game:
https://xcancel.com/TaylorMcCue5/status/1950035089359794635
This meant that the OSA blew up her profile page as well, see attached
picture.
pixelrye.itch.io's account was incorrectly affected by OSA
restrictions because there was a possible game on their profile that
was NSFW, yet there's nothing I can make of it. I've checked their
Tumblr for more information on whatever date the restrictions were
misplaced, but I couldn't find anything there about the OSA, nor their
Twitter account. Taylor, on the other hand, said this came into affect
on 29 July 2025.
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Technician · 2026-05-24 09:15
>>46384
MOverERR's reupload of the Dead God replacement sprites
(https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3508002325)
were affected recently, meaning that almost EVERYTHING to do with
LMJ's Beast mod had been affected by content warnings and isn't
visible on the workshop/NSFW auth-blocked. I've never been so angry in
my life in regards to the UK Online Safety Act, Tumblr, itch.io,
Newgrounds, Steam and more that block/censor NSFW/adult content, and I
want all of them to be outlawed.
These restrictions are not just ruining the internet. I cared about
accessibility on certain sites and I still do. This is why I have been
on my wit's end and I had constantly objected to censorship too much
that it had crippled the way I use the internet (in contrast to other
people's), and although we are over 18 years old, this does not mean
the internet's accessibility to view some content had been tampered
with. This also includes some accounts being restricted to logged-in
users only as well as searching on Tumblr and Twitter/X.
We all had been facing these problems for far too long, including
myself. I had enough of sites impacted by any age-verification laws
and login blocks and that's why I want it to be reversed for complete,
anonymous browsing.
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fsociety · 2026-05-24 12:49
>>49087
This is the same thing with a TBoI NSFW mod
(https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3586999274) on
https://steamcommunity.com/id/natvolk/screenshots as it isn't visible
on the workshop due to it being NSFW auth-blocked.
Found it here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2603594659
Some of the mods were reuploaded, possibly because of the Collective
Shout takedowns.
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Motoko Kusanagi · 2026-05-26 11:20
>>48483
>I had forgotten that Taylor McCue's HFTGOOM game was affected by UK
Online Safety Act restrictions
Correction: I had remembered that Taylor McCue's HFTGOOM game - as
well as her entire profile - was affected by UK Online Safety Act
restrictions on itch.io, and she had posted it to her BlueSky,
Mastodon and Twitter accounts.
-
Time and time again, I had been improving my list of login/auth blocks
issues and how you can help. Other people, such as those that tackle
mislabelling material as censorship (https://archive.is/Td5NY) or
rejected by an organization responsible for approving all adverts and
ensuring they comply with the rules set by the authorities
(https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk).
Most of the links I've found are aimed at NSFW content and the UK's
Online Safety Act.
Due to a 'too many links flooding' error, this list is split into a
few parts.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
OSA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023#Age_verification
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:www.reddit.c
om&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X&ved=2ahUK
Ewiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571&dpr=1.5
-https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/pa6dra/twitter_starts_t
o_require_login_to_view_tweets/
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
However, there ARE other sites such as Facebook and Pintrest that
block guests from accessing their sites.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA, but also the Online Safety Act in the UK):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to a global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Please note that this does not apply to a blacklist anybody that can
customise themselves.
Steam:
-https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
Please note that this is the only forum post I know of that mentions
the NSFW login block message via the Steam Store.
Examples:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20191101000000*/https://store.steampowere
d.com/agecheck/app/260330/
-https://steamcommunity.com/id/greenthermite/screenshots/?appid=420110
&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall
-https://store.steampowered.com/app/2293660/
-https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2664821140
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3586999274
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (this post had been NSFW-blocked)
Their issue with the UK's Online Safety Act is covered by Yoti.
Tumblr:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181216040913/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/360012260613-November-16-2018-Issues-with-the-iOS-
app
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181231211747/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://web.archive.org/web/20220203015805/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
More in the next post.
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Mentat · 2026-05-26 11:33
My list of links, continued from >>49099
I forgotten about adding
https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/110182311525990839 and
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/879987 as examples for
Newgrounds. I hope it's acceptable!
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039 (thanks to
PixelJail for the discovery)
Itch.io (thanks to some anons on Lainchan for the discovery, as seen
in https://lainchan.org/r/res/44024.html#q46603):
-https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchio-apologise-for-frustration-
and-confusion-after-delisting-thousands-of-nsfw-projects
-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HxoIm1KiFsXn0e6pjmeV3j3TdAWnn
DWXKjE7C6Ka-x4/edit?gid=1806152370#gid=1806152370
-https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content
-https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/itch-io-is-restoring-some-nsfw-
content/
-https://bsky.app/profile/sjklapecki.itch.io/post/3lwc6nzwggs2l
-https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchios-mass-delisting-of-paid-
adult-content-has-also-affected-safe-for-work-games-with-yuri-or-
lesbian-themes-devs-claim
-https://itch.io/t/5133739/our-update-on-the-uk-online-safety-act
-https://www.gamesindustry.biz/we-believe-these-restrictions-harm-
creative-expression-the-reaction-to-the-uks-online-safety-act
-
A prime example for all archived versions of the message that you get
if you wanted to view an 18+ game on itch.io can be found within
https://web.archive.org/web/20231101000000*/cobalt-
studio.itch.io/anamnesis
Both itch.io and Steam:
-https://www.collectiveshout.org/open-letter-to-payment-processors
-https://www.collectiveshout.org/tags/no_mercy
[/i]
[i]Both of these links was what both itch.io and Steam had to go
through.
[/i]
[i]-https://www.gamesindustry.biz/whats-going-on-with-steam-and-
itchios-crackdown-on-adult-content
Imgur:
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/31844016762779-Explicit-
content-on-Imgur
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-
in-the-United-Kingdom (keep in mind that this was because MediaLab
(who owns Imgur) was about to be fined by ICO which caused Imgur to
add geo-restrictions to people in the UK, not the OSA)
Google (OSA-related):
https://www.google.com/search?q=safesearch+local+laws&sca_esv=3aa6d84c
464b4bf8&source=hp&ei=DfX_aNPRLo-
uhbIPn9CquQk&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaQADHbs7Qbx29YZOMyW-
WjcW2r-zcPXd&ved=0ahUKEwiTjOXHucWQAxUPV0EAHR-oKpcQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=sa
fesearch+local+laws&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhVzYWZlc2VhcmNoIGxvY2FsIGxhd3My
BRAhGKABSLhnUABYkWRwAngAkAEBmAGYAqABsROqAQY2LjEwLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhSgAs
0VqAIKwgIREC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYgwEYxwHCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIO
EC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICChAAGAMY6gIYjwHCAgoQLhgDGOoCGI
8BwgIFEAAYgATCAg4QLhiABBixAxiDARiKBcICBRAuGIAEwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAgsQLhiA
BBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGNQCwgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAggQABiiBB
iJBcICBRAAGO8FwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgcQIRigARgKwgIFECEYkgPCAgUQIRifBZgDCfEF
EidfMBBZIpWSBwY1LjExLjSgB5CRAbIHBjMuMTEuNLgHtxXCBwswLjEuMi45LjcuMcgH6w
I&sclient=gws-wiz
Example: https://www.google.com/search?q=hollow+birds+analog+horror&sc
a_esv=88a22a1789578c76&source=hp&ei=GK1waZHIKNidhbIP8tq84AY&iflsig=AFd
pzrgAAAAAaXC7KLcELKZKi-IXdNuwnnbEGttfPfBF&oq=hollow+bi&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd
2l6Iglob2xsb3cgYmkqAggDMgUQABiABDILEC4YgAQYxwEYrwEyDxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGAo
YCzIFEAAYgAQyBxAuGIAEGAoyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIHEAAYgAQYCjIFEAAYgAQyBRAAG
IAESO9RUABYzylwAHgAkAEAmAHFCaABnCCqAQswLjUuNS0yLjAuMrgBAcgBAPgBAZgCCaA
C_iLCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICERAuGIAEGLEDGNEDGIMBGMcBwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYx
wHCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIFEC4YgATCAg4QLhiABBjHARiOBRivAcI
CDhAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAhEQLhiABBixAxjHARiOBRivAZgDAJIHD
zAuNC4xLjAuMS4xLjAuMqAH8n2yBw8wLjQuMS4wLjEuMS4wLjK4B_4iwgcFMy0xLjjIB-
sBgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz
TikTok: https://www.facebook.com/rickbeldenpoet/videos/i-discovered-
yesterday-that-tiktok-is-restricting-visibility-of-this-video-
and-r/1527258135154898/
e-hentai (OSA message): https://e-hentai.org/ (only happens if your
country is set to UK)
Twitch: https://cybernews.com/uk/how-to-use-vpn/twitchs-new-face-scan-
age-verification-hits-uk-users/
NaughtyNiche (now affected by OSA):
https://naughtyniche.art/product/bb1/
SubscribeStar (Adult) (also affected by OSA):
https://subscribestar.adult/age_confirmation_warning
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts):
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run; however, I do not know what happened to some NSFW Tumblr
accounts in 2023.
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Gyula Kovacs · 2026-06-02 11:18
Thought I would drop in with extra info. In 2019, I had found out that
SomethingAwful forums bought up a "login to continue" message page
with a very loud video attached, instead of various information.
Before that happened, SomethingAwful forums was kind of... accessible
to guests? I ought to know what was going on as this forum site
scared(?) me.
Anybody here got this particular "login to continue" page from
SomethingAwful forums? If so, please give me a screencap and URL in
your post. Thanks.
Pic attached, sorry for the blur
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H.R. Giger · 2026-06-05 03:53
>>49177
Yes, it's this (since nobody found this particular page I had to do it
myself):
https://web.archive.org/web/20190605005055/https://forums.somethingawf
ul.com/dictionary.php
It's actually a paywall, and by checking the view-source:
code via Chrome, there was an extremely loud video going by the name
of Boogeyman-494.mp4. For reference:
https://xcancel.com/iscythea/status/951643562793455616
https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-something-awful-forums-just-
go-pay-to-read/489704
Image related
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Liet Kynes · 2026-06-05 09:25
Found this petition in regards to Imgur's UK geo-block:
https://www.change.org/p/imgur-unblock-the-uk-and-agree-to-comply-
with-the-ongoing-privacy-investigation
https://mashable.com/article/age-verification-is-going-to-destroy-the-
entire-internet
https://mashable.com/article/pornhub-to-comply-with-uk-ofcom-age-
verification-law
The OSA has introduced broad age verification requirements that force
UK citizens to provide proof of age to access even mainstream
platforms like YouTube and Spotify. The law, billed as protecting
children from "harmful" content like pornography, has instead drawn
fire from critics who argue it undermines privacy, restricts access,
and effectively walls off parts of the internet.
https://mashable.com/article/4chan-kiwi-farms-sue-uk-over-online-
safety-act
https://mashable.com/article/tumblr-safe-mode
https://mashable.com/article/tumblr-ios-app-removed-child-pornography
https://mashable.com/article/tumblr-adult-content-ban
Tumblr is what caused the whole censorship hell
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Haruyoshi · 2026-06-05 09:48
Are there any UK political parties saying they'd repeal Online Safety
Act?
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Crazy Jake · 2026-06-07 08:57
>>49187
None ATM.
-
>>48130
There had been instances of pyromaniacblujay/jayluxuosus locking
accounts since I put that on my previous thread, beginning on 14
December 2024, and she is still doing this. There's a possible reason
for that.
https://en.pronouns.page/u/jayluxuosus
pyromaniacblujay had uploaded NSFW/adult content on her social media
accounts (except Tumblr, a site that caused the whole censorship hell
and still has not reverted their ban on NSFW content) and privatised
them for a short while. While most of pyromaniacblujay's accounts were
accessible to everyone after that, only her BlueSky account is still
affected by the !no-unauthenticated flag, and I want her to stop
doing that.
Example:
https://bsky.app/profile/incendiary.bsky.social/post/3lvnws7ggik2m
(https://bsky.app/profile/pyromaniacblujay.bsky.social)
She made a NSFW account on Twitter and privatised it:
https://xcancel.com/pistonpump
Setting an online social media account to a login-blocked state is
wrong and I won't tolerate it at all, even with NSFW accounts. I am
still fuming at pyromaniacblujay for how she still privatised her
accounts if I value the art she makes so well, and I've had enough of
this garbage.
pyromaniacblujay's BlueSky account should never be login-auth blocked,
not even her NSFW Twitter account.
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Yet Another Lainon · 2026-06-08 11:28
>nitter.net/ukhomeoffice/status/2063976128692273615
UK is the North Korea of Europe.
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Agent Jones · 2026-06-09 12:21
>>49213
Somebody had said that they are not doing this "for the children" and
I care deeply about the fact that it's a huge censorship loophole that
cannot go on.
This is the same with Steam, BlueSky and Google as I want them to
ditch filtering and tagging systems for NSFW content, since I have
been at my wits' end at all this, the same with login walls such as
Tumblr and Twitter.
In regards to NSFW material, I'm not the only one who thinks this is a
huge censorship loophole, or isn't because of child protection tools.
Other people have been objecting to this problem as well as the Online
Safety Act, as all these factors are ruining the internet.
Imgur shouldn't have derezzed NSFW content, and as for the ICO
investigation, they should have unblocked geo-restrictions for UK
users. Tumblr, as I had said so many times in the past, should allow
NSFW content in the future, because their Safe Mode in 2017 was the
actual issue and not their problems with their iOS app.
I don't want censorship to get even worse than this anymore. The
internet should've been built for complete, anonymous browsing and
never this abomination.
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Marly Krushkhova · 2026-06-09 13:21
>>49214
>>49213
this has nothing to do with the children, it never was. besides,
consider the fact it is the epstein-class who want control, they're
not doing it for childrens' benefit.
however let's look at the silver lining: antagonize people, act in
overt power-grabby and antisocial ways, it will cause some of the
populous to sit up and *react*. they're interfering with our circuses
(if nothing else), and bread is becoming difficult to obtain. the
results....
it isn't enough for us to sit by and let it happen to us, the people
who can, MUST act.
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William Holtzer · 2026-06-09 13:56
>>49215
well some of the reaction is just small stupid carve outs. If you let
the most angry people get around it, the majority might duck their
heads and go along. Eventually the country might fall apart but it
will be a mess till then
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Netrunner · 2026-06-09 15:12
>>49216
>>49216
>>49216
The goal is and must be total collapse. By a single death blow or
100,000 papercuts matters not. When every niche becomes another
sanitized clone, when everything is a glowie, when there is no exit:
that's when exit becomes inevitable.
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Hong, Guil Dong · 2026-06-11 16:53
>>49215
>>44383
Remember that over18? section of Reddit?
https://old.reddit.com/over18?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2F
ClopClop%2Fcomments%2F13bo02%2Fhoof_beat_2_coming_soon%2Fc72pn6i
They had changed the over18? code to age/provide? , as seen in this
example:
https://old.reddit.com/age/provide?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2
Fr%2FAmItheAsshole%2Fcomments%2Fomnpw0%2Faita_for_wanting_to_send_my_f
ather_to_jail%2F
The over18? code is historical, and while I'm not sure where it can
be toggled, it's preserved in Reddit's memory forever.
This, however, does not. It sets up a NSFW material auth block, same
QR, but shares the newer interface, even if the old.reddit.com link
is used. Pic attached.
I had enough of sites impacted by any age-verification laws and login
blocks and that's why I want it to be reversed for complete, anonymous
browsing.
Seems relatable here: https://old.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/
1lzxrxg/reddits_uk_users_must_now_prove_theyre_18_to_view/
>>49215
Truth be told, the whole thing regarding login/auth blocks and NSFW
content blocks is insane.
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Emmanuel · 2026-06-11 17:00
>>49221
>Pic attached
Sorry I forgotten, yet again. I am at my wit's end.
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Jim Hilger · 2026-06-12 07:38
>>49222
Which laptop do you have? Was going to suggest upgrading to LTSB 2016
(if HDD) or LTSC 2021 (if SSD and 8GB+ RAM), but if your GPU is Intel
GMA or Mobility Radeon then don't bother.
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Emmanuel · 2026-06-14 14:28
Like I've said, I'm not the only one who wants to act against
censorship:
https://www.tumlook.com/h0rnyh0rr0rs/post/816085989741166592
Few pointers of note are that
- If a site insists on changing things, at least try to for the
better, eg. better censorship for Tumblr instead of the NSFW ban in
late 2018
- Age verification helps nobody, especially if the person using sites
as a guest
- Anything like these topics are completely unnecessary
So, yeah, I found someone who's acting on the censorship issues, all
the while XCancel - a site that I use for Twitter - doesn't have a
global blacklist on NSFW tags:
- https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23nsfw
- https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23nsfwtwt
https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/829#issuecomment-1509754511
said "Twitter blocks certain searches, including that hashtag", but
XCancel unblocked it, possibly because it was another censorship
issue?
Going in circles here.
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Trinity · 2026-06-18 16:37
>>48976
>>49213
Found out that the UK is going to ban VPNs:
https://xcancel.com/IntCyberDigest/status/2067325410728173573#m
One user replied that
>"All of this is very dangerous, people will learn and find ways to
circumvent this draconian measure, this overstep. This blatent move
toward digital ID."
This is wrong, continuing the huge censorship loophole - and I'm not
the only one who thinks this through, or isn't because of child
protection tools. Other people have been objecting to this problem as
well as the Online Safety Act, as all these factors are ruining the
internet.
This is what I mean. The internet should've been built for complete,
anonymous browsing and never this abomination, and everybody
(including me) is going to object to censorship. This is why
everybody's freaking out, and I don't want censorship to get even
worse than this anymore, full stop.
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Demeere · 2026-06-19 01:38
>>49270
As much as the paranoid side of me wants to believe this is a
crackdown to make a police surveillance state, there's a side of me
that thinks this is literally old rich men in parliament knowing
absolutely nothing and being far more incompetent than we think. Are
there details on how they are going to implement this ban or what they
consider a VPN to be?
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Meddler · 2026-06-19 06:11
>>49274
> knowing absolutely nothing and being far more incompetent than we
think
Have you seen the state of VPNs in China and russia? They've been
doing DPI for decades and gone through many-many rounds of cat-and-
mice game of people overcoming restrictions by masking VPN traffic as
TLS. Check this article:
https://habr.com/en/articles/990144/
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Joe Bloggs · 2026-06-23 06:13
Tumlook is breaking up, like it keeps bringing up 500 errors like they
did with Tumbig.
https://www.tumlook.com/contact
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Ishikura "Tatsu" Tatsuhiko · 2026-06-28 06:05
>>49284
From what I've seen, Tumlook is giving me problems whenever I'm
browsing, aside from some sort of constant loop. Blogs I've tested:
- www.tumlook.com/ladylaflechesteahouse = 500 - AN ERROR OCCURRED;
Please try again later - www.tumlook.com/hitennotrurouni = puts up a
batch of posts but doesn't load older ones
- www.tumlook.com/liquidjar = 500 - AN ERROR OCCURRED; Please try
again later - www.tumlook.com/abyssalgrey = puts up two batches of
posts but doesn't load older ones
- www.tumlook.com/melodythebunny = 500 - AN ERROR OCCURRED; Please
try again later www.tumlook.com/rinstumblertrashbin = keeps showing up
a recent post they made on 18.6.2026 that "anon questions [were]
disabled" (possibly intentional?)
The same thing happens with default and tag-based searches:
- www.tumlook.com/tag/dulydownward = 500 - AN ERROR OCCURRED; Please
try again later - www.tumlook.com/search/dulydownward = ERROR; No
search results found! / Blogs; Something went wrong / Tags; Something
went wrong
This has been going on as of recent, as what should happen is I expect
blogs/searches to run normally. Tumbig (www.tumbig.com) had given me a
flat-out message with error 500:
This page isn’t working
www.tumbig.com is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500 Reloading the page, no matter how, does nothing. This
needs to be fixed by their site's owners.
>>48129
> "[Tumgik] would show up images but now it never shows them and gives
me "403 Forbidden/nginx" errors"
They fixed it now, but images from that branch break, meaning that you
would need to use Tumblr to scrape the actual images.
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Hiro Protagonist · 2026-06-28 08:44
>>49322
When I saw www.tumlook.com/rinstumblertrashbin it actually keeps
showing up a post they made on 18.6.2026 that "anon questions [were]
disabled" first, not any new posts.
-
When I attempted to put this private YouTube URL
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXTObwNYvWs) in both TurboScribe and
Nevercap.AI they both gave me "video unavailable" messages and I do
not know what other online scrapers work with private videos on the
site. Anyway, how I scraped the URL in question was just like in post
>>47862 but Piped is also suffering from a bug with age-restricted
videos: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/issues/4140
Piped should play age-restricted videos as the readme says that there
is "No age restriction".
I've been trying to get www.tumlook.com/tag/isaacbloomsarchives to
work normally, but it's like the previous instance: 500 - AN ERROR
OCCURRED; Please try again later . This even happens after a
CloudFlare widget refresh.
www.tumlook.com/ladylaflechesteahouse now works, the error 500 issue
it kept getting was fixed after a while, but the blog having the same
issue other working Tumblr blogs have - puts up two batches of posts
but doesn't load older ones. This should need a fix, which was why I
popped the contact link to Tumlook in my earlier post.
I also had been over and over again at Tumblr’s repeated mistake of
banning adult content abruptly, which reflects a failure to treat its
community. The 2018 adult content ban on the site was caused by the
site implementing Safe Mode in 2017-2018.
Remeber that in
https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/829#issuecomment-1509754511
zedeus said "Twitter blocks certain searches, including the #nsfw
hashtag"?
Tumlook unblocks it, but Tumgik does not. Examples:
- https://www.tumgik.com/tag/sex
- https://www.tumgik.com/tag/tumblr%20nsfw
- https://www.tumgik.com/tag/adult
This is what I mean. I want blogs that share content containing visual
depictions of sexually explicit acts to be wholly re-allowed on Tumblr
and never terminate them because it is wrong for the site in so many
ways:
https://help.tumblr.com/knowledge-base/mature-nsfw-content/
This should be
https://web.archive.org/web/20170327222334/https://tumblr.zendesk.com/
hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content and needs to stick.
ARGH
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Jean Dupont · 2026-06-28 13:29
Time and time again, I had been improving my list of login/auth blocks
issues and how you can help. Other people, such as those that tackle
mislabelling material as censorship (https://archive.is/Td5NY) or
rejected by an organization responsible for approving all adverts and
ensuring they comply with the rules set by the authorities
(https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk).
Most of the links I've found are aimed at NSFW content and the UK's
Online Safety Act.
Due to a 'too many links flooding' error, this list is split into a
few parts, since I had updated the list often.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
[/i]- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
OSA: [i]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023#Age_verif
ication
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:www.reddit.c
om&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X&ved=2ahUK
Ewiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571&dpr=1.5
-https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/pa6dra/twitter_starts_t
o_require_login_to_view_tweets/
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
However, there ARE other sites such as Facebook and Pintrest that
block guests from accessing their sites.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA, but also the Online Safety Act in the UK):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to a global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Please note that this does not apply to a blacklist anybody that can
customise themselves.
Steam:
-https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
Please note that this is the only forum post I know of that mentions
the NSFW login block message via the Steam Store.
Examples:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20191101000000*/https://store.steampowere
d.com/agecheck/app/260330/
-https://steamcommunity.com/id/greenthermite/screenshots/?appid=420110
&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall
-https://store.steampowered.com/app/2293660/
-https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2664821140
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3586999274
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (this post had been NSFW-blocked)
Their issue with the UK's Online Safety Act is covered by Yoti.
Tumblr:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20170327222334/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181216040913/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/360012260613-November-16-2018-Issues-with-the-iOS-
app
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181231211747/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://web.archive.org/web/20220203015805/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://help.tumblr.com/knowledge-base/mature-nsfw-content/
-
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
More in the next post.
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Guthrie · 2026-06-28 13:37
My list of links, continued from >>49326
I forgotten about adding
https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/110182311525990839 and
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/879987 as examples for
Newgrounds... again.
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Example: https://old.reddit.com/over18?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.c
om%2Fr%2FClopClop%2Fcomments%2F13bo02%2Fhoof_beat_2_coming_soon%2Fc72p
n6i
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039 (thanks to
PixelJail for the discovery)
Itch.io (thanks to some anons on Lainchan for the discovery, as seen
in https://lainchan.org/r/res/44024.html#q46603):
-https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchio-apologise-for-frustration-
and-confusion-after-delisting-thousands-of-nsfw-projects
-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HxoIm1KiFsXn0e6pjmeV3j3TdAWnn
DWXKjE7C6Ka-x4/edit?gid=1806152370#gid=1806152370
-https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content
-https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/itch-io-is-restoring-some-nsfw-
content/
-https://bsky.app/profile/sjklapecki.itch.io/post/3lwc6nzwggs2l
-https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchios-mass-delisting-of-paid-
adult-content-has-also-affected-safe-for-work-games-with-yuri-or-
lesbian-themes-devs-claim
-https://itch.io/t/5133739/our-update-on-the-uk-online-safety-act
-https://www.gamesindustry.biz/we-believe-these-restrictions-harm-
creative-expression-the-reaction-to-the-uks-online-safety-act
-
A prime example for all archived versions of the message that you get
if you wanted to view an 18+ game on itch.io can be found within
https://web.archive.org/web/20231101000000*/cobalt-
studio.itch.io/anamnesis
Both itch.io and Steam:
-https://www.collectiveshout.org/open-letter-to-payment-processors
-https://www.collectiveshout.org/tags/no_mercy
[/i]
Both of these links was what both itch.io and Steam had to go through.
-https://www.gamesindustry.biz/whats-going-on-with-steam-and-itchios-
crackdown-on-adult-content
Imgur:
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/31844016762779-Explicit-
content-on-Imgur
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-
in-the-United-Kingdom (keep in mind that this was because MediaLab
(who owns Imgur) was about to be fined by ICO which caused Imgur to
add geo-restrictions to people in the UK, not the OSA)
Google SafeSearch (OSA-related):
https://www.google.com/search?q=safesearch+local+laws&sca_esv=3aa6d84c
464b4bf8&source=hp&ei=DfX_aNPRLo-
uhbIPn9CquQk&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaQADHbs7Qbx29YZOMyW-
WjcW2r-zcPXd&ved=0ahUKEwiTjOXHucWQAxUPV0EAHR-oKpcQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=sa
fesearch+local+laws&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhVzYWZlc2VhcmNoIGxvY2FsIGxhd3My
BRAhGKABSLhnUABYkWRwAngAkAEBmAGYAqABsROqAQY2LjEwLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhSgAs
0VqAIKwgIREC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYgwEYxwHCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIO
EC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICChAAGAMY6gIYjwHCAgoQLhgDGOoCGI
8BwgIFEAAYgATCAg4QLhiABBixAxiDARiKBcICBRAuGIAEwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAgsQLhiA
BBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGNQCwgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAggQABiiBB
iJBcICBRAAGO8FwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgcQIRigARgKwgIFECEYkgPCAgUQIRifBZgDCfEF
EidfMBBZIpWSBwY1LjExLjSgB5CRAbIHBjMuMTEuNLgHtxXCBwswLjEuMi45LjcuMcgH6w
I&sclient=gws-wiz
Example: https://www.google.com/search?q=hollow+birds+analog+horror&sc
a_esv=88a22a1789578c76&source=hp&ei=GK1waZHIKNidhbIP8tq84AY&iflsig=AFd
pzrgAAAAAaXC7KLcELKZKi-IXdNuwnnbEGttfPfBF&oq=hollow+bi&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd
2l6Iglob2xsb3cgYmkqAggDMgUQABiABDILEC4YgAQYxwEYrwEyDxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGAo
YCzIFEAAYgAQyBxAuGIAEGAoyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIHEAAYgAQYCjIFEAAYgAQyBRAAG
IAESO9RUABYzylwAHgAkAEAmAHFCaABnCCqAQswLjUuNS0yLjAuMrgBAcgBAPgBAZgCCaA
C_iLCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICERAuGIAEGLEDGNEDGIMBGMcBwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYx
wHCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIFEC4YgATCAg4QLhiABBjHARiOBRivAcI
CDhAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAhEQLhiABBixAxjHARiOBRivAZgDAJIHD
zAuNC4xLjAuMS4xLjAuMqAH8n2yBw8wLjQuMS4wLjEuMS4wLjK4B_4iwgcFMy0xLjjIB-
sBgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz
TikTok: https://www.facebook.com/rickbeldenpoet/videos/i-discovered-
yesterday-that-tiktok-is-restricting-visibility-of-this-video-
and-r/1527258135154898/
e-hentai (OSA message): https://e-hentai.org/ (only happens if your
country is set to UK)
Twitch: https://cybernews.com/uk/how-to-use-vpn/twitchs-new-face-scan-
age-verification-hits-uk-users/
NaughtyNiche (affected by OSA): https://naughtyniche.art/product/bb1/
SubscribeStar (Adult) (affected by OSA):
https://subscribestar.adult/age_confirmation_warning
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts):
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run.
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Cypher · 2026-06-29 08:00
>>49326
shortlinking, even when archive.is explicitly has a long link option
stopped reading there, lul
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Eldon Tyrell · 2026-07-01 02:32
Looks like the US is getting their own Online Safety Act. Senate is on
recess for a couple weeks and may pass it.
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Unknown · 2026-07-01 03:16
Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/reddit-will-require-you-to-
log-in-to-use-old-reddit-com/
Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use
old.reddit.com.
The new requirement will take effect "over the next month," a Reddit
employee going by the username boat-botany announced on the social
media platform today. The person claimed that the change is part of an
ongoing effort to "tighten how automated systems access Reddit."
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Special Agent Bob · 2026-07-01 07:11
>>49362
OH NO NO NO NO
Old Reddit’s logged-out experience is a significant source of
accessiblity. If they start requiring everyone to log in, this change
will be abusive. I just can't take it ANYMORE with this.
-
>>49322
Tumlook is fixed, so tags, searches and blogs getting error 500 have
been fixed.
> "[i]www.tumlook.com/rinstumblertrashbin keeps showing up a recent
post they made on 18.6.2026 that "anon questions [were] disabled"
(possibly intentional?)"[/i]
That was actually a pinned post.
But going back, THE FREEDOM OF THE INTERNET IS DYING FAST HOW ARE WE
GOING TO PUT IT BACK NO LOGIN TO ACCESS NO NSFW BLOCKS A HUNDRED
PERCENT FREEDOM OF THE INTERNET NO IT KEEPS JUST GETTING WORSE AND W O
R S E PLEASE HELP
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Nobody important · 2026-07-01 08:18
>>49363
well, start archiving the soykaf you need because it's not a question
of "if" and some countries already have the block in place.
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Switch · 2026-07-01 08:36
Got this email about an hour ago.
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Leto Atreides I · 2026-07-01 08:42
>>49365
there's your hint you should never have accounts on these websites.
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Agent Jones · 2026-07-01 09:03
>>49366
More like, "you should not live in EU". Or maybe both. But in US they
passed something related yesterday so it's becoming very fuarrrked up
too.
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Agent Smith · 2026-07-01 12:03
xitter started mass blocking people
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Lady Jessica · 2026-07-02 12:26
>>49367
>>49369
This soykaf is honestly such a fuarrrking bummer. The internet is
visibly getting worse and being cut apart by big tech and big
government because they're scared that the proles are going to stop
believing their bullshit, and it doesn't seem like there's any way for
the guy on the street who just wants to browse imageboards in peace to
stop it because every political party on both sides of the aisle in
every Western country is pushing for this, completely inorganically,
and essentially with the same stated end goal of completely removing
anominity from the internet so you can be arrested for wrongthink
anywhere, like what has been happening in the UK. The Western World is
about to have worse freedom of speech than fuarrrking China. Is this
what 100-something years of conflict between democracy and
totalitarianism has led to? Liberal democracies becoming open-air
prisons because the ones in charge can't handle people forming a
heterodox opinion?
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Mario Rossi · 2026-07-02 13:29
>>49367
Funny how they pretend to care about big tech
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Jet Black · 2026-07-02 14:25
>>49376
I wholly agree that we are losing anonymity from the internet, however
people like me are against the possibility of that happening. Age
verification, login redirects and local laws have ruined the state of
the internet. From https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b
/log_in_to_confirm_youre_over_18/ the author of that thread said
"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content". This, alongside login
walls, had affected the mainstream internet and must be cut down.
Like what happened with Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
-https://web.archive.org/web/20170327222334/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181216040913/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/360012260613-November-16-2018-Issues-with-the-iOS-
app
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181231211747/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://web.archive.org/web/20220203015805/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://help.tumblr.com/knowledge-base/mature-nsfw-content/
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
This is pretty much the same here with a NSFW-blocked Reddit thread: h
ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_back
door_bypass_closed/ (the image attached comes from this one thread)
It should have never given guests a login wall over the fact that NSFW
content was allowed to be viewed as a guest, same with how Google's
SafeSearch has been ruined by the UK's Online Safety Act:
https://www.google.com/search?q=safesearch+local+laws&sca_esv=3aa6d84c
464b4bf8&source=hp&ei=DfX_aNPRLo-
uhbIPn9CquQk&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaQADHbs7Qbx29YZOMyW-
WjcW2r-zcPXd&ved=0ahUKEwiTjOXHucWQAxUPV0EAHR-oKpcQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=sa
fesearch+local+laws&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhVzYWZlc2VhcmNoIGxvY2FsIGxhd3My
BRAhGKABSLhnUABYkWRwAngAkAEBmAGYAqABsROqAQY2LjEwLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhSgAs
0VqAIKwgIREC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYgwEYxwHCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIO
EC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICChAAGAMY6gIYjwHCAgoQLhgDGOoCGI
8BwgIFEAAYgATCAg4QLhiABBixAxiDARiKBcICBRAuGIAEwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAgsQLhiA
BBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGNQCwgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAggQABiiBB
iJBcICBRAAGO8FwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgcQIRigARgKwgIFECEYkgPCAgUQIRifBZgDCfEF
EidfMBBZIpWSBwY1LjExLjSgB5CRAbIHBjMuMTEuNLgHtxXCBwswLjEuMi45LjcuMcgH6w
I&sclient=gws-wiz
[/i]
[i]Example: https://www.google.com/search?q=hollow+birds+analog+horror
&sca_esv=88a22a1789578c76&source=hp&ei=GK1waZHIKNidhbIP8tq84AY&iflsig=
AFdpzrgAAAAAaXC7KLcELKZKi-IXdNuwnnbEGttfPfBF&oq=hollow+bi&gs_lp=Egdnd3
Mtd2l6Iglob2xsb3cgYmkqAggDMgUQABiABDILEC4YgAQYxwEYrwEyDxAAGIAEGLEDGIMB
GAoYCzIFEAAYgAQyBxAuGIAEGAoyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIHEAAYgAQYCjIFEAAYgAQyBR
AAGIAESO9RUABYzylwAHgAkAEAmAHFCaABnCCqAQswLjUuNS0yLjAuMrgBAcgBAPgBAZgC
CaAC_iLCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICERAuGIAEGLEDGNEDGIMBGMcBwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMY0Q
MYxwHCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIFEC4YgATCAg4QLhiABBjHARiOBRiv
AcICDhAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAhEQLhiABBixAxjHARiOBRivAZgDAJ
IHDzAuNC4xLjAuMS4xLjAuMqAH8n2yBw8wLjQuMS4wLjEuMS4wLjK4B_4iwgcFMy0xLjjI
B-sBgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz
It's ruining everything, and I just cannot take it anymore with all of
this.
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Roger Pollack · 2026-07-03 02:27
>>49376
I cant understand why anyone would believe them in the firstplace, not
after all the obvious balant bullshit they pull all the time, even
without the internet do they really believe people will not talk about
what a crapfest the modern western world is?
>>49377
I would laugh my ass off if it would not hit too close to home, i mean
are they really this dumb to actually believe its not gonna be bigtech
who will sort trough all the data and provide the infrastructure.
Furthermore i trust bigtech more than trust those smelly old useless
degenerate farts who sit on their asses all day and juggle around with
words, atleast bigtech in a fuarrrked up way has one foot on the
ground.
What the hell are they trying to pull?
People are already plenty pissed and the mainstream internet is neigh
unsable already.
Whats more disturbing is not only are they obviously handing it all
out straight to bigtech, which in and of itself is such a propsterious
and obvious lie one would have to have an iq bellow comprehension of
this fact to accept such a statement, still between the senile old
farts who really still might believe that this is aimed at protecting
children from harmful influences, the fact of the matter is most young
people today use the internet as their outlet of violence, violent
gangster culture and the sex crazed insanity painfully visible today
is probably the only thing that is holding todays youth back from just
burning down everything.
I mean what the hell are they thinking?
Do they want to get dragged out and lynched?
In my day young people always found ways to bypass and cheat the
system, young people today are not as naive, stupid and sheeplike as
most tend to thing
If anything the internet will get too unusable and boring for most
people so that they will take their sex and drug fueled anger out into
the street, not only will it backfire bigtime on bigtech as they will
majorly lose "customers" but also the already dwindling reputability
of the powers that be will go out the window for good.
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Junichi Fujiwara · 2026-07-05 07:48
Here's a site I found on XCancel: https://reclaimthenet.org/age-
verification
However, this isn't what I'm aiming for, but also sites that had
restricted guest accessibility with login walls, NSFW content and/or
full accessibility in specific countries as well. Sites such as
Tumblr, Twitter, Newgrounds, Reddit and Imgur have been affected
recently by these impacting threats - Tumblr had derezzed NSFW content
and blocked anon asks, Twitter prevented guests from searching on
their platform until they logged in, Newgrounds had stopped guests
from accessing A-rated material even through backdoor access, Reddit
is preventing guests from accessing old.reddit.com, and Imgur had
blocked UK users over ICO fining them.
All of this MUST be reversed completely, as it affected the mainstream
internet.
Tumblr's Safe Mode affected how they would even handle NSFW
content/blogs that share content containing visual depictions of
sexually explicit acts of any kind, and outright banning them. This
MUST be wholly re-allowed on the site. Same as anon asks and tag
searches.
Imgur needs to re-allow NSFW content to the site and people in the UK
browsing the site.
And there's a lot more that must be dealt with.
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Unnamed · 2026-07-08 04:16
>>49392
I had covered a list of guest accessibility censorship several times
and this cannot continue anymore.
I want old.reddit.com to be available to guests forever, because if
they start requiring everyone to log in, this change will be abusive.
This is yet another form of guest accessibility censorship that should
never take effect on sites like this.
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Vasya Pupkin · 2026-07-09 11:20
How come this Google Doc is giving me a login redirect?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B8MYl6Oo1MAC5sj3xI2o3AuD9iIvnDGQgm
a6_7AumjY/edit?usp=sharing
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Void · 2026-07-09 13:28
>>49441
Because whoever the own is set its privacy setting to require a login
to access. Likely under ' Only those added can access'.
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Naomi Nascimento · 2026-07-10 02:03
>>49442
That should not happen anymore, and it's guest accessibility
censorship several times. It cannot continue anymore.
I want old.reddit.com to be available to guests forever, because if
they start requiring everyone to log in, this change will be abusive.
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Armitage · 2026-07-13 18:08
>>49443
https://www.resetera.com/threads/reddit-will-force-users-visiting-old-
reddit-com-to-login-to-an-account-within-the-next-month.1565473/
I want old.reddit.com to be available to guests forever, because if
they start requiring everyone to log in, this change will be abusive
to guests like me as their recent interface doesn't look right, since
I preferred the 2017 version of Reddit's interface. I disagree about
how the old.reddit.com branch affects automated systems that would
access the site in any way, as login walls and blocks had been hurting
guest accessibility.
Tumblr and Twitter thrown login walls to people like me - as guests -
and I cannot stand how much time this had turned the internet into
some sort of barren wasteland. And I want them to remove those blocks
for good.
Images are there for reference.
On a side note, this link (https://old.reddit.com/over18?dest=https%3A
%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2FClopClop%2Fcomments%2F13bo02%2Fhoof_beat_2_
coming_soon%2Fc72pn6i) could get affected as well. In short, I want
old.reddit.com to not have any login walls within the next month.
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Mitnick · 2026-07-16 11:29
>>49069
IncendiaryOCT uploaded yet another "graphic media" labelled image on
their BlueSky account:
https://bsky.app/profile/incendiary.bsky.social/post/3mqrguyh3ic2k
This, like with all the other ones I've found, should clearly not be
censored in any way to prevent guests from seeing the material.
Remember that I covered a list of content labels in post #45981?I had
said anything marked as graphic media (like gore) isn't adult content,
therefore it should've had the toggle bar because that's for teen
audiences, for the most part.
All the labels should've been configured so that they could be toggled
off and on, or that the labels themselves are removed, giving guests
an opportunity to see affected images and videos, especially with
adult content and graphic media.
I want old.reddit.com to not have any login walls within the next
month, as I disagree about how the old.reddit.com branch affects
automated systems that would access the site in any way, as login
walls and blocks had been hurting guest accessibility.
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Six · 2026-07-16 12:39
>>49457
I always feel like the site never works right when using old reddit.
At this point it feels like they're just trying to phase users off of
the old style of reddit so we can be pushed to their new slop feed
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Lady 3Jane.. · 2026-07-16 16:15
>>49463
I always feel like the site never works right when using new reddit on
the other hand I never go there lol
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Hong, Guil Dong · 2026-07-17 12:18
>>49464
Same here with me, but I missed the 2018 version of Reddit.
>>49463
>"At this point it feels like they're just trying to phase users off
of the old style of Reddit..."
Again, this is guest accessibility on the internet that people are
leaning on, and thus against being lost to time. You can see for
yourself that the war isn't over yet.
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thread 13691 · 2026-07-24 10:53
>>49069
>"Piped had been upgraded, therefore the bot issues were fixed"
Unfortunately, YouTube's bot issue has affected Piped again, this time
with "YouTube probably temporarily blocked anonymous watch access with
this IP , got error LOGIN_REQUIRED: "Sign in to confirm that you're
not a bot"".
TeamPiped should fix this, since I'm the first to report this
recently: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/issues/3658
Taken from the source code:
org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.SignInConfirmNotBotException:
YouTube probably temporarily blocked anonymous watch access with this
IP , got error LOGIN_REQUIRED: "Sign in to confirm that you're not a
bot"
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStr
eamExtractor.checkPlayabilityStatus(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:905)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStr
eamExtractor.fetchAndroidClient(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:955)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.extractors.YoutubeStr
eamExtractor.onFetchPage(YoutubeStreamExtractor.java:862)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Extractor.fetchPage(Extractor.java:60)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.j
ava:77)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.j
ava:72)
at org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.stream.StreamInfo.getInfo(StreamInfo.j
ava:67)
at me.kavin.piped.server.handlers.StreamHandlers.lambda$streamsRespons
e$0(StreamHandlers.java:54)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
at java.base/java.lang.VirtualThread.run(VirtualThread.java:329)
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Nemissa · 2026-07-24 11:30
>>49497
This happened when I opened
https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=DGHGqvS1goI in a new tab
unintentionally while browsing.
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Agent Smith · 2026-07-24 17:09
I had been getting sick of members-only videos on YouTube - typically,
with YouTube channels such as Alpha Beta Gamer - because the site had
gotten worse and worse with the prime reason being ads before actual
videos. They should be removed.
I had covered a list of guest accessibility blocks and censorship
several times and this cannot continue anymore for any person using
the internet, including me and other users on this very site. Being
the OP of both these threads, I want the internet to go back the open
way that people had used in the past, be it autism or not. (Other
users here, please refrain from mentioning autism, as it's serious.)
I want old.reddit.com to be available to guests forever, because if
they start requiring everyone to log in, this change will be abusive -
another form of guest accessibility censorship that should never, ever
happen this month coming. This is not to do with automated systems
that would access the site in any way, as login walls and blocks had
been hurting guest accessibility.
Tumblr and Twitter thrown login walls to people like me - as guests -
and I cannot stand how much time this had turned the internet into
some sort of barren wasteland. And I want them to remove those blocks
for good. This is the same with the UK's OSA and NSFW material blocks;
they should all be outlawed.
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Cypher · 2026-07-25 11:44
Back in 2025, hashtags on BlueSky would work properly before they gave
me error messages. Now they changed that to a login wall. Here's an
example: https://bsky.app/hashtag/KittyKart64
They are acting like Tumblr and Twitter and abuses guest
accessibility. Picture attached; sorry I got a weird headache and I
feel vague.
As for my last post, thank you very much for not mentioning personal
matters and understanding that it's serious, and not to be taken as a
joke.
Peace out.
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XERXES · 2026-07-26 16:17
https://www.resetera.com/threads/reddit-will-force-users-visiting-old-
reddit-com-to-login-to-an-account-within-the-next-month.1565473/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/reddit-will-require-you-to-
log-in-to-use-old-reddit-com/
I want old.reddit.com to be available to guests forever, because if
they start requiring everyone to log in, this change will be abusive
to guests like me as their recent interface doesn't look right, since
I preferred the 2018 version of Reddit's interface. I disagree about
how the old.reddit.com branch affects automated systems that would
access the site in any way, as login walls and blocks had been hurting
guest accessibility.
Tumblr and Twitter thrown login walls to people like me - as guests -
and I cannot stand how much time this had turned the internet into
some sort of barren wasteland. And I want them to remove those blocks
for good.
Tumblr and Twitter thrown login walls to people like me - as guests -
and I cannot stand how much time this had turned the internet into
some sort of barren wasteland. And I want them to remove those blocks
for good. This is the same with the UK's OSA and NSFW material blocks;
they should all be outlawed.
On a side note, this link (https://old.reddit.com/over18?dest=https%3A
%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2FClopClop%2Fcomments%2F13bo02%2Fhoof_beat_2_
coming_soon%2Fc72pn6i) could get affected as well.
This is why I am asking people to act against this news that had been
addressed in post #49362, to make old.reddit.com fully accessible to
guests with no account from August 2026 onward. They ruined it, much
as Tumblr was ruined over their NSFW blocks and ban.
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HELIOS · 2026-08-02 04:14
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48983857
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48740217
I disagree about how the old.reddit.com branch affects automated
systems that would access the site in any way, as login walls and
blocks had been hurting guest accessibility. This is why Reddit should
not required people to log in to use old.reddit.com ever.
Tumblr and Twitter thrown login walls to people like me - as guests -
and I cannot stand how much time this had turned the internet into
some sort of barren wasteland. And I want them to remove those blocks
for good. This is the same with the UK's OSA and NSFW material blocks;
they should all be outlawed.
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Yamaoto Toshi · 2026-08-12 14:33
Bumping again as it's important.
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Dujour · 2026-08-13 09:07
>>49497
TeamPiped had updated this:
https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/issues/4257
Video lists hadn't loaded up on the official instance, while other
instances will say "IP blocked" or "sign in to confirm that you're not
a bot". This issue hadn't been sorted out since 2024, so here's hoping
they sort it out with better coding and what not.
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Acid Burn · 2026-08-13 13:05
old.reddit.com isn't available without logging in now.
At the moment,
old.reddittorjg6rue252oqsxryoxengawnmo46qy4kyii5wtqnwfj4ooad.onion
still works.
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Neo · 2026-08-17 11:38
>>49626
Yes, I've heard and read about it, but I very much disagree about how
the old.reddit.com branch affects automated systems that would access
the site in any way, as login walls and blocks had been hurting guest
accessibility. This is why Reddit should have not required people to
log in to use old.reddit.com in the long run.
Changes are hard for some of us but I wished people agreed with me
about login walls and censorship and why the internet's not what it
used to be.
guess it's better than arguing, whew...
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Junichi Fujiwara · 2026-08-17 13:04
>>49626
>>49685
still works for me, western EU
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Hououin Kyouma · 2026-08-17 13:56
>>49687
Seems like it works today. There was a login block the other day
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Random · 2026-08-20 08:51
Nitter and XCancel aren't working because they have been rate limited
and/or have been sending out way too many 429 errors within their site
searches. For whatever reason, I have been brute-forcing F5 to work on
XCancel because rate-limiting broke every Nitter branch, but after
doing so too much, the site stops working and fetches the "429 Too
Many Requests; openresty" message, and no matter how many times you
access search from anywhere on XCancel (and/or mash F5), it still
gives me the error.
It won't stop displaying the 429 error page in new windows, and also
would show up whenever I put filters to a site search. Here's an
example:
https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23thebindingofisaac&since=&unti
l=&near= - would fetch "Instance has been rate limited.
Use another instance or try again later" error
https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23pokemon&f-images=on&e-
replies=on&e-
nativeretweets=on&cursor=DAADDAABCgABHQLKJpMXgXsKAAIdAojdDRuBkgAIAAIAA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 - after clicking on "Load more" during search with filters
fetches the "429 Too Many Requests; openresty" error and locks me out
>>49249
>>49325
https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23nsfw and
https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23nsfwtwt have been globally
blocked again. However, https://xcancel.com/PufffyPink2 (an account
I've found on XCancel) is an example of why NSFW content should not be
blocked because they had (at one point) a post that was properly
tagged NSFW, yet it's globally blocked and shouldn't be. This is a
huge censorship issue on anybody's hands, including myself.
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Agent Smith · 2026-08-25 14:37
Terrible news:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/x-sends-cease-and-desist-to-open-
source-project-nitter-over-alleged-scraping/
On 24 August 2026 cease and desist letters have been sent by X Corp.
demanding a permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project's
repository.
nitter.net is offline and development has stopped for the time being.
zedeus is seeking legal advice and won't be commenting further on the
specifics ATM
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Nobody special · 2026-08-28 07:42
Tumlook is breaking up, like it keeps bringing up 500 errors like they
did with Tumbig. That site has been broken, and I do not know if
Tumbig's going to be fixed by their own servers, as Tumbig doesn't
have an official contact email, phone number, or support team. Every
link had given me the same error 500 message and I had grown sick of
it.
I had grown sick of the internet being so crippled, for example
old.reddit.com should've never had a login/auth block set on the site,
or users on Tumblr telling people to go to Twitter or Bluesky to view
their NSFW content, because of Tumblr’s repeated mistake of banning
adult content abruptly, which reflects a failure to treat its
community. The 2018 adult content ban on the site was caused by the
site implementing Safe Mode in 2017-2018, and never the IOS app and
their routine checks on their database.
Also, this: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/x-sends-cease-and-
desist-to-open-source-project-nitter-over-alleged-scraping/
Everything about this login/auth block stuff is so WRONG on so many
levels that the internet is dying fast.
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Undisclosed · 2026-08-30 03:32
Even this site is affected by the UK's Online Safety Act: https://chat
urbate.com/?join_overlay=1&campaign=KK90V&sid=6e9afd4c7b440b5d815e4ed6
f644dab8&tour=grq0&track=RemD_GB&disable_sound=0
Found this while browsing Tumgik. Pic attached but it is spoilered for
obvious reasons.
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Y.T · 2026-08-31 13:34
>>49749
https://codeberg.org/mv12star/soykafter/wiki/Instances
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Anamika · 2026-08-31 16:09
>>49626
I think it is over for good this time. Neither old.reddit.com or
old.reddittorjg6rue252oqsxryoxengawnmo46qy4kyii5wtqnwfj4ooad.onion
work
>Go away, spammer.
Shut up
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Just another Random Lainon · 2026-09-05 08:53
>>49779
This is why I very much disagreed about how the old.reddit.com branch
affects automated systems that would access the site in any way, as
login walls and blocks had been hurting guest accessibility. This is
why Reddit should have not required people to log in to use
old.reddit.com in the long run and I still do.
Both links should be reverted to being 100 percent accessible.
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Lunch · 2026-09-11 11:11
Bumping again as it's important
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Elliot Alderson · 2026-09-15 18:15
>>49779
>>49849
Not sure for how long that will work, but you can access old reddit
frontend from reddit.com by setting a cookie. Doesn't need to be
logged in either.
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Lunch · 2026-09-16 09:06
>>50128
Ok, didn't know. What kind of cookie do you need to set on Reddit to
access the older version?
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Cowboy · 2026-09-16 09:16
>>50132
You have to set redesign_optout to true. If you want something that
automatically handle that and rewriting url, you can use old reddit
redirection firefox/chrome extension.
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Cypher · 2026-09-17 12:26
Time and time again, I had been improving my list of login/auth blocks
issues and how you can help. Other people, such as those that tackle
mislabelling material as censorship (https://archive.is/Td5NY) or
rejected by an organization responsible for approving all adverts and
ensuring they comply with the rules set by the authorities
(https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk).
Most of the links I've found are aimed at NSFW content and the UK's
Online Safety Act.
Due to a 'too many links flooding' error, this list is split into a
few parts, since I had updated the list often.
Main:
- https://decoded.legal/blog/2021/07/online-id-age-verification-the-
death-of-online-search-and-non-browser-web-access/
[/i]- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/395497-login-reminder-popup-
remover-developement-ceased-not-up-to-date/code
OSA: [i]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023#Age_verif
ication
Login/auth blocks:
Twitter/X:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=twitter+login+block+site:www.reddit.c
om&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=598195629&sa=X&ved=2ahUK
Ewiny6v29tqDAxV4X0EAHU_YBtIQrQIoBHoECB4QBQ&biw=1128&bih=1571&dpr=1.5
-https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/pa6dra/twitter_starts_t
o_require_login_to_view_tweets/
Tumblr:
-https://www.google.com/search?q=tumblr+login+block+site%3Awww.reddit.
com&client=tablet-android-samsung-
rev2&sca_esv=598195629&biw=1128&bih=1571&ei=r82iZafSJ-zPhbIP5cONmAM&ve
d=0ahUKEwjn5ZX49tqDAxXsZ0EAHeVhAzMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=tumblr+login+bloc
k+site%3Awww.reddit.com&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJnR1bWJsciBsb2dpbiBi
bG9jayBzaXRlOnd3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tSOZNUPoaWM1LcAF4AJABAJgBmQKgAbAIqgEFNC
40LjG4AQPIAQD4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1
-https://wip.tumblr.com/tagged/anonymous%20asks
These are the only two sites I enjoyed searching for as a guest before
they added login walls, and that's something I can't stand.
However, there ARE other sites such as Facebook and Pintrest that
block guests from accessing their sites.
NSFW content auth blocks/bans (most of these are related to problems
with NCOSE and FOSTA SESTA, but also the Online Safety Act in the UK):
Twitter/X:
-https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape/issues/419
e621.net (this only applies to a global blacklist affecting young
rating:q and young rating:e content):
-https://github.com/Bionus/imgbrd-grabber/issues/2414
-https://github.com/McSib/e621_downloader/issues/35
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/25850
-https://e621.net/forum_topics/26236
Please note that this does not apply to a blacklist anybody that can
customise themselves.
Steam:
-https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3183486162290924943/
Please note that this is the only forum post I know of that mentions
the NSFW login block message via the Steam Store.
Examples:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20191101000000*/https://store.steampowere
d.com/agecheck/app/260330/
-https://steamcommunity.com/id/greenthermite/screenshots/?appid=420110
&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall
-https://store.steampowered.com/app/2293660/
-https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2664821140
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3586999274
Newgrounds:
-https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2456
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Newgrounds/comments/12kfb4j/adult_section_ba
ckdoor_bypass_closed/ (this post had been NSFW-blocked)
Their issue with the UK's Online Safety Act is covered by Yoti.
Tumblr:
-https://web.archive.org/web/20170327222334/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181216040913/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/360012260613-November-16-2018-Issues-with-the-iOS-
app
-https://web.archive.org/web/20181231211747/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://web.archive.org/web/20220203015805/https://tumblr.zendesk.com
/hc/en-us/articles/231885248-Adult-content
-https://help.tumblr.com/knowledge-base/mature-nsfw-content/
-
-https://fanlore.org/wiki/Tumblr_NSFW_Content_Purge
-https://archived.moe/t/thread/859332/ (contains pop-up adverts, most
of them being NSFW so be warned)
More in the next post.
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BloodCat · 2026-09-17 12:35
My list of links, continued from >>50138
I forgotten about adding
https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/110182311525990839 and
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/879987 as examples for
Newgrounds, and I will update it if there's reminder.
Reddit:
-https://old.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/xxub2b/log_in_to_confirm
_youre_over_18/
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31829633
Example: https://old.reddit.com/over18?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.c
om%2Fr%2FClopClop%2Fcomments%2F13bo02%2Fhoof_beat_2_coming_soon%2Fc72p
n6i
Pixiv:
-https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149093
-https://www.pixiv.help/hc/en-us/articles/235585348-My-viewing-
restrictions-are-set-to-block-age-restricted-
material-R-18-or-R-18G-but-I-can-still-see-works-with-R-18-tags
DeviantART: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-
deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-erotic-and-fetish-themes
Gumroad: https://baraag.net/@PixelJail/112101324902574039 (thanks to
PixelJail for the discovery)
Itch.io (thanks to some anons on Lainchan for the discovery, as seen
in https://lainchan.org/r/res/44024.html#q46603):
-https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchio-apologise-for-frustration-
and-confusion-after-delisting-thousands-of-nsfw-projects
-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HxoIm1KiFsXn0e6pjmeV3j3TdAWnn
DWXKjE7C6Ka-x4/edit?gid=1806152370#gid=1806152370
-https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content
-https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/itch-io-is-restoring-some-nsfw-
content/
-https://bsky.app/profile/sjklapecki.itch.io/post/3lwc6nzwggs2l
-https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchios-mass-delisting-of-paid-
adult-content-has-also-affected-safe-for-work-games-with-yuri-or-
lesbian-themes-devs-claim
-https://itch.io/t/5133739/our-update-on-the-uk-online-safety-act
-https://www.gamesindustry.biz/we-believe-these-restrictions-harm-
creative-expression-the-reaction-to-the-uks-online-safety-act
-
A prime example for all archived versions of the message that you get
if you wanted to view an 18+ game on itch.io can be found within
https://web.archive.org/web/20231101000000*/cobalt-
studio.itch.io/anamnesis
Both itch.io and Steam:
-https://www.collectiveshout.org/open-letter-to-payment-processors
-https://www.collectiveshout.org/tags/no_mercy
Both of these links was what both itch.io and Steam had to go through.
-https://www.gamesindustry.biz/whats-going-on-with-steam-and-itchios-
crackdown-on-adult-content
Imgur:
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/31844016762779-Explicit-
content-on-Imgur
-https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/41592665292443-Imgur-access-
in-the-United-Kingdom (keep in mind that this was because MediaLab
(who owns Imgur) was about to be fined by ICO which caused Imgur to
add geo-restrictions to people in the UK, not the OSA)
Google SafeSearch (OSA-related):
https://www.google.com/search?q=safesearch+local+laws&sca_esv=3aa6d84c
464b4bf8&source=hp&ei=DfX_aNPRLo-
uhbIPn9CquQk&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaQADHbs7Qbx29YZOMyW-
WjcW2r-zcPXd&ved=0ahUKEwiTjOXHucWQAxUPV0EAHR-oKpcQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=sa
fesearch+local+laws&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhVzYWZlc2VhcmNoIGxvY2FsIGxhd3My
BRAhGKABSLhnUABYkWRwAngAkAEBmAGYAqABsROqAQY2LjEwLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhSgAs
0VqAIKwgIREC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYgwEYxwHCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIO
EC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICChAAGAMY6gIYjwHCAgoQLhgDGOoCGI
8BwgIFEAAYgATCAg4QLhiABBixAxiDARiKBcICBRAuGIAEwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAgsQLhiA
BBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGNQCwgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAggQABiiBB
iJBcICBRAAGO8FwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgcQIRigARgKwgIFECEYkgPCAgUQIRifBZgDCfEF
EidfMBBZIpWSBwY1LjExLjSgB5CRAbIHBjMuMTEuNLgHtxXCBwswLjEuMi45LjcuMcgH6w
I&sclient=gws-wiz
Example: https://www.google.com/search?q=hollow+birds+analog+horror&sc
a_esv=88a22a1789578c76&source=hp&ei=GK1waZHIKNidhbIP8tq84AY&iflsig=AFd
pzrgAAAAAaXC7KLcELKZKi-IXdNuwnnbEGttfPfBF&oq=hollow+bi&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd
2l6Iglob2xsb3cgYmkqAggDMgUQABiABDILEC4YgAQYxwEYrwEyDxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGAo
YCzIFEAAYgAQyBxAuGIAEGAoyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIHEAAYgAQYCjIFEAAYgAQyBRAAG
IAESO9RUABYzylwAHgAkAEAmAHFCaABnCCqAQswLjUuNS0yLjAuMrgBAcgBAPgBAZgCCaA
C_iLCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICERAuGIAEGLEDGNEDGIMBGMcBwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYx
wHCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIFEC4YgATCAg4QLhiABBjHARiOBRivAcI
CDhAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAhEQLhiABBixAxjHARiOBRivAZgDAJIHD
zAuNC4xLjAuMS4xLjAuMqAH8n2yBw8wLjQuMS4wLjEuMS4wLjK4B_4iwgcFMy0xLjjIB-
sBgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz
TikTok: https://www.facebook.com/rickbeldenpoet/videos/i-discovered-
yesterday-that-tiktok-is-restricting-visibility-of-this-video-
and-r/1527258135154898/
Twitch: https://cybernews.com/uk/how-to-use-vpn/twitchs-new-face-scan-
age-verification-hits-uk-users/
Other sites affected by OSA: https://naughtyniche.art/product/bb1/
https://subscribestar.adult/age_confirmation_warning
https://chaturbate.com/?join_overlay=1&campaign=KK90V&sid=6e9afd4c7b44
0b5d815e4ed6f644dab8&tour=grq0&track=RemD_GB&disable_sound=0
Both types of login/auth blocks:
BlueSky (for !no-unauthenticated, !hide and porn labelled posts):
https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/moderation
Take note that I said
>"anonymous browsing is a crucial element that had been affected in
recent years by restrictions for NSFW content"
These, alongside algorithms to filter content, had affected the
mainstream internet, beginning with Tumblr in 2017. This whole thing
affected adult content being allowed on the site for guests to view in
the long run.
Will add new links in the future.
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Gyula Kovacs · 2026-09-24 02:49
>>48204
For whatever reason, Google's SafeSearch feature can be toggled
between the filter, blur or off options as normal or have the filter
option set by the UK's Online Safety Act at random. This happens if
the site detects a UK location, like I've showed in the example in
post #48204, however this is because of my laptop's poor battery that
keeps freezing at 0% charge or keeps breaking... like, I don't know...
I have no words to explain and I feel a sense of dread within me.
Source: https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&sca_esv=75f3bce9ede7bd4b&bi
w=1366&bih=657&udm=vids&fbs=ABfTbFVyMZGZf1hfvX9uKjN_-
G8c4u0nXx4bEIpwm1lnNH832VTJOOCxW_fyN-Q_ezyf8gKjm3rhh_G8jdZ2Q6tji4z8Mva
6cfvBj5rpPch2IC955D1GLtW96sIPBQYGtqk6WG825LA3tFpj1bp72NtnKxw5HM3_NuezU
DRWiiPkzo8kVZ99l6BB1u6e4x5k3YuSUq9ycS61R0vGZZQQnfmVHOQGXZ3LLA&q=supper
mariobroth+twitter+sunshine&ved=2ahUKEwirvYSM84aXAxVkVEEAHRJiE98QtKgLe
gQIGRAB
Take care, lainons.
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Jane Doe · 2026-09-27 08:27
Not exactly auth block, don't know where else to post. It's nearly
impossible to archive stackoverflow and a bunch of other sites now