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Paid Complicity

The discovery that paid advertisements on Instagram allegedly promoted access to child sexual abuse material is not simply a moderation failure.

End of the Click

For nearly three decades, the internet thrived on a simple economic bargain: users got free content, and publishers earned revenue through ads, subscriptions, or affiliate links. But that equilibrium is now collapsing.

Digital Blind Spot

India prohibits Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) under strong laws like the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, yet ignores the alarming issue of children accessing adult pornography and being exposed to it at a very young age ~ a serious legal and moral gap.

Fandom threat

The attempt to control fandom culture is part of the matrix of supressing youth entertainment in China, including severe restrictions on online gaming. Some like David Bandurski, co-director of the China Media Project partnered by the University of Hong Kong, say all this talk of rescuing Chinese youth from their own appetites is in fact a smokescreen for a far more serious purpose.