[wakawaka28]

>In terms of geographies - one thing I read about recently is how various “online safety czars” from countries are coordinating in groups that may soon have the power to implement global content restrictions (censorship) that respect each other’s local requests on a global scale.

Thankfully, this dystopian wet dream is unlikely to go far. Censorship "Czars" cannot legally disregard the laws and constitutions of their respective countries. In the US, we have the First Amendment, and no politician or bureaucrat has the authority to censor speech generally.

[KennyBlanken]

>In the US, we have the First Amendment, and no politician or bureaucrat has the authority to censor speech generally.

But businesses do.

You're about fifty years out of date: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate

Christian nationalists long ago figured out they were losing the censorship battle with the postal service and governmnt...they long ago shifted to influencing every aspect of society, and one of those is business - and by that they mean financial systems.

That's why people in the porn industry keep losing their bank accounts.

It's also why the app stores and a number of websites are so strict about adult content; pressure from credit card companies.

> there are seven aspects of society that believers seek to influence: family, religion, education, media, arts & entertainment, business, and government.

[dotnet00]

It isn't just coming from "Christian Nationalists", hard 'progressive' rags have also been on a puritan streak in recent years when it relates to conventional attractiveness (especially in anime and adjacent circles). As a current ongoing matter there are all the hit pieces and whining from games journalists on how Stellar Blade's character designs are for "porn addicts".

[gjsman-1000]

It’s also worth noting that pornography is illegal in Islamic countries, and even illegal in avowedly atheist countries like China (guess what else the firewall blocks).

[wakawaka28]

>But businesses do.

There is a common misunderstanding that the government can simply ask businesses to do stuff and it's still strictly business. It's not.

>Christian nationalists long ago figured out they were losing the censorship battle with the postal service and governmnt...they long ago shifted to influencing every aspect of society, and one of those is business - and by that they mean financial systems.

Blaming the overwhelming push for censorship in the 2020s on Christians is at best misguided. They are likely to be censored themselves.

>> there are seven aspects of society that believers seek to influence: family, religion, education, media, arts & entertainment, business, and government.

This describes a lot of groups. You're quoting it like the Christians are some kind of menace, but they are the least concerning of all current threats to freedom in my book. I'm an atheist, as well.