Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Dam's Bursting
This week, we discuss election outcomes and code as a human endeavor.
UK
UK Sex Workers Wake Up to Sites Purging Their Content Following Porn Ban
Adult creators are left in the dark as content that they didn't believe broke the law disappears from clip sites.
Meta
Everyone Everywhere Hated Meta’s New AI Training Terms. Now, They’re On Pause
Back to the drawing board!
porn
In the UK, Face Sitting Porn Might Land You in Jail
The Crime and Policing Act, which goes into force on November 6, criminalizes possessing or publishing strangulation or suffocation porn, as well as some types of "close familial relatives" roleplay.
ao3
Vibe Coded AO3 Clone Site Down After Fanfic Authors Buried It With 2,000 Takedown Notices in a Single Day
ao3.life was scraping and repackaging fanfiction’ works and turning them into audiobooks for sale without the original authors’ permission.
Newsletters
Reaping and sowing, CEO edition
Also: Consider the Apple slop, Texas data center troubles, and more from 404 Media around the web.
ao3
‘Wake Up Call:’ Fanfiction Writers and Readers React to AO3 Outage
Writer and readers share what they're feeling and doing in the aftermath of the AO3 outage. It's anything but Wattpad.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Tech Support
This week, we discuss customer service and Proton fallout.
Impact
Senators Demand Meta Answer for 'Pervert Glasses' Following 404 Media Investigation
"Meta’s smart glasses have increasingly been implicated in disturbing invasions of users’ and bystanders’ privacy," a letter sent to Meta from Ron Wyden and Edward Markey says.
Meta
If You're In the UK or EU, Here's How to Object to Meta's AI Training
In light of Meta's new terms that will allow it to scrape users' data for AI, people in the EU and UK have the option to "object" to certain uses of their information, for now.
