WHAT IS
DON’T DELETE ART?
Don’t Delete Art (DDA) is a project drawing attention to the damage done when art is censored in online environments. We are a collaboration of artist-activists and human rights organizations advocating for greater protection of artistic expression across platforms.
BIG NEWS
Freemuse’s State of Artistic Freedom Report 2024, featuring a first-of-its-kind essay from Don’t Delete Art about the state of artistic freedom online!
This yearly report is widely regarded as one of the most influential and important reviews of global art censorship, often cited by international governmental bodies, human rights organizations, researchers, and journalists. We are proud to contribute our essay “All The Art We Do Not See,” and to bring more attention to the issues facing artists online.
HAS YOUR ARTWORK BEEN DOWNRANKED OR DELETED ONLINE?
If you know of art that has been removed or downranked (a.k.a. “shadowbanned”) online, submit it for consideration to be included in DDA’s Gallery for Art Censored Online, a rotating curated feature that illustrates what kinds of art is being suppressed online.
This week’s featured artist from the DDA Gallery of Art Censored Online:
Sourix
“I’m afraid I will have no choice but to remove them, or censor them.
I’m afraid they will block me or remove me, and I worked too hard and too long on this account to lose it.
This is heartbreaking.”
See what else they’ve been hiding from you
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DDA MANIFESTO
Social media corporations have become cultural gatekeepers with unprecedented power to determine which art works can freely circulate and which ones are banned or pushed into the digital margins.
JOIN US and THOUSANDS of artists, curators, critics, galleries, historians, students, and cultural institutions in telling social media companies that there must be greater support of artistic expression on social media.
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Censorship Art Spots: Open Call!
Inspired by MTV’s 1985 “Art Breaks” series, we are calling for videos from the DDA community artistically responding to the problem of online art censorship and drawing attention to the obstacles and frustrations that come with it.
SUBMIT YOURS TODAY
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DDA Store
Don’t Delete Art is made possible by in-kind volunteered time. Purchasing our merch helps us stay afloat & continue our goals fighting for artists who are censored online. Thank you for your purchase. We appreciate you!
Currently only available in the U.S.
