DDA x SHEROES: Sheroes Thursdays - Women Activist Artists on Social Media Censorship
Calling all women activist artists!
Social media can be a double-edged sword—offering visibility while subjecting us to censorship and control. How do we navigate these challenges? How do we protect our art and voices in an era where platforms often silence activism?
In this forum, we’ll tackle these questions head-on. Join us to:
Share your experiences and insights on social media censorship.
Explore the emotional and practical consequences of having your art, accounts, or content removed.
Discuss ethical dilemmas and strategies for using platforms that may violate human rights or target activists.
Featuring expert insights from Emma Shapiro, Editor-At-Large at Don’t Delete Art, this session will delve into the impact of censorship on activist art and explore creative solutions and alternatives to fight back.
Together, let’s uncover strategies to protect our work, amplify our voices, and reclaim the digital space for activism.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sheroes-thursdays-women-activist-artists-on-social-media-censorship-tickets-1223456343859
PANOPTICON EFFECT AN EXPLORATION OF ARTISTIC SELF-CENSORSHIP
Join DDA’s Emma Shapiro and artist Liza Shkirando for a participative talk about a complicated and frought situation artists find themselves in all too often: self-censorship. From personal lives to social media and political regimes, artists confront responsibility and risk daily in our communal effort to create, communicate, and collaborate. Together in this session, we will explore these situations and envision a roadmap for artists and the contexts that they inhabit. How can we, as an artistic community, create a framework for accountability without compromising the freedom of self-expression?
Event is hosted and created in collaboration with BONFIRE
Event is FREE and ONLINE, spaces are limited REGISTER HERE
Don’t Delete Art: Is Social Media Beyond Our Control?
This is a free event, but registration is required.
Art censorship is alive and well on social media, where major tech companies serve as arbiters, dictating what content is seen and what is banned or pushed into the digital margins through algorithmic control. This can have dire consequences for emerging artists who use online platforms to build their careers, earn income, and display their art in otherwise repressive societies.
Emma Shapiro (Don't Delete Art), Elizabeth Larison (National Coalition Against Censorship), and Sibila Sotomayor Van Rysseghem (LASTESIS) will explore the reality of artistic suppression on social media and the tangible impacts censorship on digital platforms can have on artists' livelihoods, emotional well-being, and free expression.
Presented by 'Artists at Risk Connection' and 'Art at a Time Like This.'
Decentraland Wellness Week Keynote Panel: “Healthier Relationships with Social Media & Online Platforms”
DDA’s Emma Shapiro joined other digital experts to discuss strategies for developing healthier relationships with social media, and how individuals can best navigate the evolving landscape of online networks with respect to their impact on societal values, family life and personal identity.
Women as/in ART: Podcast Episode 18
DDA’s Emma Shapiro talks with Women as/in Art about the exhausting liberation of being an art model, Don’t Delete Art and art censorship in social media, the belated recognition of women artists, the “original sin” of linking nudity with sex, and finding inspiration in a Walmart.
Woodhull Freedom Foundation Panel: “We Removed Your Post!”
DDA’s Elizabeth Larison and Emma Shapiro led this Woodhull Freedom Foundation panel to discuss how art is censored online and how Don’t Delete Art is rallying artists’ voices to fight against the censors.
KOSA Reddit AMA with FFTF, ACLU, EFF, CDT, and Sen. Ron Wyden
DDA joined advocates who support regulation of Big Tech but oppose the misguided Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and similarly dangerous and unconstitutional bills like the EARN IT Act, Stop CSAM Act, Cooper Davis Act, and Protecting Kids On Social Media Act, in a Reddit AMA.
DDA Day of Action
The DDA Day of Action was orchestrated as an extension of DDA's Manifesto Campaign. The DDA Manifesto is rallying together the international arts community to advocate for the protection of artistic expression online. Online, DDA debuted its digital sticker, which artists can use in their social media posts when they need to censor their work in order to comply with various content moderation policies. In New York City, the Day of Action consisted of DDA members taking to the streets of New York City in an effort to encourage key cultural institutions and their patrons to sign the DDA Manifesto.
RightsCon: Artists have Digital Rights, Too: SCP 2.0 and Advocating for Artistic Expression Online
This workshop session at RightsCon 2023 brought together artists and curators on the topic of the Santa Clara Principles 2.0 (SCP 2.0) and invited discussions on specific challenges that participants have faced regarding content moderation, with the goal of instigating engagement from these communities on subsequent SCP iterations, and information gathering.
ALN Event: Artist Censorship in the Digital World
Arts Letters & Numbers and Don’t Delete Art gathered for a live talk to discuss the pressing issue of artist censorship in the digital world.
World Ethical Data Forum | Block Mute Report: Navigating artistic freedom and censorship in digital spaces
Art and activism have, since the origin of challenging the status quo, been natural and powerful partners. In the age of the computer canvas, censorship and restrictions on freedom of expression persist globally. In this in-depth panel discussion, artists and artistic campaigners from around the world share their experience of various forms of censorship, the consequences of their artistic output, and the ways in which digital-forward publishing and distribution platforms are both at risk, and an opportunity for greater freedom.
Unit London: Navigating Sensitive Content Panel
In conjunction with Unit London’s Frieze Group Show, Sensitive Content, artist and DDA Editor at Large Emma Shapiro, whose work is in the exhibition, moderates a discussion on censorship in the arts with writers Gareth Harris (The Art Newspaper) and Farah Nayeri (The New York Times).
How to Avoid Being Censored On Instagram
How to Avoid Being Censored on Instagram
Dina Brodsky, Savannah Spirit, and Spencer Tunick host a Zoom conversation to share advice on how to tag, contextualize, or modify your artwork so it is safe from removal.