UPCOMING EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

  • A protest poster with a clenched fist holding a crown, producing rays of light, and a message that reads, "Don't delete art, fall of freedom."

    Fall of Freedom

    November 21 & 22 | across the US

    You can still participate!
  • Blue promotional banner with wooden mannequin holding a yellow Ethernet cable, advertising an online event titled 'Tactics to Avoid Art Censorship Online' scheduled for November 20th, 12 to 1:30 PM CT, organized by Lawyers for the Creative Arts, Don't Delete Art, and the National Coalition Against Censorship.

    PAST: Tactics to Avoid Art Censorship Online

    Webinar with Lawyers for the Creative Arts

    November 20, 2025 | online

    Watch the Recording
  • Colorful electronic dance music lights with the text 'Don't Look Now' overlayed.

    PAST: Don't Look Now

    Exhibition produced by Art At A Time Like This, featuring 10 DDA artists!

    October 10-25, 2025 | 127 Elizabeth St, NYC

    See The Exhibition
  • Promotional flyer for an online event titled 'All the Art We Cannot See: Regulation and Censorship.' Features a woman smiling, with event details including date and time, and the speaker Emma Shapiro, an AGL Communications Officer.

    PAST: All the Art We Cannot See: Regulation and Censorship Online

    DDA’s Emma Shapiro presents as part of Avant-Garde Lawyers’ “The Art* of Defending Artists” capacity building programme

    May 21, 2025 | online

    Learn about the programme
  • UNESCO logo with a blue background and white text

    PAST: UNESCO "Artistic Freedom and Creativity: Navigating the Age of AI in a Volatile World"

    DDA’s Emma Shapiro joins a UNESCO panel event as part of UNESCO World Press Freedom Day

    May 6, 2025 | Brussels

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  • Colorful skateboard ramps with pink, purple, white, green, and orange textures, set against a black background promoting a live event on April 9 at 9:00 PM UTC, featuring speakers from various fashion and art organizations.

    PAST: Decentraland Fashion Week: The Banners We Wear

    DDA’s Emma Shapiro represented DDA as a jury member and keynote panelist for Metaverse Fashion Week

    April 9, 2025 | Decentraland

    watch the recording
  • Flyer for an online event titled 'Social Media & Art Censorship' organized by Lawyers for the Creative Arts. Scheduled for April 3rd, from 12 to 1:30 PM CT, featuring Saper Law and Don't Delete Art, National Coalition Against Censorship. The flyer features an image of a classical painting with prominent gold stars and a blue background.

    PAST: Social Media & Art Censorship

    with Saper Law & Lawyers for the Creative Arts

    April 3, 2025 | online

    Watch the recording
  • Event poster for Rights Con 25 in Taipei, with a slogan "Don't delete art" and a background image of people in a conference setting.

    PAST: DDA at RightsCon!

    Don’t Delete Art: Why Content Moderation much account for Artistic Context

    Feb 26, 2025 | online

    Watch the recording
  • Digital poster for an online event organized by Heroes Collective, featuring a woman's legs with the message "Don't Delete Art" by Nadine Robbins, scheduled for June 2, 2025.

    PAST: DDA x SHEROES: Sheroes Thursdays - Women Activist Artists on Social Media Censorship

    A conversation with SHEROES and DDA about safer spaces for women artists and where to find them

    Feb 6, 2025 | online

  • A promotional graphic for a webinar titled "Restrictions on the Risqué: Censorship & Sexual Freedom in 2024" hosted by Woodhull Freedom Foundation. The event features Ricci Levy, Mandy Salley, India McKinney, and Emma Shapiro, and is scheduled for Monday, December 23 at 12:30 pm ET on Zoom. The graphic includes photos of the speakers with their names and titles, a date, time, and information about live streaming on Zoom.

    Restrictions on the Risqué: Censorship & Sexual Freedom in 2024

    PAST: DDA joins EFF, FSC, and Woodhull Freedom Foundation to review the past year in censorship

    Dec 23, 2024 | online

    Watch the recording
  • Event poster for an art discussion titled "Panopticon: A Discussion on Artistic Self-Censorship," featuring artists Liza Shiklando and Emma Shapiro, taking place online from February 19th to 26th, free of charge, organized by Bonfire.

    PAST: Panopticon Effect

    A talk about transgression and censorship in art, with DDA’s Emma Shapiro and artist Liza Shkirando - Presented by BONFIRE

    Nov 20, 2024 | online

  • Group of seven women standing in front of a yellow and white backdrop with text that reads "DANGEROUS ART ENDANGERED ARTISTS" at an art event or exhibition.

    PAST: Don't Delete Art: Is Social Media Beyond Our Control?

    Live panel discussion, moderated by DDA’s Emma Shapiro, including panelist DDA Team Member Elizabeth Larison - Presented by Artists at Risk Connection and Art At A Time Like This as part of the series “Dangerous Art, Endangered Artists”

    May 10, 2024 | in-person NYC

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  • A promotional graphic for a webinar titled 'Healthier Relationships with Social Media & Online Networks.' The event features speakers Emma Garayo, Heather Hofstetter, Kim Currier, and Bay Backner, scheduled for Wednesday, January 24th at 7 PM UTC. The background is orange with white swirling line patterns, and there are four circular photos of the speakers arranged around the text.

    PAST: Decentraland Wellness Week Keynote Panel: "Healthier Relationships with Social Media & Online Platforms"

    Jan 24 2024 | online

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  • Promotional graphic for a discussion titled "We Removed Your Post!" featuring Emma Shapiro from Don’t Delete Art and Elizabeth Lairson from the National Coalition Against Censorship and Don’t Delete Art. The graphic includes photos of both women, logos, and colorful design elements.

    PAST: We Removed Your Post: Artistic Expression and the Fight Against Online Censorship

    DDA’s Elizabeth Larison and Emma Shapiro join Woodhull Freedom Foundation to discuss the state of online art censorship.

    Oct 24, 2025 | online

    watch the recording
  • Reddit logo with a smiling Reddit mascot, and a graphic of a handshake representing the subreddit r/technology.

    PAST: 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.

    Sept 18, 2023 | online

  • Text on black background reading: 'On June 15, 2023, DDA members took to the streets of New York City for the DDA Day of Action.'

    PAST: DDA Day Of Action

    The DDA Day of Action was orchestrated as an extension of DDA's Manifesto Campaign.

    June 15, 2023 | NYC

    Read about it in Hyperallergic
  • Event announcement for RightsCon Costa Rica with a green and orange background, featuring photos and names of speakers including Paige Collings, Emma Shapiro, Elizabeth Larison, Yalda Yazdani, and Svetlana Mintcheva. The event discusses digital rights and artistic expression online, scheduled for June 6, 2023, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm EDT.

    PAST: 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.

    June 6, 2023 | online

  • Black and white striped fabric with the text 'DON'T DELETE ART' and a small trash can icon. Photo credit: Savannah Spirit.

    PAST: 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.

    March 6, 2023 | online

  • Event poster for the World Ethical Data Forum, showcasing a panel discussion titled 'Block Mute Report: Navigating artistic freedom and censorship in digital spaces.' The event is scheduled for October 26-28, 2022. The poster features profile images of four panelists, including their names and titles, with a light rainbow background and clouds. The bottom of the poster displays the forum's website, worldethicaldataforum.org, and a note to register for free.

    PAST: World Ethical Data Forum | Block Mute Report: Navigating artistic freedom and censorship in digital spaces

    DDA’s Emma Shapiro joined leading artist-activists to discuss online art censorship at the World Ethical Data Forum

    Oct 26, 2022 | online

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  • A panel discussion with three people seated on chairs. The woman on the left is speaking into a microphone, the man in the center is sitting with papers on his lap, and the woman on the right is holding a notebook. There are water bottles on the floor in front of them, and a large screen behind displays an image of a woman with her arms outstretched and a splash of red paint or blood around her.

    PAST: 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).

    Sept 20, 2022 | London

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  • Text on a grayscale background with spiral patterns reads: 'How to avoid being censored on Instagram.' Details below mention a Zoom event scheduled for Wednesday, June 2nd, from 8-9 PM EST, hosted with Dina Brodsky, Spencer Tunick, and Savannah Spirit. Brought to you by @DONTDELETE.ART and Savannah Spirit; art by Savannah Spirit.

    PAST: 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.

    June 2, 2021 | online