Artistic Freedom Attack Watch

Your TLDR newssource for the artistic freedom war. Your fiction is in danger!

Breaking: Itch.io Hit - Mass Deletion of Games & Payouts Frozen.

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July 27th 2025

US Adds Age Verification Bill

US Proposes the S.1748 - Kids Online Safety Bill. Similar Age Verification as UK / EU, but worse, Timer is Ticking.

July 26th 2025

UK Age Verification goes Live

UK forces age and/or ID verification for adult content in a flawed manner, As a result, many sites and platforms have blocked access in UK day 1.

July 24th 2025

Itch.io Hit

Itch.Io Guidelines Severly Updated for the worse. Games deleted, including purchased, no refund. Payouts cancelled for Creators. Collective Shout takes credit.

July 23rd 2025

EU Announce Age Verification

EU forces a deadline to implement ID/Age Verification within 12-months on EU members. The timer is ticking.

July 22nd 2025

Steam Hit

Steam Guidelines Severly Updated for the worse, NSFW Games mass deleted. Collective Shout takes credit.

July 21st 2025

Denpasoft Hit, Again

Denpasoft is limiting access in many U.S States due to payment processing audit and non-compliance to age verification laws.

June 25th 2025

Fansly Hit

Bans Adult Material of many types, Including not just Furries, but Catgirl VTubers using the word "Catgirl", and many more. Many Creators got banned.

June 9th 2025

Pixiv FANBOX Warning

Pixiv FANBOX announces incoming fee increase for NSFW creators, starting Sept. 1st. It's to pay for new "Review Costs". Pressure from Payment Processors.

August 1st 2024

Denpasoft Hit

Denpasoft deleted tens of titles after threatened by Payment Processors.


May 21st 2024

Fantia Hit

Forced to end support for Visa & Mastercard, due to hosting Adult Material.


April 3rd 2024

DLSite Hit

DLSite Blocks Access to Major Payment processors, including Visa and Mastercard, After not agreeing to the Payment Processors censorship demands.

March 15th 2024

Gumroad Hit

Bans NSFW Content in order to keep their Payment Processing partners, including Stripe and Paypal.

July 20th 2022

DMM Hit

Ends support for Mastercard due to hosting Adult Content.