Signal boost: Spreading the word: Livejournal has IP blocked me for posting slash fic.

[kiramaru7]

Snagged from Vexed's journal

Originally posted by angstytimelord at Livejournal has IP blocked me for posting slash fic.
I've apparently been IP blocked, I'm only able to post now via a proxy server.

Livejournal is apparently "cracking down" on anyone who posts slash fic on this site, so BEWARE! I've been blocked from accessing the site, posting, ANYTHING. Simply because there is "gay content" in my journal.

If you post anything slashy, please spread the word & let others know that the Russian homophobia has spread to LJ. It's sad & pathetic, but that's apparently the case.


C/P from a separate entry:

Please spread this message to your friends list, your non-LJ contacts
who might be thinking of coming here, everyone you know. Hell, tell
your next-door neighbor & your dog. LIVEJOURNAL IS IP BLOCKING
JOURNALS THAT FEATURE GAY CONTENT.

For the last few months, I've had trouble logging into my journal. I
worked around it with prozies, but apparently even that is at the
point of barely working any more. I have been blocked from access to
my friends page, inbox, communities, everything. I've sent numerous
reports to the so-called "support" team -- & gotten nothing but
crickets.

As of last night around 7 pm Eastern time, I was completely cut off
from LJ access. I've been informed (albeit rather politely, I'll grant
you that) of my journal's "gay content" being "investigated."

This is heinous, repulsive, & reprehensible in every way. I have done
NOTHING WRONG to cause me to be IP blocked. My fanfiction does not
harm anyone -- no one is forced to read it who doesn't want to. Yet
apparently the "Russian overlords" consider any kind of gay content in
a journal to be grounds for "investigation."

*****

I think most of us knew this day was coming, but it still sucks in ways I cannot even begin to articulate. If you have any amount of gay content on your LJ, whether it's one fic or one thousand, please take steps to back-up your content if you have yet to do so, be it through Dreamwidth or Ao3 (I have a couple of invites if anyone needs one) or wherever best suits your needs.

Comments

[vexed_wench]

This is just crazy, insulting and rude. I am so glad I have my DW.

[believeinred.livejournal.com]

ugghhh. this is a journal! they should read at their own risk. and...what's wrong with "gay contents" anyway?? :(

[sidmaron.livejournal.com]

I can't believe this. They would rather blog "gay content" than keep their users? That must be thousands! And many of them even with paid accounts... I don't get it... =___=

Gonna do some "saving" when I get home tmr...

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

Whoa, this is shocking. Have you heard of this happening to anyone else?? I just tried googling gay content + IP blocking on LJ, but only came up with you and the original blog source. I'm curious to see exactly what LJ is doing here -- whether they're rolling out a massive policy change without announcing it, or if it's just a one-off.