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The owner of a journalist website Vice allegedly instructed certain articles related to Collective Shout to be removed from their website, due to "controversial subject matter". The Author of the articles and several of her co-workers resigned soon afterwards in protest. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/After-payment-processors-prompt-removal-of-Steam-games-journalists-investigating-the-censorship-resign.1063259.0.html|title=After payment processors prompt removal of Steam games, journalists investigating the censorship resign|website=notebookcheck.net|date=2025-08-16}}</ref> | The owner of a journalist website Vice allegedly instructed certain articles related to Collective Shout to be removed from their website, due to "controversial subject matter". The Author of the articles and several of her co-workers resigned soon afterwards in protest. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/After-payment-processors-prompt-removal-of-Steam-games-journalists-investigating-the-censorship-resign.1063259.0.html|title=After payment processors prompt removal of Steam games, journalists investigating the censorship resign|website=notebookcheck.net|date=2025-08-16}}</ref> | ||
Note that this gives the power to an American corporation to ban products worldwide as Visa accounts for 37% of all credit cards in circulation, while Mastercard makes up 32% of all credit cards.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Credit and Debit Card Market Share by Network and Issuer |url=https://www.fool.com/money/research/credit-debit-card-market-share-network-issuer/#:~:text=Credit%20card%20market%20share%20by,and%20American%20Express%20lag%20behind. |url-status=live |work=Motley Fool Money |pages=1}}</ref> | |||
===Critic petitions takedown attempt=== | ===Critic petitions takedown attempt=== | ||
The group has also attempted to take down various petitions critiquing their actions, claiming them to be defamatory.{{Citation needed}} | The group has also attempted to take down various petitions critiquing their actions, claiming them to be defamatory.{{Citation needed}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-08 |title=Change.org removes petition against Collective Shout. |url=https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/1953661001980690599 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
===Defense of questionable child acting=== | ===Defense of questionable child acting=== | ||
Collective shout has | Collective shout has been taking a favorable stance on the controversial film Cuties arguing that it portrays the protagonists as falsely thinking that sexualization of their performances are to their freedom.And the film tries to shine light on this issue.The general public agrees that the sexualization of the film is unreasonable given the characters ages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Over the last week many supporters... - Melinda Tankard Reist {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/100044384471209/posts/10158710725359791/ |website=Facebook |publication-date=2020-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chopping |first=Renee K. |date=2025-07-23 |title=Gamers are dredging up our support of Netflix film 'Cuties' in an attempt to paint us as “pro-exploitation”... |url=https://x.com/reneechopping/status/1947819118302007622 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
Collective Shout twitter account itself posted a short tweet about the film calling it "ethically problematic but a powerful protest".But the tweet is deleted and the web archives of the tweet doesnt seem to work.<ref>https://preview.redd.it/people-are-missing-a-lot-of-information-on-collective-shout-v0-qthi6i66xbef1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=f6fb2f3ef9250378d98dcb42b4fbc350279e9162<nowiki/>A screenshot of the tweet floats around the internet but i dont know if this counts as a citation</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||