Good day all
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👋" title="Waving hand" aria-label="Emoji: Waving hand">, I am publishing a report today on the child protection organization @ProstasiaInc. I& #39;ll summarise some of my findings in this thread — along with some of the attempts to silence me that have come from Prostasia& #39;s executive director. http://www.prostasia.info"> http://www.prostasia.info 1/
Prostasia is a child protection organization that advocates for the lawful possession and sale of child-like sex dolls, supports the "sexual depiction of minors in drawings and cartoons" and argues that "sex offense registries do almost nothing to protect children from abuse." 2/
It& #39;s easy to have a visceral reaction to Prostasia& #39;s positions, but that would be unfair. Instead, I consulted with academic literature and recognized experts to uncover the facts. Is Prostasia taking an evidence-informed approach to keeping children safe? You get to decide. 3/
Positions aside, there are a lot of questions about Prostasia that need answers. For example, the State of California has recorded @ProstasiaInc as "delinquent" in its registry of charities. So why then, as recently as yesterday, were they actively soliciting donations? 4/
Okay, let& #39;s be generous and presume that& #39;s an oversight. What do they do with the funds they take in? On at least one occasion they& #39;ve commissioned art which I believe depicts a child in a sexual manner - for obvious reasons I will not share the uncensored image. 5/
And who is involved in Prostasia& #39;s work? Throughout 2019, there was at least one convicted sex offender on their Advisory Council. (Prostasia does not publish the names of all its advisors online, so I cannot review the backgrounds of all their personnel.) 6/
Who else is involved? Well, here& #39;s Prostasia& #39;s program director interviewing a sex worker - who is also a Prostasia advisor. Serious question: is this advice that an adult should give to a child? If I may comment - I certainly would want to impart different wisdom in children. 7/
There& #39;s a whole lot more in the full report, which you can read for free here: http://www.prostasia.info"> http://www.prostasia.info . I& #39;d appreciate it if you would amplify this throughout your network so we can draw wider attention to Prostasia& #39;s activities. /8
A final note. I wrote this report under considerable duress, as Prostasia& #39;s executive director Jeremy Malcolm has been threatening me via email for asking questions and slandering me to my professional network. But as an activist and a researcher, I will not be silenced. /9
I have provided citations for all of my claims in this report, and I will keep this website up-to-date as a central repository for information about the Prostasia Foundation as more details come to light. /10
Jeremy Malcolm, the executive director of Prostasia, is now insulting those who retweet this thread, saying they all have certain hashtags in their biographies. I encourage you to look at who HAS retweeted this & you& #39;ll see immediately his tweet is untrue https://twitter.com/ferdeline/status/1273779289293545472">https://twitter.com/ferdeline...
Jeremy Malcolm has now moved on to assassinating my character (how unexpected, @YesThatAnna and @SVPhillimore
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😋" title="Face savouring food" aria-label="Emoji: Face savouring food">), but note how he does not respond to the substance of my report. Because he can& #39;t dispute its accuracy. All he can do is attack me instead. https://twitter.com/ferdeline/status/1274013414646362113">https://twitter.com/ferdeline...
Does Prostasia manage conflicts of interest well? You can decide. https://twitter.com/ferdeline/status/1275096235234463744">https://twitter.com/ferdeline...