WHAT IS
DON’T DELETE ART?
Don’t Delete Art (DDA) is a project drawing attention to the damage done when art is censored in online environments. We are a collaboration of artist-activists and human rights organizations advocating for greater protection of artistic expression across platforms.
updates ANNOUNCEMENT
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Announcing the Artist IG Account Status Survey & Report Form!
Don't Delete Art is launching a new effort to learn about the impacts of Instagram's content moderation policy and implementation upon artists.
Instagram's content moderation remains a point of frustration for many artists who experience an array of restrictions, deletions, violations, and obstacles to sharing their work.
We want to know what is happening, how it's happening, and how it is affecting you as an artist -- only YOU know what is happening in your account, and that information could be key.
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DDA joins Woodhull Freedom Foundation for a panel alongside the Electronic Freedom Foundation and the Free Speech Coalition to talk about the last year in online freedom, and what to expect for next year.
Join us for this FREE online event
Monday, December 23rd
12:30pm ET//6:30pm CET
HAS YOUR ARTWORK BEEN DOWNRANKED OR DELETED ONLINE?
If you know of art that has been removed or downranked (a.k.a. “shadowbanned”) online, submit it for consideration to be included in DDA’s Gallery for Art Censored Online, a rotating curated feature that illustrates what kinds of art is being suppressed online.
This week’s featured artist from the DDA Gallery of Art Censored Online:
Jessa
Fairbrother
“This is a post which shows a photograph of my back, embroidered. I had become ingenious at making custom ‘censors’ which seemed to work for a while, cutting out pseudo-pants to put on the figure. Originally I thought this was in ‘an abundance of caution’. It turns out it wasn’t anywhere near ‘enough’!!
My attention is sapped by how time consuming this is. It affects my professional life because it takes up so much time. ”
See what else they’ve been hiding from you
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DDA MANIFESTO
Social media corporations have become cultural gatekeepers with unprecedented power to determine which art works can freely circulate and which ones are banned or pushed into the digital margins.
JOIN US and THOUSANDS of artists, curators, critics, galleries, historians, students, and cultural institutions in telling social media companies that there must be greater support of artistic expression on social media.
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Censorship Art Spots: Open Call!
Inspired by MTV’s 1985 “Art Breaks” series, we are calling for videos from the DDA community artistically responding to the problem of online art censorship and drawing attention to the obstacles and frustrations that come with it.
SUBMIT YOURS TODAY
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DDA Store
Don’t Delete Art is made possible by in-kind volunteered time. Purchasing our merch helps us stay afloat & continue our goals fighting for artists who are censored online. Thank you for your purchase. We appreciate you!
Currently only available in the U.S.
