Hello person reading this who may or may not be interested in supporting me for art!

in september 2022 patreon laid off their entire security team.

it has come out that their reason for doing this is because the team opposed and attempted to shut down loopholes allowing for people to distribute porn of minors on here. not drawings, actual children. management made it clear to the security team that they prioritized their "minor attracted users" over the safety of those children. [PCmag report]

this bit where the accounts are still up after patreon denied all accusations is particularly damning:

"One of those Patreon accounts is still active. The company didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about the account. But in Tuesday’s blog post, Patreon said “anyone can report content they feel may violate our guidelines here.”

Another TikTok user Sarah Adams originally flagged one of the Patreon accounts as sexual exploitive back in February. At the time, Patreon told Adams it was reviewing the account, saying it had zero tolerance for the sexualization of children. However, she later reported Patreon had restored access to the account. The reason was likely because the account's owner, the parent, was over 18 years of age."

another outlet covering the story is here. patreon's response has been to call all of this a "conspiracy" ??? ok except the accounts in question -still exist- as of my writing this.

because of this i am begging you DO NOT BACK ANYONE ON THIS WEBSITE.
if you would like to support my work, i have a kofi!! you will get all the perks i posted here, with none of the security holes or pedophile sheltering.

my kofi account

thanks very much, and i hope to see you on kofi!

icarus

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