Mangadex to purge titles for legal reasons

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i don't view MD as a hentai site to begin with, so if it only hit hentai it wouldn't be that big of a deal (plenty of other sites for that too), the problem is that it's unclear how far it goes. like, if a suggestive level scene with a 'minor' exists in a suggestive level manga, is that forbidden or not? cause that, as people have already suggested, could end up with a good chunk of the site getting nuked.
 
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i don't view MD as a hentai site to begin with, so if it only hit hentai it wouldn't be that big of a deal (plenty of other sites for that too), the problem is that it's unclear how far it goes. like, if a suggestive level scene with a 'minor' exists in a suggestive level manga, is that forbidden or not? cause that, as people have already suggested, could end up with a good chunk of the site getting nuked.
They've nuked an entire serie for just three/four chapters with a loli (Tae-chan To Jimiko-san, the entry returned after the whole debacle but with all chapters wiped), so expect it to happen.
 
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i don't view MD as a hentai site to begin with, so if it only hit hentai it wouldn't be that big of a deal (plenty of other sites for that too), the problem is that it's unclear how far it goes. like, if a suggestive level scene with a 'minor' exists in a suggestive level manga, is that forbidden or not? cause that, as people have already suggested, could end up with a good chunk of the site getting nuked.

The problem is exactly that slippery slope.

Today it's Stray Cat, tomorrow it could be Island of Giant Insects.

Tne silence of Mods or Adm doesn't help either.

Not to mention the whole Admin (Mod?) that went and insulted a fanbase but still went scott free.
 
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I suggest everyone sort by Rating and file a report for every manga that has underage sexualization.
So many of their top mangas are gonna get nuked off the site and they need to see that.
Just a heads up. They are banning people for reporting Erotic mangas featuring sexualized minors. Thankfully I had already exported my library and was transitioning to another service.
 
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MangaDex won't be a primary destination for the community in the long run because of copyright purges. This new purge is just the cherry on top of the shit sundae, most likely to keep them from being blacklisted from financial services.

Years from now, we could be reading on a Tor-only site that ignores DMCA takedowns.
 
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i don't view MD as a hentai site to begin with, so if it only hit hentai it wouldn't be that big of a deal (plenty of other sites for that too), the problem is that it's unclear how far it goes. like, if a suggestive level scene with a 'minor' exists in a suggestive level manga, is that forbidden or not? cause that, as people have already suggested, could end up with a good chunk of the site getting nuked.
It's a dead canary though, they're willing to censor content because someone somewhere (that they won't name!) told them it was illegal. If they feel they are forced to act on such a flimsy pretense then I'm sure more censorship will be coming down the line.

It's not like we aren't seeing a push for censorship elsewhere at an unprecedented rate. Mangadex caving is just one of many at this point, though it still stings.
 
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So after reading through mostly everything in this thread, I can't see why non-hentai content featuring those themes won't be taken down as well. It is quite literally a slippery slope lmao. And I don't think the government of UK will care about the nuance, and there is no guarantee that MD won't comply with whatever they say.

So, it is quite literally over. If users are being told to fuck off and go to another site right now because they want to read a certain type of manga, soon they will be told to fuck off and go to another site if they want pirated manga.

And the bootlicking in this thread is so insane lol. "Yes UK-san, ban all the illegal content that THEY like, but hey hey not the illegal content that I consume! :p"
 
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