Mangadex to purge titles for legal reasons

[Garyk76]

Jumping back here because my previous post had a sentence that was poorly worded and came off as too much of a personal attack or moral grandstanding. I also didn't provide enough context on the content being removed, so that's on me.

I've been reading some of the replies, and thank you for voicing your opinions and concerns, whether in this thread or elsewhere. Users want clarification on the removals, so please find it below.

We were made aware of content that goes against our content policy, specifically clause 3.1.1 regarding underage characters in pornographic settings. The content that was removed, and some content still being reviewed, includes entries labelled Mature, with characters that are engaging in sexual intercourse and either:

• They are clearly very young in appearance, and the content does not confirm that they are adults.
• The content itself confirms that they are under the age of 18.

Nothing else is being examined at this time. We're currently exploring options to retain the title entry and other non-infringing metadata, but for now, we need to proceed with the removal.

This is literally the exact thing you previously said but in different words, you wanna comply with the law? Shut the entire site down, it's a piracy site after all.

 

[Dridespoon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders

 

[ShujixXChise]

Actually one of the major criticisms of the law is that it's language is EXTREMELY open ended, leaving it vulnerable to being exploited to charge people for content it shouldn't actually cover like anime/manga. The charge might not stand up in court, but that assumes the person they charge is actually financially able to fight the case.

Nope actually its protected under the First Amendment and mods trying to justify their shitty actions by throwing uk law at us is laughable because in reality it will always get thrown out 100% of the time, fuck yo uk laws.

 

[Garyk76]

You should ask at what point they'll become a "real company" like oh so many businesses do before they go down the shitter.

They're trying to take the route of Manga Rick and we all know how that ended up for them

 

[Bartolumiu]

How about the dipshit admin who started all of this comes out of their cave, acts like a responsible adult, and takes responsibility for what they started instead of letting their peers handle the mess they made?

Hey, you fucking dipshit, how about you get back here?

Even if you're angry (it's understandable, given everything that's happened), please try to keep it civil for everyone else, okay? Thx! <3

 

[Pauan]

I give them 5 minutes before giving up, tbh.
Not that this would go anywhere, Lul

The UK actually has convicted several people for anime images, such as Robul Hoque.

Although I strongly disagree with the UK's law, it is their law, and they do enforce it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroners_and_Justice_Act_2009

Criminalising possession of cartoon pornographic images depicting both minors as well as adults where the "predominant impression conveyed" is that the individual (being depicted), is that of a child.

MangaDex made a very serious mistake by choosing to be headquartered in the UK.

If they think this is a joke, they are in for a very big surprise.

 

[Blanc]

BTW, I have a question, if you think fiction is real, what makes those who read and enjoy gore, serial killers, incest is wincest. playing a game that involves doing drugs, mass shooting, and other criminal things in real life?
What makes you different from those who scream that violent video games create criminals and killers?

 

[Tidebreaker_Lucas_2006]

This. 100%.

You dimwit, this isn't even about the lolicon, the existence of lolisho content is the pinnacle of artistic freedom, which is what make anime and manga great in the first place. And they are removing them for the most lame/disgusting reason ever.

They bended their knees and betrayed their most loyal user(s).

 

[Garyk76]

Ew fucking gross. Glad it and anything similar to it is gone.

ꜰᴀɢɢᴏᴛ

 

[Owyoushotme]

The UK actually has convicted several people for anime images, such as Robul Hoque.

Although I strongly disagree with the UK's law, it is their law, and they do enforce it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroners_and_Justice_Act_2009



MangaDex made a very serious mistake by choosing to be headquartered in the UK.

If they think this is a joke, they are in for a very big surprise.

I swear I get to say this on every platform:

BEHOLD THE UK, DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PROTECT CHILDREN, EXCEPT PROTECT CHILDREN.

 

[Pauan]

It's fair game given we are talking shit about them here. Doesn't make make the BS they pulled any better tho

They deserve to get shit talked, after their completely 100% unacceptable behavior.

We do not deserve to get shit talked, since we did not do anything wrong.

MangaDex is about to find out that they need us, but we don't need them.

 

[ShujixXChise]

I agree with the frustration about how this was handled, but the only reason anyone is on this site is because they decided to be here. Everyone on this thread or on this site is free to go somewhere else with no consequences at all.

How about YOU fuck off back to tumblr where you belong? you don't get to fuck up our manga and tell us to go else where only for you people to follow us and fuck up the next manga site and ruin it for everyone.

 

[Angry_Panda]

How about YOU fuck off back to tumblr where you belong? you don't get to fuck up our manga and tell us to go else where only for you people to follow us and fuck up the next manga site and ruin it for everyone.

My man, you have 31 posts at this point, and all but three of them are in this thread. Chill.

 

[tkmisere]

I remembered the day when doki fansub stand up and created MD, Bato.to get sold, and the translation group start moving to a newly open MD.
MD has gotten worse since the hacking incident.

V5 made mangadex worse year by year.

 

[ShujixXChise]

My man, you have 31 posts at this point, and all but three of them are in this thread. Chill.

And you need to stop with the boot licking the mods are not going to fuck you.

 

[Basic_human]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders

RIP bart and grog.

They look like social media admin of corporate that have have a scandal going

 

[Ixarabxi]

Yep, tbf, we appreciate people like that, since it's pretty much how discussions should be instead of just attacking one another.

Also true, since we didn't expect that comment to be posted at all.
For example, if you check May 15's mass takedown, you can probably see how we went radio silent for hours before releasing a public statement, since we needed time to prepare a response that could answer any questions (or at least the main ones) people had at the time.
This time, however, we didn't have the opportunity to do the things properly given that multiple steps were either skipped entirely or done incorrectly from the start.

Sure, as I said, all this mainly blew up due to the aforementioned unsavoury comments which shouldn't have happened at all, so we also understand why they're angry about it (heck, we also are).

Now, on a somewhat unrelated note, to all of those that told us to kill ourselves (because there are multiple of them), what the hell is wrong with you?

It is an official response,
From a admin your website owners picked

Telling others they are pedophiles is fine but telling you to kill yourself is a problem?

Ever heard of tasting your own medicine?

 

[Owyoushotme]

My man, you have 31 posts at this point, and all but three of them are in this thread. Chill.

We have better shit to do than to argue on the forums. Manga purges always start with the easy targets then expand. Always fuckin happens when pirate sites try to go legit.
So yeah, we came out of the woodwork to protest this shit decision and being called pedos by the admin.
Edit: Goddamn, dude you have 7k post, step away for a bit.

 

[popo53414]

You have been licking that MD mods boot for hours since this thread got started

Leave him be. He's a supporter who financially helped dex chan, binding himself not "free to go elsewhere" like the rest of us "peasants" in this thread. So let him get the best value of his money out of this debacle in his own ways. Be it talking down or looking down on everyone.

 

[Pauan]

Sharia is a vast web of different interpretations of the Muslim sacred text, similar to the what the Talmud is to the Torah or what Canon Law is to the Bible. There is no one "sharia law" for a town to even be under in the first place.

Under every single interpretation of Sharia law, homosexuality is illegal, including transgenderism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory

So I'm not sure why you're trying so hard to defend Muslims and Sharia law. Why do you think they're your allies?