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イギリスでVTuber兼イラストレーターのMimiYanagiが、彼女自身が描いたイラストを所持していたという理由で4月20日逮捕されたことを独白し、波紋が広がっています。現在は保釈されたものの、本名名義の新アカウントへの移行、今後は非成人向けの投稿のみに限ること、それらが警察の監視下に置かれるということが保釈条件と課されたとしています。 イギリスでは創作の児童描写等も猥褻だとみなされれば罰することができる法律があり、この独白も信ぴょう性を持って伝わっています。 この恐ろしいほどに恣意的運用が可能な法律で創作を処罰することで、どれほどの現実の児童が救われるのか、疑問でなりません。世界でもこうしたスタンスをとる国は増えようとしていますが、この間違った方針が広がらないよう、また日本に及ばないよう、注意していかなくてはなりません。

IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATE: One of Mimi's friends has spoken out about what has happened to her behind the scenes in the UK According to her friend "they took EVERYTHING. her dakis, her figures, her doujin, her discord accounts, everything except her game accounts? gone."

Woman ARRESTED in the United Kingdom over CHIBI ART from 2011! A husband posted on Reddit saying that his wife had been detained by UK police because of chibi drawings she made in between 2008-2011. She is American, and when she created the artwork she was living in the United States. She has been living in the UK since 2012. The husband says all of their equipment was seized and is asking for legal help. In the comments, part of the community doesn’t believe the story, while others claim that “the wife must have done something more than just drawing ecchi chibis” and that he still doesn’t know what it is. This case comes shortly after a VTuber claimed she was arrested for drawing ecchi.

‼️🇺🇸 Utah is about to become the first US state to legally target VPN use as part of online age verification. The law goes into effect Wednesday, May 6, 2026. 🔴 If you are physically located in Utah, you count as a Utah user, regardless of whether you use a VPN, proxy, or any other tool to disguise your location. Websites are now legally responsible for age-verifying you anyway. 🔴 Sites that handle "material harmful to minors" are banned from sharing instructions on how to use a VPN, or from offering any means to bypass geofencing. The EFF calls this a "liability trap." Websites cannot reliably tell where a VPN user actually is, so the safest legal move is either to block every known VPN IP outright, or to force ID-based age verification on every visitor worldwide. Either path subjects millions of users to invasive identity checks, regardless of where they actually live. The Cato Institute put it bluntly. When a policy can be defeated by a privacy tool millions of people legitimately use, the policy is the problem. The collateral damage is, as always, the people who actually need VPNs: 🔴 Journalists protecting sources 🔴 Domestic abuse survivors hiding from stalkers 🔴 Activists in hostile environments 🔴 Remote workers tunneling into corporate networks 🔴 Travelers banking from abroad 🔴 Anyone who simply does not want their ISP, employer, or data brokers reading their traffic This is not staying in Utah. The UK's Children's Commissioner has called VPNs a "loophole that needs closing." France's Minister Delegate for AI and Digital Affairs has named VPNs as "the next topic on my list." The EU is rolling out age verification across all 27 member states by end of 2026, with EVP Henna Virkkunen openly admitting they have no plan for VPN bypass yet. Utah is leading by example. EFF: "Attacks on VPNs are, at their core, attacks on the tools that enable digital privacy."

Okay I saw that British vtuber that got arrested for art she herself made. And I saw the backpack that was used in one of the pieces. That backpack alone that is exclusively used by elementary school students is enough for me: ick. Please stop and think.

EL CASO EMPEORA La policía del Reino Unido no solo arrestó a la VTuber Mimi Yanagi, también ALLANÓ su casa para confiscarle sus dakimakuras, figuras de anime y doujins. Amigos de la artista revelaron que las autoridades le vaciaron la habitación llevándose "absolutamente todo" su botín otaku como evidencia criminal, e incluso le quitaron su Discord. (Curiosamente, le dejaron sus cuentas de videojuegos).

UK-based VTuber and artist Mimi Yanagi was arrested on April 20 for her own drawings of anime-style characters. These drawings were 100% fictional, made up by her, with no real people involved. UK law still treats these kinds of drawings as illegal child pornography, police took all her computers and devices. She has now been released on bail, but she is not allowed to post any “adult” content. She must also use an account name approved by the police. The UK is lost, you can’t even draw now, they will put you in prison

‼️🇺🇸 Utah is about to become the first US state to legally target VPN use as part of online age verification. The law goes into effect Wednesday, May 6, 2026. 🔴 If you are physically located in Utah, you count as a Utah user, regardless of whether you use a VPN, proxy, or any other tool to disguise your location. Websites are now legally responsible for age-verifying you anyway. 🔴 Sites that handle "material harmful to minors" are banned from sharing instructions on how to use a VPN, or from offering any means to bypass geofencing. The EFF calls this a "liability trap." Websites cannot reliably tell where a VPN user actually is, so the safest legal move is either to block every known VPN IP outright, or to force ID-based age verification on every visitor worldwide. Either path subjects millions of users to invasive identity checks, regardless of where they actually live. The Cato Institute put it bluntly. When a policy can be defeated by a privacy tool millions of people legitimately use, the policy is the problem. The collateral damage is, as always, the people who actually need VPNs: 🔴 Journalists protecting sources 🔴 Domestic abuse survivors hiding from stalkers 🔴 Activists in hostile environments 🔴 Remote workers tunneling into corporate networks 🔴 Travelers banking from abroad 🔴 Anyone who simply does not want their ISP, employer, or data brokers reading their traffic This is not staying in Utah. The UK's Children's Commissioner has called VPNs a "loophole that needs closing." France's Minister Delegate for AI and Digital Affairs has named VPNs as "the next topic on my list." The EU is rolling out age verification across all 27 member states by end of 2026, with EVP Henna Virkkunen openly admitting they have no plan for VPN bypass yet. Utah is leading by example. EFF: "Attacks on VPNs are, at their core, attacks on the tools that enable digital privacy."