Open letter
—Français ci-dessous—
Dear friends and allies,
We’re reaching out from Greece to share a troubling incident that occurred after the organisation of a self-organized, educational festival focused on consent, body awareness, and sex positivity.
Immediately after the festival took place, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) blocked all personal profiles that had admin access to the festival’s pages including unrelated profiles that shared the same internet connection (for example, a family member’s account).
The reason given was “violation of the rule on human exploitation” .
It also took down the community’s Instagram page without any notice: https://www.instagram.com/polyamgr/ and pushed the corresponding Facebook page down in the feed: Polyamorygr
Seeing our educational, consent-centered festival falsely flagged as a form of ‘human exploitation’ was not only absurd — it was deeply unjust.
Our event had no commercial purpose whatsoever; it was an educational, community-based initiative promoting consent culture, body acceptance, and emotional literacy.
Since then:
All admin accounts have been permanently disabled.
- The Instagram page is still down.
- The facebook page is still visible but de-ranked and hidden from new audiences.
All connected IP addresses are blocked from creating new accounts or regaining access.
Meta provides no real support channel beyond an automated selfie verification system, making appeal impossible.
We strongly suspect this action followed coordinated mass reporting by individuals or groups opposed to sex-positive or queer content, a common tactic that exploits Meta’s automated moderation system.
Some of us lost over a decade’s worth of conversations, documentation, and activist work. How do we keep going when everything can be erased in a moment, without warning, without recourse?
This wasn’t just a loss of access — it was a deeply symbolic erasure. The message was loud and clear: our bodies, our voices, our desires are not welcome.
This constitutes a case of digital censorship against sex-positive, polyamorous, and LGBTQIA+ educational spaces and a direct violation of freedom of expression and community self-organisation.
We are asking for solidarity and visibility:
Please share this story within your networks.
If your organisation or collective has faced similar incidents, we would love to connect and exchange strategies for digital resilience.
If you have contacts in digital rights, human rights, or media freedom organisations, we kindly ask you to forward this message to them.
And yet, we refuse to be silenced. If our voices are being suppressed here, we will raise them louder — elsewhere, together, and with even more resolve
With love, courage, and solidarity,
The S3x Positive Fest Collective
Greece
E-mail: sexpositivefest@gmail.com
Website: https://sexpositive.gr/
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Digital censorship of a consent & body-positivity festival in Greece
After hosting a self-organized, educational festival on consent and body positivity in Greece, Meta (Facebook & Instagram) blocked all personal profiles that had admin access to the festival’s pages including unrelated profiles that used the same internet connection. The alleged reason was “human exploitation”, a false and absurd accusation.. It also took down the community’s Instagram page without any notice: https://www.instagram.com/polyamgr/ and pushed the corresponding Facebook page down in the feed: Polyamorygr
Our event was a non-commercial, community-based initiative promoting consent, body awareness, and sex education. We believe this was the result of coordinated mass reporting by individuals hostile to sex-positive or queer content.
We consider this a clear case of digital censorship against polyamorous, educational and queer spaces, and a violation of community autonomy and freedom of expression.
Please share this story, and if your collective has faced similar attacks, we invite you to connect and build networks of digital resilience and solidarity.
E-mail: sexpositivefest@gmail.com
Website: https://sexpositive.gr/
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Lettre ouverte
Chers ami·e·s et allié·e·s,
Nous vous écrivons depuis la Grèce pour partager un incident préoccupant survenu à la suite de l’organisation d’un festival auto-organisé et éducatif, centré sur le consentement, la positivité corporelle et la sex-positivité.
Immédiatement après le festival, Meta (Facebook et Instagram) a bloqué tous les profils personnels qui avaient un accès administrateur aux pages du festival, y compris les profils non liés qui partageaient la même connexion Internet (par exemple, le compte d’un membre de la famille).
La raison invoquée était une « violation de la règle sur l’exploitation humaine ».
Il a également supprimé la page Instagram de la communauté sans préavis : https://www.instagram.com/polyamgr/ et a fait descendre la page Facebook correspondante dans le fil d’actualité : Polyamorygr .
Voir notre festival éducatif, centré sur le consentement, être faussement qualifié de forme « d’exploitation humaine » n’était pas seulement absurde — c’était profondément injuste.
Notre événement n’avait aucun but commercial ; c’était une initiative communautaire et éducative promouvant la culture du consentement, l’acceptation du corps et l’intelligence émotionnelle.
Depuis :
- Tous les comptes administrateurs ont été définitivement désactivés.
- La page Instagram est toujours indisponible.
La page Facebook est toujours visible, mais son classement a été rétrogradé et elle est masquée aux nouveaux publics. - Toutes les adresses IP associées sont bloquées pour la création de nouveaux comptes ou la récupération d’accès.
Meta ne fournit aucun véritable canal de support, si ce n’est un système automatisé de vérification par selfie, rendant toute contestation impossible.
Nous soupçonnons fortement que cette action fasse suite à des signalements de masse coordonnés par des individus ou des groupes opposés aux contenus sex-positifs ou queer — une tactique fréquente qui exploite le système de modération automatisée de Meta.
Certain·e·s d’entre nous ont perdu plus de dix ans de conversations, de documentation et de travail militant.
Comment continuer quand tout peut être effacé en un instant, sans avertissement, sans recours ?
Ce n’était pas qu’une perte d’accès — c’était une forme d’effacement profondément symbolique. Le message était clair : nos corps, nos voix, nos désirs ne sont pas les bienvenus.
Cela constitue un cas de censure numérique visant des espaces éducatifs sex-positifs, polyamoureux et LGBTQIA+, et une atteinte directe à la liberté d’expression et à l’auto-organisation communautaire.
Nous appelons à la solidarité et à la visibilité :
- Merci de partager cette histoire dans vos réseaux.
- Si votre organisation ou collectif a connu des incidents similaires, nous aimerions entrer en contact pour échanger sur les stratégies de résilience numérique.
- Si vous avez des contacts dans des organisations de défense des droits numériques, des droits humains ou de la liberté des médias, nous vous serions reconnaissant·e·s de leur transmettre ce message.
Et pourtant, nous refusons d’être réduit·e·s au silence.
Si nos voix sont étouffées ici, nous les ferons entendre plus fort — ailleurs, ensemble, et avec encore plus de détermination.
Avec amour, courage et solidarité,
Le Collectif S3x Positive Fest
Grèce
Bettina is a visual artist and facilitator from Berlin.
Sotiris Lycourgiotis is a civil engineer with a master’s degree and a PhD in geography and the environment. He has taught for several years at the Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece and the University of the Peloponnese. He is also a graduate of the Department of Early Childhood Education. He has published four collections of poetry. His essays and poems have been published in anthologies, conference proceedings, and Greek and international journals.
Christina G.M. (artist name Xtina) is a feminist artist and psychologist who is not afraid to take up space. She expresses herself through art, creating large-scale works inspired by female nature, as well as jewelry. She has begun her master’s degree in sexology and conducts workshops that combine female sexuality and art in Athens and abroad. 
Stamatina Barbagianni (BA, PgD, MSc) is a Psychologist and Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. She is a Probationary Full Member of the Institute of Relational and Group Psychotherapy (ISOP) and a Trainee Group Therapist according to Irvin Yalom at ISOP. She is a co-founder of “Sirens of Relations” and was a Psychologist (IDAX) at EOPAE (Harm Reduction). Lastly, she has contributed to the 2nd ISOPS Collective Volume.
Eleni Orfanioti is a Kindergarten Teacher (BA), certified Play Therapist at “Erma,” and founder of “Cor.a Ceramics”. She uses freehand ceramics technique.
Christina Sarri is a psychologist, trained in counseling for chronic illness and disability and in integrative psychotherapy, author, speaker, and content creator on topics related to blindness
George Sisyphus is a polyamorous, pleasure activist, and neo tantra practitioner. He is a graduate student in body psychotherapy at the Wilhelm Reich Institute and a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of Crete. He is the man behind sex-positive.gr, a website dedicated to the sex-positive movement. He has coordinated neo tantra seminars in Athens and Crete, men’s circles, etc. He participates in the cooperative project for the coordination of body workshops, retreats, etc. “Fireflies of Bliss”.
Anastasia Stokou is a Psychologist – Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Trainee Group Psychotherapist according to Irvin Yalom at ISOPS. She has been trained in Sex Therapy at the Buehler Institute. She is also a co-founder of “Sirens of Relations” and and a collaborator of EKISYP. Finally, she is Podcast Producer & host at “Cherry Psy Talks”.
Maria Soorya Beant Tobrou, is a professional in the field of electronic page layout. In 2014 she moved from the island of Phaeacians to Athens and after a break for about a year and a half from any professional – work activity she started walking the path of the union of the self and her new love became the experience and the study of self-cognitive tools. “She is studying” what helps her to improve the quality of her life.
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