Spectral Justice Molloy

"If they love justice... they should learn it from the ghost." -Jacques Derrida, Specters of Marx (1993) [Transparency Note: new research blog on platform forensics, data subject rights, and moderation transparency.]

[danielmolloysghost]

PAID MUTUAL AID OFFER

Devil’s Minion Fanart Commissions from Multiply-Marginalized Artists

Hi all, I’d like to pay commissions for Devil’s Minion fanart from multiply-marginalized artists needing mutual aid. Times are tough, and this seems like a good way to redistribute income that adds value to the community.

Unfortunately, open requests can invite a lot of spammy replies that are hard to vet. So if y’all can recommend fan artists who need mutual aid support, or if you are one yourself and someone can vet (no personal details, just verify that need indeed exists), that would help a lot. Also, what’s considered adequate compensation for artistic labor at the moment?

Thanks!

p.s. Apropos potential visual concepts, do vampires have ghosts…? 🖤👻

[danielmolloysghost]

“…now come redistribute those covers, comrade.” 🖤👻

[sporuss]

"memory is a monster."

Interview With The Vampire (2022-)

[danielmolloysghost]

Concept admittedly borrowed from another vampire series…

Feels like if Hallmark decided to make cards for Half-o-ween (second Halloween on Valentine’s Day for singles or those who would just like a second spooky day) we’d end up with something like this at a supermarket.

Anyway, not nearly an artist like the rest of y’all. Canva’s just great for neurodivergent hyperfocus.

Also, paid commission for Devil’s Minion fanart still available for multiply-marginalized fan artists needing mutual aid. Feel free to message. 🖤👻

[danielmolloysghost]

What Is Spectral Justice?

Erasure is an insidious pattern of harm where people are made invisible or unknowable.

The violence is both digital and material. Digitally, this takes the form of governance without democratic accountability. Materially, this takes the form of state-enabled disposability. With the ascendence of algorithmic control, there is not so much a line between digital and physical erasure as continuity.

Spectral justice represents the tools for mapping—and resisting—erasure.

The term comes from the philosophical concept of “hauntology” from Jacques Derrida, which describes how things erased (or denied) still shape the present.

Your “hauntological” rights as a data subject.

Data subject rights give you legal control over your personal data: what’s collected, who stores it, how it’s used, and how to challenge it. These rights vary by country.

Canada: Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA): Know what personal data a private company has about you, access that data, request corrections, file a complaint about misuse.

European Union (EU)/EEA: Digital Services Act (DSA) “Statement of Reasons” right: platforms must explain moderation/removal actions when asked under Article 17. GDPR: you have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object and get data portability.

United Kingdom: UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018: Right to object to automated decision-making, and right to lodge a complaint with the ICO

United States: No federal data protection law. California (CCPA / CPRA): Know what’s collected, Opt out of sale of personal data, Request deletion, Correct inaccurate data

Australia: Privacy Act 1988, Brazil: LGPD (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados), South Africa: POPIA, Japan: Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI), Taiwan: Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), New Zealand: Privacy Act 2020, South Korea: Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)