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Help:FAQ
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Frequently asked questions about NewgonWiki, Newgon Organization and the Yesmap website. |
Q: What is Newgon's platform?
A: We don't have one.
Newgon exists to publish and promote rare literature and compile information resources.
We have an ethos that determines who volunteers for us, what we decide to publish, and some of our activities besides that. But no one is employing an informatioal strategy here, according to some predetermined agenda set in Newgon HQ. If you are reading articles on Newgon, attempting to discern an agenda or platform, this is where you are almost certainly going wrong.
The best description of Newgon is as an "headless resistance" initiative. We do the basics for you, producing an information scheme composed of a broad and sometimes contradicting base of useful knowledge. You decide what parts to employ, and how.
We are independently funded by two individuals, occasionally (and very rarely) anonymous donors, and do not receive money from any charity or foundation besides those individuals. We have no support from Russia, nor Israel, George Soros, Bill Gates or any other government or philanthropist we have been wrongly linked with. Our life might be easier if we had an institutional backer, but this lack of affiliation can also be seen as a kind of strength, especially for an organisation that has lasted almost two decades.
Q: Does Newgon "circulate accounts justifying child molestation"?
A: No.
This slander originated from a Wikipedia article that included Newgon as one of its subjects. However, the same article relies on the claims of opinion journalists and also originated hoax claims such as the existence of a Yaweh child sex organisation and an Indian counterpart to NAMBLA.
At some point in time (and not presently), Newgon has been active in promoting Accounts and Testimonies on social media. It is purely the (premature, fanciful) opinion of some journalists, that these accounts justify "child molestation". Maybe these journalists were successfully convinced of something we are less certain about, but for starters most of the younger subjects in our lived experiences section are minors and no longer children, and our own ethos does not include prepubertal children in its proposal for age of consent reform.
Q: Is Newgon against Youth Rights?
A: No.
Without youth voice, Youth Rights will not be a realistic possibility. It is hard to imagine a provocative argument such as age of consent reform succeeding without the voice of youth, and harder to imagine such an initiative succeeding in the present climate, without a broader base of action on youth rights in general.