FSC Launches Social Media Censorship Reporting Tool — Free Speech Coalition
FSC has launched a reporting tool for adult workers and businesses to log incidents of social media censorship. The submission form asks for basic information, such as the account name and platform, the approximate date of the loss and any reasons given. As more people use it, the FSC Reporting Tool
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Implications of the Utah Social Media Regulation Act
Implications of the Utah Social Media Regulation Act
Recently, I penned an article for the February 2023 edition of XBIZ World magazine, analyzing the impact of Louisiana’s age verification law, HB 142. Fast-forward just a few months and now the Utah legislature has passed an amended version of Senate Bill 152, the Utah Social Media Regulation Act.
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French Court Sets July Date to Decide Whether to Block Adult Sites
French Court Sets July Date to Decide Whether to Block Adult Sites
The Paris Judicial Tribunal held a hearing earlier this month with representatives of five of the most visited adult tube sites in France and set itself a July 7 deadline to decide whether to order internet service providers in the country to block access to them.
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EARN IT Act Reintroduced (Again)
EARN IT Act Reintroduced (Again)
The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act was also reintroduced for a second time last week, a move that wasn’t surprising for opponents of the bill. This time around, the bill was introduced in the House of Representatives with Reps. Ann Wagner (R-MO) and…
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Texas Bill Would Create Broad Civil Liability for Obscenity Offenses
Texas Bill Would Create Broad Civil Liability for Obscenity Offenses
AUSTIN, Texas – A bill introduced in the Texas House of Representatives would create civil liability for obscenity offenses by any defendant, including any “information content provider” or “interactive computer service”, that either “engages in the obscenity or knowingly or intentionally benefits f…
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Imgur is banning porn and purging old anonymous uploads
Imgur is banning porn and purging old anonymous uploads
It’s also removing old content that’s not tied to an account.
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Minn. Lawmaker’s Anti-‘Occult’ Soapbox Feeds Moral Panic
Minn. Lawmaker’s Anti-‘Occult’ Soapbox Feeds Moral Panic
Minn. Senator Eric Lucero’s failed amendments are easy to mock, but part of a serious and sad effort to drag the country into a moral panic.
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Louisiana House approves punishment for porn websites that don’t verify user’s age
Louisiana House approves punishment for porn websites that don’t verify user’s age - Louisiana Illuminator
The Louisiana House of Representatives passed a bill that allows the AG to pursue civil penalties against porn websites that don’t age ID
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‘Lovejoy’s Law’ And Tech Moral Panics
‘Lovejoy’s Law’ And Tech Moral Panics
One of the central arguments for a recent rash of age verification laws across the country is to “protect the children.” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called his signing of controversial social media …
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Dutch Court Orders xHamster to Get Model Consent for All Amateur Content
Dutch Court Orders xHamster to Get Model Consent for All Amateur Content
An Amsterdam court on Wednesday ordered the Cyprus-based xHamster to either obtain consent from every Netherlands-based amateur model featured on videos posted on the site or else remove them.
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