Little moderation, huge audiences and biddable owners make porn and gambling sites a safe haven from censors, says Jemimah Steinfeld, editor-in-chief of Index on Censorship

French newspaper Le Monde reported this week some of the specific allegations against one of the country’s leading adult sites and its owner, in what the media has dubbed “the affaire Jacquie et Michel.”

No matter how you feel about abortion, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade is a threat to our industry’s continued existence. The right to sexual privacy and bodily autonomy rests on the very same foundations as the right to te

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced last week that he had signed 97 laws passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature, including a controversial bill sponsored by a faith-based “sex addiction” therapist and state representative, which creates liability for all “online pornograph…

The newly-created Copyright Claims Board, a “small claims court” for copyright disputes under $30,000 that has been denounced by digital rights advocates as a “disastrous” innovation, has officially begun accepting cases for review.

Was the 2021 election stolen? (No, but here’s why)

A Chinese research team claims to have created a “mind-reading device” that detects “porn watching,” which could be used by police to enforce the country’s strict laws against sexual expression.

In a statement Monday afternoon, the Free Speech Coalition took the "New Yorker" and writer Sheelah Kolhatkar to task for an article published today titled "The Fight to Hold Pornhub Accountable."

A group of leading Spanish and Spain-based independent adult content producers has released a manifesto urging action against the total censorship of adult content proposed by the governing PSOE as part of its new anti-sex-work legislation.

The Texas Republican Party adopted a new platform for 2022 at its state convention over the weekend, including a call for the state to officially “recognize that pornography is a public health hazard.”