A foundation, funded by a U.S. billionaire has sponsored numerous anti-porn articles in The Guardian newspaper in the UK.
The Guardian Continues Publishing Anti-Porn Articles Funded by U.S. Billionaire
Over three years after XBIZ reported on how an obscure U.S. foundation was funding sponsored anti-porn content that ran amidst the actual journalistic pieces written by the staff of The Guardian newspaper, the self-proclaimed “world’s leading liberal voice” continues publishing similarly produced slanted pieces calling for state regulation of adult content online.
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Google Cracks Down on Adult Site Ad Placement Through Partner Network
Google disabled its programmable search engine marketing product from some adult sites on Tuesday. Two ad industry publications sensationalized this, slamming the adult industry.
Google Cracks Down on Adult Site Ad Placement Through Partner Network
Google disabled on Tuesday its Programmable Search Engine (ProSE) marketing product from several adult sites, after an attention-grabbing report for an analytics company was sensationalized by two advertising industry trade publications.
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Google Decides To Pull Up The Ladder On The Open Internet, Pushes For Unconstitutional Regulatory Proposals
Google Decides To Pull Up The Ladder On The Open Internet, Pushes For Unconstitutional Regulatory Proposals
It’s pretty much the way of the world: beyond the basic enshittification story that has been so well told over the past year or so about how companies get worse and worse as they get more and more …
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Google Publishes “Legislative Framework” for Protecting Kids Online
Google Publishes “Legislative Framework” for Protecting Kids Online
Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, has offered a “Legislative Framework” for protecting kids online.
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X Now Shadowbanning Users for ‘Potential’ Sexual Content
X Now Shadowbanning Users for ‘Potential’ Sexual Content
X.com users have started reporting instances of Elon Musk’s new shadowban transparency policy, where accounts are flagged by the company without user input for “potentially” containing sensitive media.
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War Misinfo Is Everywhere. So Twitter Is Cracking Down on … Nudity
War Misinfo Is Everywhere. So Twitter Is Cracking Down on … Nudity
Sex workers say their NSFW accounts on X (formerly Twitter) have been restricted in reach and hidden from search results.
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Stripe Forbids Sex Work, But Profits From Non-Consensual Porn
Stripe Forbids Sex Work, But Profits From Non-Consensual Porn
Stripe is processing payments for sites that produce nonconsensual AI porn while denying service to actual sex workers and people in the adult entertainment industry.
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Bias in Banking: How Is FSC Leading the Charge in Fight for Fairness
Bias in Banking: How FSC Is Leading the Charge in Fight for Fairness
Ask most people what they remember about the 1997 film “Boogie Nights,” and they’ll probably mention Heather Graham dancing around as Rollergirl, or the infamous pool party, or Mark Wahlberg finally — spoiler alert — unveiling his prosthetic penis.
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Sex Workers Say Mastercard’s Adult Content Policy Is Making Their Jobs More Dangerous
Sex Workers Say Mastercard’s Adult Content Policy Is Making Their Jobs More Dangerous
A coalition of LGBTQ+ and sex worker-led organizations has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.
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Instagram Now Censoring SFW Images From ’90s Erotic Dramas
Instagram Now Censoring SFW Images From ’90s Erotic Dramas
Instagram this week censored several posts promoting the acclaimed film history podcast “You Must Remember This,” including SFW images from ’90s erotic drama “Indecent Proposal,” starring Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson and Robert Redford.
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