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XBIZ does an exclusive interview with Joe Gow.

‘The Only People Who’ve Been Hurt by This Are My Wife and Me’: An Exclusive Interview With Joe Gow

Only hours after the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents took the unusually extreme step of firing veteran communications professor Joe Gow — stripping him of tenure for creating and appearing in adult content — XBIZ spoke exclusively with him about his case.

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Joe Gow testified before the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents in a final hearing about his case.

Joe Gow Pleads Case Before Univ. of Wisconsin Board of Regents AVN

Joe Gow fights for his position as a tenured professor of communications at the University of Wisconsin.

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The attorneys for Joe Gow from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression have submitted a letter to the University of Wisconsin Regents prior to the next hearing on the fate of Joe Gow.

FIRE Condemns Univ. of Wisconsin for Treatment of Joe Gow AVN

Joe Gow is fighting for his professional life as the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression submits a letter to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on his behalf.

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Credit card companies are discriminating against Japanese Manga sites with new restrictions.

Japanese Manga Industry Hit by Credit Card Companies’ Anti-Porn Restrictions

The immensely popular Japanese manga industry is reporting increasing pressure from multinational credit card companies — many based in the U.S. and directly targeted by anti-porn crusades by religious conservatives — to censor their contents to maintain their current payment processing arrangements.

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Banks in the United Kingdom have been warned by banking regulators not to debank sex workers and adult industry professionals.

U.K. Banks Warned by Industry Regulator Over Sex Worker Debanking AVN

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has requested banks to stop debanking sex workers and industry professionals.

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The University of Wisconsin Regents have scheduled the hearing to hear Joe Gow’s case for September 20th.

Univ. of Wisconsin Regents Schedule Next Joe Gow Hearing AVN

The UW System Board of Regents will hear the case against Joe Gow in a hearing scheduled for September 20.

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Michael McGrady of AVN writes an opinion piece on the divide between adult and age verification companies.

Analysis: The Deepening Political Divide of Adult & AV Industries AVN

The Free Speech Coalition and the Age Verification Providers Association are on opposing sides.

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The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court has temporarily blocked net neutrality rules, saying internet service providers are likely to win the case.

Sixth Circuit Blocks Net Neutrality Rules, Citing ISPs Might Win AVN

The Sixth Circuit says that the internet service providers might win in a case related to net neutrality.

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The social media company Meta has informed it’s Oversight Board that it uses media reports to add images that it bans on their platforms

Meta Admits to Updating Database of Banned Images Based on ‘Media Reports’

Meta told its own Oversight Board that it relies on “media reports” to add images to a permanent database of banned content that the Instagram and Facebook parent company has been compiling.

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The Fire opines about the firing of University of Wisconsin-La Cross Chancellor Joe Gow.

The naked truth: University of Wisconsin’s push to fire professor over porn hobby is bad for all faculty

UW-La Crosse’s attempts to oust Joe Gow chill free speech and strike a major blow against tenure.

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