Commentary

The bright spot in the recent decision upholding FOSTA is the court affirmed a very narrow reading of the law.

Pornhub geo-blocked the state of Utah after Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, signed a new age verification bill into law. Interestingly enough, the reaction from the outside world was quite comical. But from within Utah, people are pissed.

Age verification laws will threaten anonymous speech—a hallmark of American democracy.

“The idea of teenage boys watching my porn makes me want to vomit, and I know my colleagues share my sentiment,” writes porn superstar Cherie DeVille

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) sent a joint letter to Reddit demanding that the platform remove and censor thousands of subreddits hosting hundreds of millions of NSFW images, GIFs, and videos that are otherwise legally produced by consenting adults. NCOSE’s letter w…

May 2, 2023 The Honorable Todd D. Weiler 1248 W 1900 South Woods Cross, UT 84087 Subject: Compliance with SB287 Dear Senator Weiler, I am writing to express my concerns about the bill you sponsored, SB287, which takes effect on May 3. As the Executive Director of the Free Speech Coalitio

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.

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…

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.

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 …