Media Attacks

The fact that so many people have tried to normalize and celebrate porn means it’s become easier for teens to access.

Here on Techdirt we’ve chronicled the rise of a bunch of terrible age verification laws, including many focused specifically on adult content. We’ve also highlighted how MindGeek, the company behin…

Google’s updated policies allowing individuals to remove “personal, explicit images” from Google Search results will not affect most commercial images created by a third-party with appropriate contacts and releases.

Pornhub announced that it has “disabled access to [its] website in Arkansas” in light of a new state law requiring age-verification before viewing pornography.

The adult industry experts join Document to discuss the internet’s horny history and the shadowy forces that determine what kind of porn you see

YouTube removed on Wednesday an episode of the “Holly Randall Unfiltered” industry podcast, an interview with Reason magazine journalist Elizabeth Nolan Brown debunking myths spread by anti-sex work activists, mainstream media and politicians about sex trafficking.

Qatar-based news agency Al Jazeera published an op-ed today by a Canadian SWERF activist condemning all pornography as sexually exploitative and falsely claiming it is a leading cause of domestic violence against women.

The mainstream discussion of pornography seems to have two opposing hermeneutics.

A top executive for NCOSE, the religiously inspired anti-porn lobby formerly known as Morality in Media, admitted this week that members of the organization have “met regularly” with Meta executives responsible for Instagram moderation.

Several publications within the right-wing media ecosystem amplified, during the last news cycle, the current Republican push for age verification on websites displaying adult content.