The War on Porn

The time for retreat is over.

By Cathy ReisenwitzOriginally published in LPNews, 2022 Spring Edition As the War on Drugs begins to ramp down after 50 years of failure and devastation, authoritarians are hardly going quietly into that good night. The nanny state never sleeps, and the new moral panic is the scourge of sex work a…

Mary Whitehouse was not simply a moralizing paranoiac, and at some point a half-century ago, we chose the pornographic world that she spent her life fighting against.

Companies like Mastercard are cracking down on adult content. Are they doing more harm than good?

Concerns about pornography were common in decades past, and there’s some fresh evidence that the topic is making a comeback among some Republicans.

The latest developments in the War on Porn are concerning, but there’s no cause to panic. We’ve been at this for decades, after all.

Sex workers are under attack from multiple angles. The law and banks are pressuring adult entertainers and that’s just the beginning.

The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) Wednesday morning released the following advisory for industry members on MasterCard's new policies pertaining to adult content that go into effect Friday, October 15.

The tactics of J.D. Vance are nothing new — but they are relics of the past.

Free Speech Coalition will host a private, industry-only town hall discussion on October 22, addressing the continued threat to adult businesses and workers posed by antiporn, anti-sex work politicians and religious groups.