The War on Porn

A warning that The Interstate Obscenity Definition Act, now in Congress, would ban porn.

New GOP bill would basically ban porn, experts warn

The Interstate Obscenity Definition Act would rewrite SCOTUS’s definition of obscenity.

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An update on age verification laws since the Utah law 2 years ago.

PornHub blocked Utah 2 years ago. A lot has happened since

Since Utah passed its age verification law, around 20 other states have followed suit. A free speech challenge to Texas’s law will soon be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Wired interviewed top porn stars at the Pornhub Awards about age verification.

Your Favorite Porn Stars Are Sick of Being Censored. But They’re Not Going Away

We spent the Pornhub Awards with some of the site’s biggest stars to talk censorship, making money, and the popularity of trans porn—all while the site is blocked in more than a third of US states.

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The FSC has published a guide for what adult sites need to know about the UK’s Online Safety Act.

Age Verification in the UK: What You Need to Know — Free Speech Coalition

The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act (OSA) went into effect earlier this year, which (among many other things) requires websites (or “services”) that provide adult content to implement age verification for traffic coming from the UK. Ofcom, the regulator charged with enforcing the OSA, has put out

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The EU has published guidelines for websites on their Digital Services Act.

EU Proposes Digital Services Act Rules for All Online Platforms AVN

The European Commission published its proposed guidelines for enforcing the Digital Services Act on Tuesday, making them available for public comment.

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The website motherless.com is being investigated by the UK’s comm regulator Ofcom for violations of the country’s online safety act.

Motherless.com Being Investigated by Ofcom AVN

Ofcom, the United Kingdom's communications regulator, announced that it is investigating adult tube website Motherless.com for Online Safety Act violations.

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NCOSE has sued several adult sites’ parent companies in Kansas for violating age verification laws.

NCOSE Sues Adult Sites for Violating Kansas Age Verification Law AVN

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), a controversial far-right anti-pornography lobbying group, sued the parent companies of several adult platforms in a federal district court in Kansas on behalf of a Jane Doe mother and her child in a set of lawsuits announced Monday.

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Governor Katie Hobbs has signed into law Arizona’s new age verification bill.

Arizona Governor Signs Controversial Age-Verification Law — Free Speech Coalition

HB2112, Arizona’s controversial age-verification law, was signed into law by Governor Katie Hobbs this afternoon, despite a formidable opposition from Free Speech Coalition, civil liberties groups and Ariziona voters. The law will go into effect ninety days after the legislature adjourns. Free Spee

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Tennessee legislators have changed the definition of obscenity in the state’s age verification law.

Tennessee Amends Obscenity Definition in AV Law AVN

State lawmakers in Tennessee amended their age verification law requiring adult platforms to check the ages of all users, say attorneys representing the office of Republican Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti in a court filing last Friday.

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Senator Mike Lee of Utah has reintroduced his Interstate Obscenity Law.

Mike Lee Reintroduces Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (Again) AVN

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a far-right Republican from Utah, this week reintroduced his highly controversial Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA).

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