June 22, 2024
Legal Attacks, Political Attacks, The War on Porn
Tina Smith, The US Senator of Minnesota has proposed to repeal language in the Comstock Act that deals with abortion.
Democratic Senator Tina Smith Proposes Comstock Act Repeal for Abortion, Health Content
Democratic U.S. Senator for Minnesota Tina Smith announced on Thursday plans to introduce legislation to repeal language in the Comstock Act — the infamous law that was the cornerstone of U.S. censorship of all sexual material from the 1870s until the 1970s — concerning distribution of material related to abortion and sexual health.
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June 22, 2024
Legal Attacks, Political Attacks, The War on Porn
An Australian Court has upheld the censorship power of Julie Inman Grant, the country’s eSafety Commissioner.
Australian Court Upholds Local Censorship Powers of eSafety Commissioner Inman Grant
The ongoing fight between Australia’s unelected top online censor, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, and X owner Elon Musk over her office’s power to ban specific content in the country and also abroad, has moved into murky territory with both sides claiming partial victories.
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June 21, 2024
Legal Attacks, Political Attacks, The War on Porn
Yet another state has passed an age verification bill against porn, this time in Delaware.
Age Verification Bill in Delaware Advances Out of House AVN
A Republican lawmaker in Delaware managed to advance an age verification measure targeting porn sites with bipartisan support.
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June 20, 2024
Legal Attacks, Political Attacks, The War on Porn
Pornhub is planning on blocking three more US states, Idaho, Kansas and Nebraska, due to new age verification measures in those states against porn.
Pornhub Queuing Up Geo-Blocks in Idaho, Kansas and Nebraska AVN
Three more states will lose access to Pornhub in July.
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June 20, 2024
Religious Attacks, The War on Porn
Robert Morris, a Texas Pastor who previously had said he would wage a war on porn, has resigned after he was accused of sexual molestation.
Texas Pastor Who Declared ‘Spiritual War’ Against Porn Resigns Over Molestation Allegation
Texas evangelical pastor Robert Morris, who in 2022 had vowed to wage “spiritual war” against material he considered pornographic, resigned this week to the post of senior pastor at the megachurch he had founded after the church’s board of elders reviewed allegations that he had molested a parishioner starting in 1982, when she was 12.
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June 20, 2024
Commentary, Legal Attacks, Political Attacks, The War on Porn
Michael McGrady of AVN opines about Vivek Murthy, the US Surgeon General saying that there should be mental health warnings for social media and how it sounds similar to others saying the same about porn.
Analysis: The Fallacy of Health Warnings on Social Media, Porn AVN
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, a renowned medical doctor, announced earlier this week that he wants mental health warnings for social media platforms. This sound eerily similar to efforts to require public health warnings on porn websites.
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June 19, 2024
Legal Attacks, Political Attacks, The War on Porn
The Woodhull Freedom Foundation and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have filed a new amicus brief supporting Section 230, arguing that it be kept as is.
Woodhull, EFF File New Amicus Brief in Support of Section 230 AVN
Woodhull and EFF argue that Section 230 needs to be kept in place, despite a tragedy related to the John Doe in a recent case.
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June 19, 2024
Political Attacks, The War on Porn
Kosa Sponsors, Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal, have complimented Surgeon General Vivek Murthy for asking Congress to make mental health warnings mandatory on social media platforms.
KOSA Sponsors Praise Surgeon General’s Endorsement of Mental Health Labeling for Websites
The main sponsors of the controversial Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) bill urged her fellow lawmakers to fast track the controversial bill, after the Democratic administration’s surgeon general called on Congress to mandate “mental health warnings” on social media platforms.
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June 18, 2024
Legal Attacks, The War on Porn
Social media company X won a lawsuit filed against it for violating Illinois biometric privacy law due to its AI system identifying porn images.
X’s Porn-Recognition AI Survives Illinois’ Biometric Privacy Law Challenge
A lawsuit filed under Illinois’ unusual state law targeting biometric data collection has spotlighted an AI program used by X since 2015 to identify nudity and NSFW images.
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June 18, 2024
Legal Attacks, The War on Porn
A former Nashville police officer by the name of Sean Herman was arrested recently after it was learned that he had appeared in an OnlyFans clip while in uniform and on duty.
Former Nashville Cop Arrested for Appearing in OnlyFans Clip AVN
Former Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officer Sean Herman was recently arrested at his home weeks after it was revealed that he appeared in a viral OnlyFans clip in full uniform and while on duty.
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