The War on Porn

The Australian Government has announced they will have a trial program to test age verification in the country.

Australia’s Govt. Funds Age Verification Pilot Program AVN

Anthony Albanese's administration announced funding to test age verification for pornography websites in a trial pilot program.

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The Free Speech Coalition’s Exec. Director Alison Boden gave her testimony to the California State Legislature Tuesday.

Video: FSC’s Alison Boden Testifies Before California Assembly Committee Regarding Age Verification

Free Speech Coalition Executive Director Alison Boden testified before the California Assembly on Tuesday, in opposition to the state’s version of the age verification bills being sponsored around the country by anti-porn religious conservative activists.

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Woodhull Freedom Foundation has started ‘Fact Checked by Woodhull’, to dispel many of the myths used against the adult industry in the War on Porn

Woodhull Freedom Foundation Debuts ‘Fact Checked by Woodhull’ Program

The Woodhull Freedom Foundation has launched its new “Fact Checked by Woodhull” program, which uses peer-reviewed research, compiled and analyzed by professional researchers, to debunk myths weaponized to justify the repression of sex, sexuality and gender expression.

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California’s age verification bill for porn sites has been passed by the Judiciary Committee of the State Assembly.

California AV Bill Advances Through Judiciary Committee AVN

AB 3080 advanced out of the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee.

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Reason Magazine digests the ongoing war on porn with age verification laws.

These states want you to show ID to watch porn online

At least eight states have already enacted age-verification laws, and several more are considering bills.

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The Alaska House of Representatives has passed still another copycat age verification measure targeting porn.

Alaska Lawmakers Push AV Legislation Targeting Porn Sites AVN

Alaska advances age verification legislation through the state House of Representatives.

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Dan Savage’s HUMP porn film festival has been canceled in Victoria, BC, by the local consumer protection authority.

Dan Savage’s HUMP! Festival Canceled in British Columbia AVN

HUMP! Film Festival put on by Dan Savage every year in Victoria was canceled due to regulatory concerns brought on by a local consumer protection authority.

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XBIZ interviews the Free Speech Coalition’s Mike Stabile about the industry’s ongoing fight against age verification laws against porn.

Age Verification: FSC’s Mike Stabile Reports from the Frontlines

Two years into the religiously-inspired crusade to ban free access to adult material in the U.S. through carefully drafted “age verification” legislation, the constant onslaught of state-by-state proposals and laws — many of them copied from each other — can be hard to follow.

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President Biden has signed the controversial bill to ban TikTok in the United States unless the company’s owner sells the US operation.

President Biden Signs Bill to Potentially Ban TikTok AVN

President Joe Biden today signed a bill to ban TikTok unless the app’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divests entirely from its domestic operations.

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The controversial Tennessee age verification bill, which makes violating it a felony has passed the state legislature.

Tennessee AV Bill With Felony Charges Passes House AVN

An age verification bill that would make it a felony to violate the age-gating rules has advanced through its final step in the Tennessee state legislature.

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