The War on Porn

Mike Lee, a Senator from Utah, has introduced a bill that outlaws all types of sex work in the US and terms it was “coercive”.

Republican Introduces Bill to Effectively Outlaw All Sex Work in the U.S. as ‘Coercive’

The U.S. Congress’ top anti-porn crusader, Utah Senator Mike Lee, introduced a bill last week that would effectively outlaw all sex work in the nation, including adult performance and content creation, by classifying any consent influenced by a person’s economic circumstances as coercive.

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Dusty Deevers, an Oklahoma Republican legislator, is proposing to make watching adult content punishable by law.

Oklahoma Republican Seeks to Criminalize Watching Adult Content

Oklahoma Republican lawmaker Dusty Deevers continues his national press tour promoting his current state bill proposal which would completely outlaw adult content and also criminalize anyone who watches it.

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An Iowa Republican legislator proposed the porn restriction bill be changed to an age verification bill.

Restrictions on porn, social media advancing in Iowa Legislature

One proposal aims to require age verification for pornography sites; another would require parental consent for minors to have a social media account

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Major tech firms like Microsoft and X have backed the Kids Online Safety Act, known as the KOSA bill.

Major Tech Companies Back Controversial KOSA Bill AVN

Major technology companies have come out in support of the controversial Kids Online Safety Act, which has been a point of debate between civil libertarians and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in both chambers of the U.S. Congress.

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Rep. Jon Hardister, A main sponsor of the North Carolina age verification law has suggested that sites could provide age verification by providing a free membership.

Republican Behind North Carolina’s Age Verification Law Suggests Adult Sites Should Provide ‘Free Memberships’

Rep. Jon Hardister, one of the main sponsors of the North Carolina age verification law that resulted in several adult sites — including Pornhub — disabling access in the state, suggested in an interview published Monday that the sites could address the issue by providing some form of free membership to verify a user’s identity.

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A right-wing group with religious overtones is the main force in the new Georgia age verification bill against porn.

Influential ‘Biblical’ Right Wing Group Backs Georgia’s Age Verification Bill

An influential, self-defined “biblical” right-wing group has become the main media mouthpiece of Georgia’s version of the age verification legislation being sponsored around the country by anti-porn religious conservative activists.

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Republicans in Georgia has put forth still another copycat age verification bill to target the adult industry.

Georgia Republicans Introduce Age Verification Legislation AVN

A Republican lawmaker in Georgia has introduced age verification legislation targeting adult entertainment content.

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A W. Virginia anti-porn and age verification bill is demanding any site have less than a third porn. YNOT.com has an idea.

YNOT NEWS | Welcome to My Website – Now Only 33.32% Porn!

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – It used to be that adult websites didn’t have a lot of rules and regulations to follow, especially at the U.S. state-level. Or maybe it used to be that I just didn’t know how many rules and regulations there were that I was supposed to be following, and I was merely living in that blissful state of ignorance people often talk

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The Idaho House has stopped a bill to pay for religious school expenses and introduced an anti-porn bill

Roundup: House committee pauses Blaine amendment removal, introduces anti-porn bill

The latest attempt to allow taxpayer money to pay for private religious school expenses is temporarily on hold.

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Freshman Delegate, Geno Chiarelli of the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee of the Republican-controlled West Virginia state House of Delegates, introduced HB 4867, a copycat bill calling for age verification on all porn sites in the state. It was passed with no debate.

West Virginia House passes bill that would require age verification for porn

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People in West Virginia would need to present some form of state-sponsored identification before accessing internet pornography under a bill that advanced Monday in the Rep…

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