Politico’s Weird Celebration Of 1st Amendment Violations When It Comes To Adult Content
Here on Techdirt we’ve chronicled the rise of a bunch of terrible age verification laws, including many focused specifically on adult content. We’ve also highlighted how MindGeek, the company behin…
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Virginia Democrats Admit to Trading Off Their Age Verification Votes for Unrelated Bill
Virginia Democrats Admit to Trading Off Their Age Verification Votes for Unrelated Bill
A Democratic Virginia senator admitted that he and Republican senators used the issue of age verification of adult material as a bargaining chip to negotiate the language of an unrelated piece of legislation.
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Google’s New Explicit Image Takedown Policy Unlikely to Affect Commercial Images
Google’s New Explicit Image Takedown Policy Unlikely to Affect Commercial Images
Google’s updated policies allowing individuals to remove “personal, explicit images” from Google Search results will not affect most commercial images created by a third-party with appropriate contacts and releases.
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A Simple Law Is Doing the Impossible. It’s Making the Online Porn Industry Retreat.
A Simple Law Is Doing the Impossible. It’s Making the Online Porn Industry Retreat.
Pornhub has pulled out of multiple states rather than comply with age-verification laws.
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Inside an Abusive Anti-Porn Camp for Teens
Inside an abusive anti-porn camp for teens
Is sending kids into the wilderness really the best way to keep them off Pornhub?
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Free Speech Coalition Sues Texas Over Age Verification Mandate
Free Speech Coalition Sues Texas Over Age Verification Mandate — Free Speech Coalition
Free Speech Coalition, the advocacy organization for the adult industry, has filed a legal challenge in Texas over the state’s unconstitutional age-verification law. As with laws FSC has challenged laws in Louisiana and Utah, Texas forces consumers to provide identification information to access ad
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FSC Files CFPB Complaint Against Fintech Company
FSC Files CFPB Complaint Against Fintech Company — Free Speech Coalition
Free Speech Coalition, the advocacy organization for the adult industry, has filed a formal complaint against fintech provider Novo, after the banking service provider rejected FSC’s business account application, then failed to provide any reasoning to justify their actions. The complaint was submit
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Google Unveils New Policy Allowing Removal of Explicit Images from Search
Google Unveils New Policy Allowing Removal of Explicit Images from Search
Google on Thursday unveiled new privacy tools, including updated policies allowing individuals to remove “personal, explicit images” from Google Search results.
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‘Arthur’ Book Facing Ban in Florida Over This One Wacko Complaint
‘Arthur’ Book Facing Ban in Florida Over This One Wacko Complaint
The children’s book is under review in one school district after a local conservative activist ranted that one aspect of it could “DAMAGE SOULS.”
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FSC Will Appeal Decision in Utah
FSC Will Appeal Decision in Utah — Free Speech Coalition
In a decision this morning, a judge in the United States District Court granted Utah’s Motion to Dismiss Free Speech Coalition’s challenge to the state’s age verification mandate. FSC will appeal the decision.
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