The War on Porn

Conservative legislation framed around “protecting children” from adult content could also block critical information about sexual health and gender

The Republican governor of Indiana signed into law last week a budget amendment defunding Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute, the U.S.’s most historic academic center for sexual research.

The center-right French government led by Emmanuel Macron confirmed over the weekend that it will attempt to bypass the courts to force the five largest adult sites in the country to comply with a controversial, vaguely worded 2020 age verification law.

Religiously inspired anti-porn lobby NCOSE this week released its latest annual “Dirty Dozen” list of companies it is currently targeting, focusing exclusively on online platforms.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit sponsored by anti-porn activists against Twitter over user-uploaded content, upholding Section 230.

A new bill in North Carolina would increase the penalty for certain obscenity offenses; would it also be used to target drag shows?

Free Speech Coalition, the national advocacy organization for the First Amendment rights of adult businesses, filed suit today in the United States District Court for the District of Utah to overturn the state’s unconstitutional antiporn ban. The complaint asks for declaratory and injunctive relief

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) sent a joint letter to Reddit demanding that the platform remove and censor thousands of subreddits hosting hundreds of millions of NSFW images, GIFs, and videos that are otherwise legally produced by consenting adults. NCOSE’s letter w…

May 2, 2023 The Honorable Todd D. Weiler 1248 W 1900 South Woods Cross, UT 84087 Subject: Compliance with SB287 Dear Senator Weiler, I am writing to express my concerns about the bill you sponsored, SB287, which takes effect on May 3. As the Executive Director of the Free Speech Coalitio