U.K. M.P.s Report Rehashes Anti-Porn Myths, Recommends Crackdown
The U.K.’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation (APPG-CSE) today released a report repeating myths and stereotypes peddled by anti-porn activists and recommending a wide-ranging state crackdown on sexual expression online.
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The “Sex Bureaucracy” Targeting Adult Entertainment
The “Sex Bureaucracy” Targeting Adult Entertainment
A growing and tangled “sex bureaucracy” of government regulations and new laws is taking aim at the adult entertainment industry.
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The internet’s Supreme Court showdown is here, and the stakes couldn’t be higher
The internet’s Supreme Court showdown is here, and the stakes couldn’t be higher
In ‘Gonzalez v. Google’ and ‘Twitter v. Taamneh,’ the Supreme Court is considering questions that could break the internet as we know it.
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No porn, no Instagram for kids: France doubles down on age verification
No porn, no Instagram for kids: France doubles down on age verification
French MPs want to expand age verification requirements to mainstream social platforms.
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Tennessee Legislature Redefines ‘Obscenity and Pornography’ to Target Drag Shows
Tennessee Legislature Redefines ‘Obscenity and Pornography’ to Target Drag Shows
The Tennessee legislature today passed a bill expanding the state’s definition of “obscenity and pornography” to criminalize anyone who “engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult.”
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Republican’s Anti-Drag Bill Redefining ‘Prurient’ Passes Montana House
Republican’s Anti-Drag Bill Redefining ‘Prurient’ Passes Montana House
The Montana House has endorsed a Republican bill aimed at restricting drag shows, which includes a legal redefinition of the term “prurient” as “having a tendency to excite lustful thoughts.”
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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Major Section 230 Case
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Major Section 230 Case
Oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google were heard before the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 21 in a bid to decide whether the safe harbor provisions of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 would either be retained as is or entirely reinterpreted. Section 230, often referred t…
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Republicans take aim at risque jokes and romance novels with anti-sex bills
Republicans take aim at risque jokes and romance novels with anti-sex bills
Bills are part of religious right’s post-Roe strategy, with most prevalent ones relating to age verification of sex-related websites
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Right Wing Media Amplifies Nationwide Push for Age Verification
Right Wing Media Amplifies Nationwide Push for Age Verification
Several publications within the right-wing media ecosystem amplified, during the last news cycle, the current Republican push for age verification on websites displaying adult content.
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Republican Admits Ultimate Goal of Arkansas ‘Age Verification’ Bill is Federal Law
Republican Admits Ultimate Goal of Arkansas Age Verification Bill is Federal Law
A Republican state senator in Arkansas who introduced a bill last month requiring age verification before “entering a website offering pornography” admitted that his state initiative is only a stepping stone toward the ultimate goal of a federal mandate.
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