The War on Porn

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has clashed with the St. Louis County Public Library as he pursues his current campaign against what he calls “materials that appeal to the prurient interest of any minor.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed explicitly homophobic legislation banning public expression of LGBTQ identity — termed “propaganda about nontraditional sexual relations” — including all adult content featuring gay, lesbian and trans sexualities.

Social media users are inventing new words to outsmart punitive content moderation systems.

The Republican-run state government of Florida is stepping up efforts to redefine legal and policy terminology in a campaign to censor free speech concerning sexuality.

The Tory government led by Rishi Sunak has reintroduced the Online Safety Bill, which has now been amended to remove some of the language that would have forced platforms to censor content the government termed “legal but harmful.”

In a joint letter to members of the U.S. Senate, civil liberties groups made clear their opposition to the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).

A Tory MP was spotted sitting next to a female colleague in the Commons watching porn on his phone. Parliament’s independent watchdog is now investigating - and a minister called for him to be expelled

Russia’s parliament approved on Thursday a bill that widens a prohibition of “LGBT propaganda” and restricts the “demonstration” of LGBT behaviour, making any expression of an LGBT lifestyle almost impossible.

With the midterm elections just a few weeks behind us, there is a veritable concern among adult industry professionals and firms with the prospects of regulation in the next session of Congress. Results from the midterm place the entirety of the United States in a position to enter a two year-long (…

Woodhull Freedom Foundation has filed a reply brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the latest action in the organization’s four-year legal battle to have FOSTA-SESTA declared unconstitutional.