The War on Porn

The Russian government has granted its media regulator the authority to block websites containing “LGBT propaganda” without a court order, according to a decree published on Monday. “Information propagating non-traditional sexual relations and (or) preferences” now serves as grounds for blacklisting…

After backlash from artists whose work has been unknowingly used to train AI models, Kickstarter updated its policies.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) this week introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act, a bill that nominally aims to “establish a national definition of obscenity” but which would, in effect, outlaw all online sexual content nationwide.

Wired Magazine published an online opinion piece today by Virgina Heffernan, who deployed a number of stigmatizing and stereotypical tropes about sex work and depictions of sex in order to advance her entirely conjectural notions about the future of adult content on Twitter.

The war on porn could get worse in 2023 thanks to Sen. J.D. Vance and others who are pushing for a porn ban. Their demands may lack legal grounding, but they pose a serious threat.

ESPLERP is calling for supporters to join them in marking International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, December 17.

FSC staff this week met with key House and Senate offices in a series of meetings discussing banking discrimination against the adult industry.

The U.S. DOJ weighs in on a major Section 230 case, urging the Supreme Court to rethink the scope of the statute’s safe harbor provisions.

Why are people calling for Section 230 to be repealed? Former president Donald Trump was an outspoke critic of Section 230. President Biden is also a

Yesterday we wrote about how all of the terrible anti-internet bills we were worried about being slipped into the “must pass” National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill were, thankf…