Political Attacks

UK’s tech secretary says age verification is one of the country’s new Online Safety Act’s priorities.

UK Tech Secretary Lists Age Verification Among OSA Priorities

Peter Kyle, the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, on Wednesday made public a draft version of his priorities for implementing the Online Safety Act (OSA), including age verification.

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A Kansas law firm is promoting religious and debunked scientific theories to get clients for their lawsuits against adult sites due to the state’s age verification law.

Kansas Law Firm Deploys Religion, Bunk Science While Recruiting Plaintiffs Under AV Law

Kansas-based personal injury law firm Mann Wyatt Tanksley is promoting debunked scientific theories and leveraging religious affiliation against the industry while it seeks potential plaintiffs for lawsuits against adult companies under the state’s age verification law.

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The US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the Free Speech Coalition’s suit challenging Utah’s age verification law.

Tenth Circuit Kills FSC’s Attempt to Rehear Utah AV Case AVN

According to the docket, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals killed a last-ditch appeal to rehear a portion of the Free Speech Coalition's lawsuit challenging a controversial age verification bounty law in Utah.

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According to the Free Speech Coalition blog, at least one adult site has received a demand letter from a personal injury firm, regarding the Kansas age verification law.

Adult Site Threatened Over Age-Verification in Kansas — Free Speech Coalition

Free Speech Coalition has been notified that a personal injury law firm has begun sending demand letters to websites that are accessible in Kansas without age verification.  The law firm’s demand letter seeks close to $1M in damages for allegedly violating Kansas’ age-verification law.

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Brendan Carr, author of Project 2025 has been nominated as the chair of the Federal Communications Commission.

Trump Nominates Project 2025 Contributor, Section 230 Foe to Chair FCC

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated, as his pick to head the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr — an author of Project 2025 who has called for gutting Section 230 protections.

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Attorney General Ken Paxton has told the Supreme Court that the Texas age verification law is a modest one.

YNOT NEWS | Texas to Supreme Court: HB 1181 is a ‘Modest’ Law

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a brief filed Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton described HB 1181, the state’s age verification law being challenged by the Free Speech Coalition and other plaintiffs, as a “modest but important law” that “satisfies any level of scrutiny.”

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Michael McGrady writes an opinion piece on the upcoming Trump Presidency and what it means to the adult industry.

Porn Is Protected Speech. Trump’s New Presidency Will Test That Sentiment. The Courts Can Uphold It.

The die is cast. Donald Trump is heading back to the White House – a remarkable victory. But a lot of people who work in the adult entertainment industry are understandably scared. From the concern…

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The FSC has told people in the adult industry that attorneys in Kansas are looking for people to sue adult companies, due to the state’s age verification law.

FSC: Attorneys in Kansas Seeking Plaintiffs to Sue Adult Firms AVN

The Free Speech Coalition has advised adult entertainment industry stakeholders to be aware of a campaign by attorneys in Kansas seeking plaintiffs to sue adult companies under the state's age verification law.

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The Ukraine parliament has introduced a bill to decriminalize the production and sales of porn.

Ukrainian Parliament Registers Bill to Decriminalize Porn

Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, registered a bill today to decriminalize the creation and distribution of pornography.

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Oral arguments on the net neutrality case began on October 31st in the Sixth Circuit Court.

Sixth Circuit Hears Oral Arguments in Net Neutrality Case AVN

Oral arguments in the ongoing case between the FCC and major broadband companies took place on Halloween.

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