Political Attacks

Under House Bill 295, porn sites would have to use “a commercial age verification system” that requires users in Ohio to prove their identity by providing a copy of a government-issued ID card or other personal documents, such as mortgage, educational, and employment documents.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that holds social media platforms accountable for facilitating child sex trafficking and exploitation.

A Republican lawmaker in Ohio introduced this week an age verification bill called the “Innocence Act,” which observers have pointed out that, as submitted, could criminalize the posting of any nude image online without verifying age as a felony.

An influential national right wing news site linked to Tucker Carlson is attempting to shame a Virginia prosecutor into charging a Democratic candidate who was a cam performer for “prostitution.”

Alison Boden, executive director of adult trade group the Free Speech Coalition (FSC), recently attended the annual conference for ACAMS—the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) has signed up as co-sponsor of the controversial Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill to limit online free speech which has been endorsed by homophobic religious conservative groups.

A judge in Louisiana dismissing part of the FSC’s case should come as no shock, nor is it the end of legal wrangling over the new law.

Religious organizations in Ukraine are opposed to porn legalization.

A federal judge has granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss part of the lawsuit filed by Free Speech Coalition (FSC) and other plaintiffs seeking to block Louisiana’s age verification law.