Why Germany’s Strict Porn Rules Will Spell Doom for Everyone
The European country passed a law requiring age verification before watching porn. It’s merely the first step toward kicking sex workers off the internet and banning porn entirely.
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Indian Police Begin Arresting People for Porn on Their Phones
Gujarat: Digital combing in Valsad to curb porn circulation | Surat News - Times of India
In a unique initiative aimed at preventing sexual assault against minors, the Valsad police have launced ‘digital combing’ drive to trace people shari
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Porn Complicates Japan’s Debate on Lowering Age of Legal Majority to 18
Porn Complicates Japan’s Debate on Lowering Age of Legal Majority to 18
As Japan debates lowering the age of legal majority from 20 to 18, a legislator has asked the prime minister to create an exception in the new laws so that 18- and 19-year-olds employed as performers in the adult industry can still get out of their contracts without a penalty, as has been the case u…
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DC Court Upholds FOSTA-SESTA, Rejects Free-Speech Challenge
Federal Online Sex Trafficking Law Survives First Amendment Look
The U.S. government can continue enforcing a law designed to curb online sales of unlawful acts with sex trafficking victims after a federal court in Washington found that it’s neither overly broad nor unduly vague.
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Idaho Republicans Repeat Claims of ‘Pornography’ in Libraries
Idaho Republicans form working group to study allegations of explicit library books - East Idaho News
BOISE (AP) — Idaho Republican lawmakers are forming a working group to study allegations that Idaho libraries are making explicit materials available to minors. The Idaho Senate Republicans announced the plans for a working group over the weekend, the Idaho Press reported. The group will include eig…
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German Regulator Who Shut Down xHamster Describes Own Mission as ‘Kafkaesque’
German Regulator Who Shut Down xHamster Describes Own Mission as ‘Kafkaesque’
Tobias Schmid, the obscure local bureaucrat who spearheads Germany’s War on Porn and recently led a successful movement to force ISPs to ban xHamster in the country, gave an interview last week in which he admitted he has “no clear answer” on how to make age verification effective and acknowledged h…
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UK Government Unveils Controversial ‘Digital Safety Bill’
UK Government Unveils Controversial ‘Digital Safety Bill’
Boris Johnson’s Conservative government in the U.K. has finally unveiled its controversial “Online Safety Bill,” and introduced it in Parliament today.
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Texas Republicans Fudge Distinction Between ‘Obscenity,’ ‘Pornography’
The Sex-Ad Law FOSTA Was a Mistake. Some Lawmakers Want to Fix It.
There’s an abundance of evidence that a 2018 law aimed at sex advertising has been bad for sex workers, bad...
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UK’s Online Safety Bill Criticized Over Expanding Scope
UK expands Online Safety Bill to cover scam ads
The UK government has again announced an extension to the scope of the draft Online Safety Bill — this time bringing scam ads into scope following pressure from campaigners. In parallel, it has also launched a consultation on strengthening existing regulation of the online ad industry, laying out a…
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French Government Asks Courts for Order to Block Pornhub, 4 Other Tube Sites
French Government Asks Courts for Order to Block Pornhub, 4 Other Tube Sites
France’s media regulator ARCOM has gone to court to demand that the country’s ISPs enforce a total block of five specific adult tube sites — Pornhub, Tukif, xHamster, Xvideos and Xnxx — over their alleged lack of enforcement of a controversial age verification mandate.
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