Anti-Porn Crusader Brags About Creating, Spreading ‘Porn-Filter’ Legislation
The general counsel for anti-porn lobby NCOSE (formerly Morality in Media) admitted to NBC news that the organization is behind the state-by-state campaign to force all electronics manufacturers to install and activate “porn filters” on their devices.
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Obscene to Thee, but Not We
Obscene to Thee, but Not We
The debate over whether something is obscene is messy and increasingly political in nature.
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Indonesia Police Arrests, Publicly Shames 2 Women for Camming
Indonesia Police Arrests, Publicly Shames 2 Women for Camming
West Jakarta police arrested and publicly shamed two young Indonesian women for nude camming earlier this week, charging them with “pornography.”
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Religious ‘Porn Surveillance’ Apps Return to Google Play
Religious ‘Porn Surveillance’ Apps Return to Google Play
Six months after suspending two religious “porn surveillance” apps following a Wired magazine report exposing them as spyware, Google Play has quietly reinstated Covenant Eyes and Accountable2You on March 1st.
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Anti-Porn Lobby NCOSE Boasts of ‘Regular Meetings’ With Instagram
Anti-Porn Lobby NCOSE Boasts of ‘Regular Meetings’ With Instagram
A top executive for NCOSE, the religiously inspired anti-porn lobby formerly known as Morality in Media, admitted this week that members of the organization have “met regularly” with Meta executives responsible for Instagram moderation.
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Porn’s Underappreciated Efforts to Counter Child Exploitation
Porn’s Underappreciated Efforts to Counter Child Exploitation
Online porn is a minefield.
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Republicans take aim at risque jokes and romance novels with anti-sex bills
Republicans take aim at risque jokes and romance novels with anti-sex bills
Bills are part of religious right’s post-Roe strategy, with most prevalent ones relating to age verification of sex-related websites
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FSC Warns Against ‘Most Aggressive’ Nationwide Censorship Campaign
FSC Warns Against ‘Most Aggressive’ Nationwide Censorship Campaign
Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has released an online guide tracking new anti-porn age verification laws and bills in multiple states, in a wave of what the trade organization has called “the most aggressive censorship we’ve seen in decades.”
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Opinion: This law from the 1870s could imperil abortion in blue states
Opinion: This law from the 1870s could imperil abortion in blue states | CNN
Some members of the antiabortion movement are pushing for a comeback for the Comstock Act, an archaic law passed in 1873 mainly to target what Anthony Comstock, an anti-vice crusader, viewed as dirty books. Mary Ziegler argues that this new tactic poses a threat to abortion rights even -- or perhaps…
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Utah plans to sue social media companies for alleged harms to children, teens
Utah plans to sue social media companies for alleged harms to children, teens
‘Legal action is one more way that we can bring meaningful change to protect our children,’ Cox says
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