May 17, 2025
Legal Attacks, Political Attacks, The War on Porn
An update on age verification laws since the Utah law 2 years ago.
PornHub blocked Utah 2 years ago. A lot has happened since
Since Utah passed its age verification law, around 20 other states have followed suit. A free speech challenge to Texas’s law will soon be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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May 17, 2025
Legal Attacks, Political Attacks, The War on Porn
Wired interviewed top porn stars at the Pornhub Awards about age verification.
Your Favorite Porn Stars Are Sick of Being Censored. But They’re Not Going Away
We spent the Pornhub Awards with some of the site’s biggest stars to talk censorship, making money, and the popularity of trans porn—all while the site is blocked in more than a third of US states.
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May 16, 2025
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The FSC has published a guide for what adult sites need to know about the UK’s Online Safety Act.
Age Verification in the UK: What You Need to Know — Free Speech Coalition
The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act (OSA) went into effect earlier this year, which (among many other things) requires websites (or “services”) that provide adult content to implement age verification for traffic coming from the UK. Ofcom, the regulator charged with enforcing the OSA, has put out
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May 16, 2025
Legal Attacks, Political Attacks, The War on Porn
The EU has published guidelines for websites on their Digital Services Act.
EU Proposes Digital Services Act Rules for All Online Platforms AVN
The European Commission published its proposed guidelines for enforcing the Digital Services Act on Tuesday, making them available for public comment.
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May 15, 2025
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The website motherless.com is being investigated by the UK’s comm regulator Ofcom for violations of the country’s online safety act.
Motherless.com Being Investigated by Ofcom AVN
Ofcom, the United Kingdom's communications regulator, announced that it is investigating adult tube website Motherless.com for Online Safety Act violations.
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May 14, 2025
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NCOSE has sued several adult sites’ parent companies in Kansas for violating age verification laws.
NCOSE Sues Adult Sites for Violating Kansas Age Verification Law AVN
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), a controversial far-right anti-pornography lobbying group, sued the parent companies of several adult platforms in a federal district court in Kansas on behalf of a Jane Doe mother and her child in a set of lawsuits announced Monday.
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May 14, 2025
Legal Attacks, Political Attacks, The War on Porn
Governor Katie Hobbs has signed into law Arizona’s new age verification bill.
Arizona Governor Signs Controversial Age-Verification Law — Free Speech Coalition
HB2112, Arizona’s controversial age-verification law, was signed into law by Governor Katie Hobbs this afternoon, despite a formidable opposition from Free Speech Coalition, civil liberties groups and Ariziona voters. The law will go into effect ninety days after the legislature adjourns. Free Spee
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May 13, 2025
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Tennessee legislators have changed the definition of obscenity in the state’s age verification law.
Tennessee Amends Obscenity Definition in AV Law AVN
State lawmakers in Tennessee amended their age verification law requiring adult platforms to check the ages of all users, say attorneys representing the office of Republican Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti in a court filing last Friday.
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May 10, 2025
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Senator Mike Lee of Utah has reintroduced his Interstate Obscenity Law.
Mike Lee Reintroduces Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (Again) AVN
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a far-right Republican from Utah, this week reintroduced his highly controversial Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA).
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May 10, 2025
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UK comm regulator Ofcom is investigating two adult entertainment sites for non-compliance with the country’s Online Safety Act.
Ofcom Investigating Score Group, NSFW AI App for AV Violations AVN
Ofcom, the United Kingdom's communications regulator, announced Friday that it is investigating two adult entertainment platforms for non-compliance under the Online Safety Act, which requires pornography sites operating in the country's digital space to have age verification measures in place.
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