The War on Porn Regular Updates about the Assault on The Adult Industry

The bill would have changed the review process if someone felt there was porn on school property.

Mashable recently discussed British-US comedian and political commentator John Oliver’s latest Last Week Tonight monologue in their piece “John Oliver takes an eye-opening deep dive into decriminalising sex work” (February 28, 2022). Per Mashable, the sentiment “at every turn we are making life hard…

Louis Theroux heads to Los Angeles as the world of adult entertainment grapples with its own wave of #MeToo.

The Washington Post published an opinion piece yesterday offering a cautionary historical perspective on how anti-pornography crusades like the current War on Porn end up harming marginalized groups like sex workers and the LGBTQ+ community.

A prominent player in the anti-porn lobby has announced its support for the controversial EARN IT Act. As previously reported by YNOT, Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., reintroduced the “Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies” Ac…

The New York Times published an opinion piece yesterday by staff columnist Ross Douthat advocating for a return to pre-1960s “inconsistencies and hypocrisies” about several social issues, including sexual expression.

Confirming the fears of sex workers and advocates around the world, Twitter has reportedly begun blocking German profiles that include adult content, after a local government official escalated a campaign to force the platform to implement age verification systems designed for “pornographic websites…

U.K. government officials confirmed last week that social media sites “hosting large amounts of pornographic material, such as Twitter and Reddit” would have to “introduce systems to remove adult material in the U.K., or introduce age checks to determine whether users are over 18,” The Guardian repo…

A Republican bill that would have held companies criminally liable for selling any computer, smartphone or tablet in Arizona without a filter to block children from accessing “harmful content” was rejected by a legislative committee Wednesday morning.

The EARN IT Act has advanced out of committee despite the well-founded concerns of a legion of civil libertarians and privacy advocates.