War On Porn
Opinion: Anti-Porn Activists and Politicians Have a Pornhub Fixation
One of the distinctive traits of the current wave of anti-porn propaganda — mainly spread by well-funded, religiously inspired nonprofits, and an influence on politicians and public officials across the political spectrum worldwide — is the tendency to focus the attacks and the blame on one particular company as a smokescreen for their actual goals: the abolition or eradication of all sex work, all of adult entertainment or even all sexual expression in public forums.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Mandates Porn Filter for COVID Aid
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has released its mandate for health care professionals seeking economic aid as part of the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes a requirement that porn blockers be installed on the computer network of any facility receiving these funds.
Michigan Strip Club Sues Over SBA Loan's 'Sex Business Exclusion'
DV Diamond Club of Flint, the company doing business as gentlemen's club Little Darlings in Flint, Michigan, sued the Small Business Administration (SBA) and federal officials on Wednesday over the discriminatory language against sexually-oriented businesses in the disaster loan application for COVID-19 relief.
FSC Releases Policy Statement Regarding Utah's 'Porn Warning' Law
Adult industry trade group the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has released a policy statement clarifying their position on Utah’s “porn warning” law.
APAG's Alana Evans Pens Op-Ed Calling SBA Loan Application 'Discriminatory'
Alana Evans, president of the Adult Performers Actors Guild (APAG) penned an op-ed for mainstream news site The Daily Beast about “how discriminatory it is that the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus excludes sex workers.”
Utah Passes Law Requiring Warning Label for Adult Content
The State of Utah has passed legislation that mandates all adult content carry a specific warning label.
Debate Over SBA Loan's 'Sex Business Exclusion' Hinges on Obscure Word 'Prurient'
The debate over whether sex workers and sex-oriented businesses can apply for federal disaster relief loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)’s “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security” (CARES) program continues, with a focus on the interpretation of the word “prurient.”
Disaster Relief Application Explicitly Excludes 'Prurient' Sex Workers, Adult Businesses
The federal application for COVID-19-related disaster relief for small businesses, issued by the Trump administration’s U.S. Small Business Administration (USSBA) this week, explicitly disqualifies any sex worker or sex oriented business who may derive income from “presenting live performances of a prurient sexual nature” or “through the sale of products or services, or the presentation of any depictions or displays, of a prurient sexual nature.
Why Is Liberal Paper The Guardian Publishing 'Porn Is Human Trafficking' Propaganda?
Over the past few months, several articles and editorials with a distinct War On Porn propaganda slant have been appearing under the banner of The Guardian, the influential transatlantic news organization based in London and New York, which bills itself as "the world's leading liberal voice."
Anti-Porn Activists Still Fixated on 'Porn Addiction Health Crisis' During Pandemic
As scientists and public health officials continue to recommend masturbation as the safest form of sex during the quarantine, anti-porn activists are using the COVID-19 pandemic to double down on their #NoFap narrative.
Vatican Insider Decries Free Porn for Italy Offer as 'Evil'
One of the leaders in the Catholic Church's fight against sexual abuse within its own clergy has called all adult content "a terrible, serious evil" and "addictive," while commenting this week on a current Pornhub campaign to deliver free porn to quarantined people in Italy.
Utah Legislator Behind Anti-Porn Bill Once Penned Defense of Homophobic Speech
Brady Brammer, the Utah legislator who is sponsoring the current bill that would force all "obscene material" distributed in the state, including via the internet, to attach an unnecessary and unconstitutional warning that the material "may damage or negatively impact minors," authored a 2006 essay arguing for the equivalence of gay rights speech and religiously inspired homophobic speech, and asking for the latter to be protected.
Canadian MP Laurel Collins Speaks About Advocating for Consensual Sex Work
An interview with Canadian MP Laurel Collins, spotlighting consensual sex work, has been published by online adult entertainment guide Slixa.
Questions from Appeals Judges Reveal Anti-Porn Prejudice in Copyright Infringement Ruling
Several questions posed by judges at a D.C. Court of Appeals hearing last Friday — concerning the right of Strike 3 Holdings to obtain the names of people they believe to be infringing their copyrights via Bit Torrent — challenged a lower court's decision against the adult production company by pointing to language that appears to indicate bias against pornographic content.
New Bipartisan Bill Directly Threatens Section 230 of Communications Decency Act
Free speech advocates, tech lobbyists, civil liberties groups and others are raising the alarm about legislation unveiled Thursday, intended to combat "online sexual abuse of children," that threatens Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act which protects tech companies from liability for content posted by users of their websites or platforms.
NPR: 'Sex Worker Permit' Bill Sponsor Doubles Down, Invokes 'Human Trafficking'
The public radio news-commentary show "AirTalk," produced by NPR's Southern California affiliate KPCC, presented a segment this morning concerning the controversial "Sex Worker Permit" state bill, AB2389, introduced by Assemblyperson Cristina Garcia last month.
Virginia ABC News Affiliate Endorses Local Cop's Unusual Anti-Porn Seminar
The Lynchburg, Virginia local ABC affiliate, WSET, owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, published last week a "Porn Addiction" report riddled with War On Porn propaganda, an endorsement of the discredited theories of pseudoscientific website Fight the New Drug and a promotional plug for a local policeman, Sgt. Anders, and his self-designed "workshops on the dangers of pornography."
Thailand Arrest Spotlights Serious Issues With Shooting Self-Produced Content Abroad
The recent arrest and public shaming of an American man and his Hungarian partner in Thailand for "overstaying in the country, publishing pornography and working without a permit" sheds a spotlight on a little-talked-about issue among self-producers: the dangers of shooting pornography while traveling as a tourist.
California Legislator Publishes Amendments to Controversial 'Sex Worker Permit' Bill
The California Legislature has just published the amendments drafted by Assemblymember Cristina Gonzalez to the controversial AB2389, known as the "Sex Worker Permit" bill.
Ohio Pastor Claims 'Pornography' Is Not in the Bible, But 'Human Trafficking' Is
Answering a reader question asking "What does the Bible say about pornography?," Pastor Adrienne Greene of Harrison, Ohio, acknowledged that although "the exact word is not found in scripture," the devil, "generation after generation, repackages and sells the same forbidden sex-practices God spoke about to Moses: homosexuality, incest, human trafficking and predatory abuses toward children and beasts."