War On Porn
Op-Ed: Mashable's 'Porn Week' Shows Mainstream's Struggle With Fair Adult Coverage
Mainstream entertainment and tech news site Mashable published in the last few days a series of articles centered around the adult entertainment industry under the banner “Porn Week.”
German Authorities Target Sex Workers Posting Adult Content on Twitter
German authorities have been stepping up their efforts to fine in-country sex workers for posting sexually explicit content on open online platforms like Twitter, forcing them to take down posts on the U.S.-based — and Free Speech-protected — sites.
Australia: 'Porn Using' Employee Awarded Workers' Comp From Anti-Porn Lobby
A workers' comp case recently brought forth in Australia against an anti-porn group by one of their own employees provides another bizarre example of plaintiffs deploying the debunked concept of “porn addiction” and stigmatizing language as legal strategies.
Oregon Town Targets 'Nude Dancing' With Help From Religious Lobby
The city council of Drain, Oregon passed new regulations last week with the specific purpose of outlawing an adult entertainment establishment, under the guidance of an out-of-state, religiously motivated lobby linked to 1980s anti-porn crusader Ed Meese.
UK: Daily Mail Report Stigmatizes Online Sex Workers
Amidst increasing calls for government intervention on freedom of online expression, right-wing U.K. tabloid The Daily Mail continued their attack on the adult industry and sex workers with a stigmatizing report using blatantly classist and stigmatizing language.
The Guardian Continues Stigmatizing Porn, Now in Theater Reviews
Liberal transatlantic publication The Guardian is continuing its pattern of publishing content that stigmatizes adult entertainment and sex workers, with the anti-porn messaging today making its way even into their theater review section.
Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on PACT Act, Section 230
This morning, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet. held a lengthy hearing on Section 230, assessing the impact of what the committee calls “the law that helped create the internet” and examining proposed reforms to it, particularly the PACT Act.
Meet 'Abstinence Bar,' the Homegrown Chinese Version of #NoFap
A new article by a Chinese academic sheds light on “Abstinence Bar,” China’s homegrown version of the #NoFap semen-retention movement, which also endorses the scientifically discredited, Medieval/Victorian idea that cis men lose a kind of masculine “vital energy” whenever they ejaculate.
'Nude Dancing' Puts a Conservative Oregon Town in a Political Dilemma
After last month’s soft opening of a new adult entertainment establishment in Drain, Oregon, the conservative small town became yet another battlefield in the nationwide moralistic crusade against sex-oriented businesses and sexual expression.
German TV Clones British 'Porn Panic' Reality Show 'Mums Make Porn'
The first episode of a new German version of the mainstream franchise “Mums Make Porn” — a reality show where women who are not part of the adult industry, and are mothers, are coached into making a porn scene that they would approve of — aired last night.
Twitter Hack Offers Rare Glimpse Into Anti-Porn Shadowbanning Practices
Yesterday’s hack of a large number of prominent Twitter accounts — which led to the company’s disabling of “blue checkmark” (i.e., verified) accounts for part of the day — also resulted in the unexpected confirmation of the practice known by users as “shadowbanning,” and by Twitter as “blacklisting.”
Strike 3 Case: Appeals Court Rebukes D.C. Judge for Anti-Porn Bias
A three-judge panel at the D.C. Circuit court ruled yesterday in favor of Strike 3 Holdings’ appeal, allowing them to be granted subpoenas in copyright cases they were filing. This reversed a lower-court ruling where a judge had taken the unusual step of lambasting the adult entertainment company for the nature of its content.
China Boasts of Paying Rewards to Citizens for Snitching on Adult Websites
Another report from China about their anti-porn investigations of the first half of 2020 claims that their censorship agencies handled over 140,000 reports from members of the public during that period, and that the Chinese government handed out over $147,000 as rewards for snitching on “pornography and other online harms.”
New Study Debunks Myth About Men Who Watch Porn
A new study by a neuroscientist from the Kinsey Institute found no scientific basis to the persistent myth, peddled by religiously inspired War On Porn crusaders and #NoFap semen-retention cultists, claiming that watching porn can cause erectile disfunction in men.
Chinese Government Celebrates Massive Removal of 'Pornographic, Harmful' Online Content
China’s main censorship agency, the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications, released a statement today announcing the removal of over 8 million “pieces of pornographic and other harmful material” during the first half of 2020.
Italian Parliament Puts Roadblock on Far-Right's Attempt to Censor Adult Content
The Italian Camera, their equivalent to the U.S. House of Representatives, has approved an agenda item to prevent the passage of a controversial amendment that would have required all adult sites to be automatically blocked by device manufacturers, and at the ISP level, with the proposal that subscribers would be required to individually request the block to be lifted.
Georgia Towns Target Tokyo Valentino Owner Via Zoning, Licensing
The saga of Georgia municipalities targeting adult retail businessman Michael Morrison through supposed zoning and license violations continued this week with the revocation of the license for one of his Tokyo Valentino stores in Marietta.
Cyberspace Administration of China Penalizes Platforms for Porn, Other 'Chaotic' Content
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced today it has decided to “punish” 10 livestreaming platforms for "chaotic content,” including “pornography,” “revealing clothing on female cam stars” and "vulgar hot dances.”
Kenyan Official Blames Online Porn for Teen Pregnancy Crisis, Asks for Ban
The Kenyan cabinet official in charge of education, George Magoha, has called for the banning of all porn sites, blaming them for the African nation’s teenage pregnancy crisis.
Instacart Pressured Into Confusing Partnership With Anti-Porn Group NCOSE
Last week, the National Center On Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), a leading War On Porn organization, pressured grocery-delivery giant Instacart to add the religiously inspired activist group as a “safety resource” to its popular app.