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Cherie DeVille Condemns Utah's 'Porn Filter' Bill; Lawmaker Responds

An open letter penned by Cherie DeVille for The Daily Beast condemning Utah’s controversial “porn filter” bill was published on Saturday and quoted within hours in a subsequent article by the Salt Lake Tribune with the lawmaker responsible for the bill, Rep. Susan Pulsipher (R-South Jordan), responding to DeVille's concerns.

Germany's Leading Censorship Advocate Now Targeting OnlyFans

Germany’s most vocal proponent of state censorship, an obscure local bureaucrat named Tobias Schmid who serves as the head of the State Media Authority (LMA) of North Rhine-Westphalia, has announced this week he has started investigating popular premium fan site OnlyFans.

Judge Allows NCOSE-Driven 'Trafficking' Claim Against Studios to Move to Trial

In an unusual ruling supporting a lawsuit sponsored by NCOSE (aka, Morality in Media) attempting to link adult industry studios to “human trafficking,” a California judge ruled that, although the contracts signed by a former performer were valid, the arbitration agreements that were part of them should be disregarded and the lawsuit should move forward.

Japan: Adult Magazines Face Trouble Ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Social pressure surrounding the upcoming Tokyo Olympics has resulted in distribution troubles for traditional Japanese adult magazines, which have drastically harmed the already dwindling sector.

Facebook Objected to Sexual Health App Ads as 'Provocative,' 'Overly Suggestive'

According to Emjoy, a sexual wellbeing audio app for women, Facebook repeatedly frustrated their attempts to submit illustrated ads, claiming ordinary digital art images were “sexually provocative or overly suggestive.”

Russia Targets Twitter for Allowing 'Banned Content,' Including Adult

The Russian government’s internet regulatory agency, Roskomnadzor, has announced it will be slowing down Twitter service in the country, alleging that the platform has “ignored requests to take down material harmful to children,” including adult content.

India: Supreme Court Blasts Streaming Services for Offering 'Porn'

As India’s Supreme Court continues to evaluate whether to impose content regulations on streaming services doing business in the populous Asian country, members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are urging the enforcement of long-standing prohibitions against obscenity and blasphemy, alleging that some streaming services “even show pornography.”

Vox Probes New 'Cancel Porn' Fad Among Gen-Z TikTokers

A new cultural trend taking place on popular Gen-Z platform TikTok complicates the idea that support for sex worker rights and freedom of sexual expression will continue steadily gaining generational ground, according to a recent article by Rebecca Jennings for online news site Vox.

Utah: Mandatory 'Porn Filter' Bill Passes Senate, Awaits Governor's Signature

Utah’s controversial “porn filter” bill passed the State Senate this afternoon on a 19-6 vote (with 4 absences), a Salt Lake City capitol source told XBIZ.

Montana: Bizarre Anti-Porn Bill Killed After Voting Scandal

A proposed anti-porn bill by Montana Republicans demanding that “internet companies”  provide “hard-core pornography” only to customers who “opt-in,” and made it a crime for anyone under 18 to access adult material, was defeated on a procedural technicality after the committee chairman admitted he had deliberately prevented Democrats from participating in a previous vote.

Utah: House Passes Controversial 'Porn Filter' Bill Overnight

On Wednesday, the Utah House of Representatives passed an amended version of a controversial bill that would mandate a default “porn filter” on any phones, computers, tablets or any other electronic devices sold in the state starting in 2022.

Thailand: Obscenity Laws Make Local OnlyFans Creators Vulnerable

As more Thais have opened OnlyFans accounts to support themselves during the pandemic, legal experts in the Southeast Asian kingdom are warning about the uncertain status of the content produced given their notoriously harsh obscenity laws.

Cherie DeVille's Daily Beast Article Unmasks NYT's 'War on Porn' Bias

The Daily Beast published an opinion piece today by Cherie DeVille giving her personal testimony about how the current religiously motivated War on Porn is warping the public opinion against sex workers who work in the adult industry.

Largest Indian State Begins Monitoring All Porn Searches

The police forces in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, have announced the creation of a team to monitor internet searches for “pornographic material.”

Utah: Mandatory 'Porn Filter' Bill Clears Committee, Heads to House Floor

The controversial Utah bill mandating a “porn filter” on every electronic device sold in the state finally passed out of committee by a narrow 6-5 vote and is headed to the House of Representatives' floor.

NCOSE Spearheads Another Liability Lawsuit Against Pornhub, MindGeek

A group of lawyers — including members of the legal team of religiously motivated anti-porn crusading organization NCOSE — have filed a civil class action suit in Birmingham, Alabama against Pornhub’s parent company MindGeek, on behalf of two women who alleged illegal videos of themselves were uploaded to the platform by third-party users.

Iowa: Copycat 'Porn Block' Bill Fails to Move Forward

The Iowa House of Representatives’ Commerce subcommittee declined to advance a bill that proposed blocking adult content on electronic devices by default, as well as creating a special $5 tax on adult entertainment to fund initiatives against “human trafficking.”

Utah: Religiously Inspired NCOSE Speaks to House Committee in Support of 'Porn Block'

A Utah House of Representatives committee meeting yesterday to discuss a lawmaker’s proposal requiring all “new electronic devices” sold in the state to have pornography filters turned on by default, featured a presentation by a representative of religiously-inspired anti-porn lobby NCOSE.

'Performance Prostitution' Ordinance Delayed in Wyoming Over OnlyFans Concerns

A City Council vote in Casper, Wyoming was delayed yesterday, after a council member pointed out that a newly phrased legislative proposal criminalizing “performance prostitution” would affect local online sex workers, particularly those with an OnlyFans account.

Pornhub Releases Statement About Content Moderation Changes

Pornhub announced today a series of safety and security policies enhancing measures for verification, moderation and detection of content with the goal of positioning the company “at the forefront of combating and eradicating illegal content.”