Opinion
Opinion: Why Device-Based Age Verification is the Key to Protecting Minors Online
Across the United States, state legislators on both sides of the aisle have attempted to tackle the crucial goal of preventing minors from accessing adult content.
Legal Opinion Lambasts UK's 'Online Safety Bill' As Dangerous, Possibly Unlawful
British digital rights advocacy nonprofit Open Rights Group (ORG) has released a formal legal assessment of the prior restraint provisions in the U.K.’s proposed Online Safety Bill, deeming the current version dangerous and potentially unlawful.
Wired Publishes Opinion Piece Stigmatizing Adult Content, Sex Work
Wired Magazine published an online opinion piece today by Virgina Heffernan, who deploys a number of stigmatizing and stereotypical tropes about sex work and depictions of sex in the course of speculating about the future of Twitter.
Opinion: No, NYT Columnist -- Young People Are Not Turning Into Puritans
Didn’t you hear? Young people are turning away from “sex positivity.”
Opinion: Why the Financial Times Compared OnlyFans to Pollutants - and Why It Matters
The editorial board of the Financial Times — arguably the world’s most influential news source for the banking, investment and overall finance industries — published an editorial yesterday offering “lessons for banks from the OnlyFans affair.”
Opinion: How the 'War on Porn' Became the 'War on Porn Education'
Almost three decades after Bill Clinton fired his Surgeon General for merely stating that masturbation “is a part of human sexuality, and it's a part of something that perhaps should be taught,” the subject of sex ed finds itself once again embroiled in a culture war which, like that 1994 incident, is stoked by sensationalistic press reports.
Opinion: The Deep Roots of Utah's Obsession With 'Filtering' Porn
As a majority of the sane world watched with no small befuddlement yesterday when Utah governor Spencer J. Cox signed into law a ridiculous piece of legislation mandating that every electronics manufacturer on the planet commission and place “porn filters” on any device sold in the state by 2022, many subsequently asked a very simple question: Why?
Opinion: 'Revenge Porn' Bills Are Well-Intentioned, But Wording Could Be Problematic
“Revenge Porn” — the heinous instance of harassment when someone distributes intimate photos or videos of a former romantic partner without their consent — is a topic that elicits universally negative reactions.
Opinion: Why Larry Flynt Was Crucial in the Fight for Free Expression
Almost all the Larry Flynt obituaries this past week emphasized his dual role as a successful businessman who built a massive, multi-sector adult industry empire from scratch, and also as First Amendment warrior and a ceaseless fighter in the seemingly endless struggle for the right to have open, free sexual expression in America.
Opinion: Religious Networks Loom Behind 2 D.C. Newspapers' 'War on Porn' Editorials
The two conservative Washington D.C. newspapers, the Washington Times and the Washington Examiner, have recently ramped up their “War on Porn” articles and editorials, following a yearlong escalation of pro-censorship content that coincided with religious group Exodus Cry’s “Traffickinghub” campaign.
Opinion: New York Times Fights Pornhub With Emotional Pornography
New York Times opinion writer Nicholas Kristof today published a sensationalistic call for state censorship and financial strangulation of Pornhub, packaged around gut-punching testimonials from young victims of sexual exploitation.
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.
N.Y. Times Opinion: Stormy Daniels Is a 'Feminist Hero'
The New York Times today posted an opinion piece by Jill Filipovic titled, “Stormy Daniels, Feminist Hero,” a frank discussion on how many Americans perceive Daniels as a sex worker indicting a powerful man.
Court Issues Opinion in Penthouse, FriendFinder Lawsuit
A Delaware court today ordered Penthouse Global Media Inc. to turn over nine websites that weren’t part of a purchase agreement with FriendFinder Networks Inc.
Jenna Ivory Shares Opinion on IR Porn on VladTV
Jenna Ivory returns to VladTV for the second time to discuss getting her big break into Penthouse Magazine, her Marilyn Monroe looks, and why some performers might stay away from appearing in interracial scenes.
Belle Knox Pens Rolling Stone Opinion Piece
Belle Knox has penned an article for Rolling Stone magazine entitled “Prostitutes Are People, Not Criminals,” for the issue on newsstands now.
L.A. Times Publishes Another Opinion Piece on AB 1576
In the second op-ed within a week over the issue, the Los Angeles Times today published an editorial asking readers again to consider the net result of AB 1576, which would require the use of condoms in adult film productions, as well as STI and HIV testing for performers.
USITC Issues Advisory Opinion in We-Vibe vs. LELO Suit
Standard Innovation Corporation, the manufacturer of the We-Vibe brand of sexual wellness products, announces that on June 30, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) issued an advisory opinion that Lelo’s Ida and Tara products are outside the scope of the Commission’s General Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Order.
FSC Seeks Feedback From New Opinion Survey
The Free Speech Coalition, the industry’s trade association, reaches out to the community with an upgraded website and new online survey.
Mandating Condoms in Films Will Put Industry More at Risk, Forbes Opinion Says
The industry already is doing an excellent job protecting performers and any law mandating condoms in films would lead to “unintended consequences,” according to a Forbes opinion.