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French Government Admits New Adult Content Law Will Target Twitter Too
The French government has confirmed that the new bill it introduced on Wednesday to bypass the courts and force platforms to implement age verification will apply not only to specifically adult sites but also to any site that allows explicit content, including Twitter.
NCOSE Goes All-In on Banning Adult Content Online With 2023 Target List
Religiously inspired anti-porn lobby NCOSE this week released its latest annual “Dirty Dozen” list of companies it is currently targeting, focusing exclusively on online platforms.
Tennessee Legislature Redefines 'Obscenity and Pornography' to Target Drag Shows
The Tennessee legislature today passed a bill expanding the state’s definition of “obscenity and pornography” to criminalize anyone who “engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult.”
Arkansas Republicans Rewrite Anti-Drag Bill to Target All 'Adult-Oriented Performances'
The Arkansas House endorsed Senate Bill 43 on Monday, after Republicans amended it to shift the focus of the legislation from restricting “drag performance” to restricting all “adult-oriented performances” in the state.
Fargo Amends Zoning Code to Target Adult Boutiques
The Fargo City Commission approved amendments to its “adult entertainment establishments” zoning ordinance to limit the business of adult boutiques in the North Dakota city.
Billionaire Investor Bill Ackman, Anti-Porn Activist Laila Mickelwait Target Visa, Pornhub on CNBC
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman teamed up with religiously motivated anti-porn crusader Laila Mickelwait on CNBC today, to target Visa for processing payments for MindGeek and Pornhub.
Sexual Wellness Brand 'Cake' Expands Into Target
Sexual wellness brand Cake has expanded into Target stores with four products.
UK Ministers Confirm New Age Verification Rules Target Twitter, Reddit
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 reported yesterday.
Tallahassee Officials Target Adult Boutiques as 'Red Light District'
Only weeks after a Georgia county successfully put an adult boutique out of business by altering its zoning regulations for that specific purpose, politicians at another county in the South — Leon County, home of Florida state capital Tallahassee — are targeting adult businesses with a copycat argument.
Cyber Law Expert: Politicized Anti-Section 230 Proposals Target Adult Content
In a damning new op-ed, one of the nation’s foremost cyber law experts described the onslaught of legislative proposals and recommendations to abolish Section 230 — the so-called “First Amendment of the internet — recently unleashed by the White House, Attorney General William Barr, Senator Lindsey Graham and others, as “Trump-backed rules for online speech: 'no' to porn, 'yes' to election disinformation and hate speech.”
Georgia Town Redefines 'Sexual Device Store' to Target Adult Boutique
In the latest attempt by Georgia municipal authorities to prevent adult boutique Tokyo Valentino from operating their existing stores, the Cobb Board of Commissioners has approved changes to the county code in order to target “sexually oriented businesses.”
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.
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.
PlusOne's Vibrating Wand Now Available at Target
PlusOne has announced their Vibrating Wand is now available at Target stores.
Facebook, Instagram Target Sex Workers With Updated 'Community Standards'
This past summer, without much fanfare, Facebook updated their Community Standards statement concerning sexual expression on the companies’ platforms, including Instagram.
Target Stores Now Stock plusOne Vibrators
The plusOne line of vibrators is now available in Target stores nationwide and also via Target.com, the sexual wellness company has announced.
Anti-Porn Lobbyists Target 2257 Rollback
Adult content producers and affiliate promoters celebrating an easing of burdensome regulations that made clerical errors felonies while risking the privacy and safety of performers may wish to take a sober look at the lack of finality they are facing.
LA Direct Models' Derek Hay Is Target of Complaint Made by 4 Performers
Four adult female performers have filed a complaint with California’s Labor Commissioner against talent agency LA Direct Models and its owner, Derek Hay, alleging numerous improprieties.
ESPLER Project Hits $10K Fundraising Target but Seeks More
The Erotic Service Providers Legal Education and Research project said that has met its Tilt fundraiser target of $10,000 as part of its fundraising effort for its lawsuit challenging California’s anti-prostitution law.
AHF's Weinstein Using Cal/OSHA to Target Opponents, FSC Says
Eric Paul Leue, executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, today slammed Michael Weinstein, the president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, claiming that he’s abusing the Cal/OSHA complaints system to harass adult entertainment performers.