Laila Mickelwaite has exploded onto the anti-smut scene in recent years as a powerful force in anti-sex-trafficking activism. Her #TraffickingHub petition to “shut down Pornhub” over its alleged offenses against non-consenting parties gained over 2 million signatures. And that...

WASHINGTON — The anti-porn group National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is openly calling for major search engines to block traffic to porn websites.  Dawn Hawkins, chief executive officer of NCOSE, alleged that Google has a “pivotal role in leading people to child...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At some point in the weeks ahead – and possibly sooner than that phrase suggests – we will see the next major development in Woodhull Freedom Foundation v. U.S., the Woodhull Foundation’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of FOSTA/SESTA, the legislative...

MONTGOMERY — Lawmakers in the Alabama legislature are considering legislation that would require mobile devices sold in the state to come with preinstalled porn filtering software. The proposal, House Bill (HB) 142, was heard before the House Judiciary Committee and appears to be...

WASHINGTON — Republicans and telecommunication giants are exploiting veterans in a bid to repeal net neutrality in California and to block potential policy reinstatement at the federal level. Republican members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee publicly issued a letter...

WASHINGTON — Shit keeps getting weird on Capitol Hill as congressional Democrats and Republicans are pushing for more outlandish fixes to Section 230 and holding large technology companies accountable reportedly. Again, shit is getting weird, but the real idealistic bullshit...

Most people who have kept up with adult entertainment industry news over the past fifteen years have found themselves asking, at least once: “Why would a wildly successful non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare organization be so hell-bent on making porn actors use condoms?” If you...

BOSTON – One gets the sense that Judge Patti B. Saris just might be losing patience with one of the litigants currently before her. Saris, the jurist hearing Basset v. Jensen, a lawsuit filed by Martha’s Vineyard property owner and artist Leah Bassett against Mile High Media and...

PURCHASE, N.Y. — Mastercard announced new restrictions for adult content and the payment transactions required for premium content and subscription services. As YNOT reported yesterday, John Verdeschi, the company’s Senior VP of Franchise Customer Engagement &...

AUSTIN — The Republican-dominated state legislature in Texas successfully amended House Bill (HB) 5, a proposal to expand rural broadband access throughout the state. A seemingly uncontroversial bill up until last week now is a vehicle for social conservative Republicans in the...