SALT LAKE CITY — In what appears to be the most invasive violation of constitutional rights in several years, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed House Bill (HB) 72 into law mandating that every cell phone and tablet sold in the state must have preinstalled porn filtering software. The...

WASHINGTON — Congress is developing several proposals to overhaul technology platform liability shields outlined under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and John Thune, R-South Dakota, reintroduced the Platform Accountability and...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s state legislature ended its annual session, recently. YNOT has covered, extensively, the evolution of House Bill (HB) 72 — a proposal that would mandate every single mobile phone and tablet sold in Utah to come preinstalled with porn filtering software as...

Editor’s Note: This post is the fourth in a series by YNOT’s LynseyG that gives an overview of the history of anti-porn sentiment in America. Part one provided an overview, part two covered anti-porn crusader Charles Keating and part three examined the role of feminist author...

LOS ANGELES — Critically acclaimed adult actress Alexis Texas is reportedly at the middle of an ongoing investigation into criminal violations of child protection laws in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Yeah, that Iran.  The starlet appears fully clothed after making a cameo in a...

ORLANDO — Former President Donald Trump has called for state governments to effectively repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 through state legislation. That’s his plea with conservative Republicans in state legislatures, at least, if congressional...

Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a series by YNOT’s LynseyG that gives an overview of the history of anti-porn sentiment in America. Look for additional installments in the series in the days ahead. Read the first post in the series here.  In this week’s look at...

WASHINGTON — The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) released the 2021 edition of their ‘Dirty Dozen’ List of organizations that ostensibly contribute to widespread sexual trafficking and exploitation. The list shows a willful ignorance of several things...

SAN FRANCISCO —  A California appellate court recently ruled that Twitter — as a digital platform protected under the Section 230 third-party liability shield — has the right to ban users who violate their terms of service. While this ruling was reached at a state court, it...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to repeal the Trump administration’s rules that essentially repealed net neutrality at the national level. Republicans, however, are relishing the opportunity to capitalize on the politics of entirely...