Adult entertainment has never backed away from a fight, and one of its longest-running battles has been to gain the ear of influential lawmakers in order to have a say in legislation that affects the thousands of people who work in the industry. But it’s been a long, uphill...

WASHINGTON — Adult-oriented entertainment platforms should pay attention to a new bill introduced in Congress by members of the Democratic majority. The bill, the “Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act,” purportedly is intended “to prohibit...

It’s starting to feel like the news media has smelled blood in the water. After adult industry titan Pornhub became a target for anti-porn activists and credit card companies alike, a feeding frenzy seems to be fast approaching. The atmosphere is ripe for more allegations leveled...

WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives announced last Thursday that they have introduced a House version of the SAFE TECH Act as a companion bill to the controversial Senate version that was introduced by Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Amy...

If you work in the adult entertainment business and you have some positive news to share about your company or your career, don’t bother looking to the mainstream media for help. It’s not that they don’t cover porn, because they do. Typically though when they’re writing...

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats introduced the Online Consumer Protection Act (OCPA) earlier this month in another bid to take on Section 230 reform. Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) and Kathy Castor (D-Florida) are the primary sponsors for the Act, focusing on the...

WASHINGTON — In the ongoing fight over big tech and Section 230 accountability, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, is no stranger to arguing batshit crazy ideas about how the internet works. As the title of this post suggests, Sen. Hawley has been further presenting himself as a...

Back in February, I undertook a series exploring why there’s always someone out to get the porn industry. Over the past three months, I’ve written eight of the most prominent anti-porn crusaders of the past six and a half decades, from Charles Keating, who Nixon appointed to the...

WASHINGTON — According to federal spending data, the Department of Justice (DOJ) under former President Donald Trump awarded nearly $240,000 in 2020 through a block grant to the controversial anti-porn group the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE). The grant, awarded...

It’s 2021 and gay/lesbian adult performers are finally being portrayed online as ‘natural and normal’ human beings, as straight performers have been for years. But transsexual performers? Even today, they are frequently cast in sex scenes that portray them as novelties at best...