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...

WASHINGTON — Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court keeps pushing for Section 230 reform and to crack down on large technology companies. The high court this week dismissed as moot a lower court ruling that former Republican President Donald Trump...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Arizona, wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking that the Justice Department investigate the parent company of OnlyFans for promoting and profiting from ‘online prostitution.’ Now, Gosar wants Attorney General...

SALT LAKE CITY – Grammy award-winning artist Cardi B took to social media to criticize the Utah governor and state legislature for passing House Bill (HB) 72. HB 72 was signed by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox last month in a bid to regulate access to porn on every new mobile device...

NEW HAMPSHIRE — Colin Rowntree of Wasteland Studios got back to me late at night, over the weekend. He emailed me saying that he wanted to talk to me about his Succubus re-release and was piqued by my question regarding non-fungible tokens. Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are a...

Editor’s Note: This post is the sixth 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, part three examined the role of feminist author Andrea...