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...

Back in 2018, there was a flurry of adult-related cryptocurrency projects, products and companies announced. Cryptocurrency wasn’t “new” to the industry at the time, of course; some adult platforms have offered their customers the ability to pay in crypto going back nearly a...

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...

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...