Late in our phone interview, Ed Powers says something I hadn’t seen coming, at all: “By the way, this interview here – I’ve announced it’s my last interview.” Ed’s matter-of-fact manner in proclaiming this takes me aback momentarily. After all, I hadn’t called him expecting to be...

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— The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to repeal the Trump administration’s rules that essentially repealed net neutrality at the national level.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...

WASHINGTON — Jack Dorsey, the chief executive officer of Twitter, Inc., told a group of investors that he views that potentially stricter rules for Section 230 could be harmful to the survival of the open-internet and digital-first industries. “Content moderation is a practice...

SALT LAKE CITY — Where were you when porn was declared a public health crisis by the state of Utah? I was driving through the city of St. George, with my spouse, on our way to Las Vegas to visit her parents and family. We were stuck listening to conservative talk radio. Nothing...

WASHINGTON — Even during an ongoing public health crisis, Congress remains preoccupied with reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) recently proposed a sweeping fix to the benchmark 1996 law...