AUSTIN – The Attorneys General of Texas and California both announced the entry of guilty pleas by Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer, with Texas additionally securing a guilty plea on the part of the company itself to charges of human trafficking. According to a statement released by...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – In an email sent to Google Analytics administrators on Wednesday, the company announced “important product changes” which could impact administrators’ analytics data and other updates to the service in preparation for the implementation of Europe’s General...

SAN BRUNO, Calif. – If you’ve ever worked for an adult affiliate program, chances are you’re acutely aware of the problems individual affiliates can cause, often without meaning to do so. Whether it’s spamming the known universe with hardcore images which link to your sites, or...

LOS ANGELES – In a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles, adult performer Nikki Benz alleges she was subjected to battery, assault, sexual battery, various civil rights violations and gender violence while shooting a scene on December 17, 2016. The lawsuit, which names MindGeek...

The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has issued a statement on the seizure of Backpage.com. The full statement is below, and can be read on the FSC website here. Last week’s seizure of Backpage.com is a disaster for the health and safety of consensual sex workers. The closure of a...

PHOENIX – Often lost in the debate surrounding the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (“FOSTA”) and Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (“SESTA”) is a question which seems like it should have been central to the conversation: Is a change in law really needed for prosecutors to target...

FRANKFURT – One of Europe’s best-known adult brands will soon receive a much-needed shot in the arm, in the form of an investment from an asset management firm which has a “strong focus on debt obligations.” Beate Uhse, which filed for bankruptcy restructuring late last year,...

LIMASSOL, Cyprus – Adult industry ad network TrafficStars announced today it has upgraded its technology to “completely eradicate blind clicks” on the company’s Native Ads. In a statement released about the upgrade, TrafficStars claimed it is now the only adult ad network “to...

WASHINGTON – Even though the legislation has yet to be signed into law, the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) is already having a chilling effect on internet-based speech. As has been reported far and wide, Craigslist shuttered its personal ads section soon after the...

LOS ANGELES – Attorneys representing Essential Consultants, the company established by Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen in negotiating a nondisclosure agreement and settlement with Stormy Daniels (AKA Stephanie Clifford) to maintain her silence concerning her alleged affair...