The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017” (FOSTA) earlier this week.

FOSTA is controversial bill which its supporters say helps prevent sex trafficking. Critics, however, say that FOSTA excessively erodes the protection available to website operators with respect to content posted by third parties, among many other things.

We broke down the inner workings of FOSTA, including weigh-ins from legal experts Karen Tynan and Larry Walters, here — but what does the sex work community think? Here are some insights.

Lorelei Lee broke down why FOSTA matters to performers and encouraged people to contact their political representatives — and have their fans and followers help, as well.

4. When faced with criminal penalties, online platforms like twitter are not going to bother sorting through which of us are working in adult film and which of us are providing direct services. Online platforms do not care about losing us.

— Lorelei Lee (@MissLoreleiLee) February 28, 2018

SO, lets use these online platforms while we've got them! Together we have so much reach! We stopped Prop 60. We stopped AB 1576. We can do it again. Tell your fans to support you by calling their Senators and asking them to OPPOSE H.R. 1865 aka #FOSTA

— Lorelei Lee (@MissLoreleiLee) February 28, 2018

Janice Griffith discussed calling representative at length in her Twitter feed (including addressing her own nervousness at making the call, a very humanizing element) — and followed up to see how representatives actually voted.

i called @RepTedLieu today to ask him to oppose #FOSTA and i found out that he voted in favor, so i will be doing all that i can to make sure he knows what he's done to our communities – including the danger he's put his constituents in.

— janice (@rejaniced) February 28, 2018

You too can see how representatives voted:

want to see how your elected representative voted? https://t.co/ntLZAsgjGc

— janice (@rejaniced) February 28, 2018

Organizations spoke out about the impact FOSTA will have.

FOSTA criminalizes harm reduction and anti-violence work: teaching people how to screen for safe clients, hosting resource kits online, asking for referrals, hosting a bad date list, & other online peer support. It’s BAD for sex workers & their loved ones #SurvivorsAgainstFOSTA

— SWOP Behind Bars (@swopbehindbars) February 26, 2018

…and others shared a litany of information.

Final House vote on #FOSTA expected shortly today. Here's why anti-trafficking advocates told me that #FOSTA is no solution and actually poses dangers to survivors of trafficking and sex workers: https://t.co/xCLHldTiKN

— Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) February 27, 2018

Some offered outreach advice:

What should people do? Allies should talk about it to their friends who aren't down with sex work. Read up on some talking points and interrupt, nae, bring it up in casual conversation. Know the difference between human trafficking and sex work. #SurvivorsAgainstFOSTA

— ?Vaughn Wolff? (@The_VaughnWolff) March 1, 2018

Ultimately though, FOSTA has passed the House — and no one actually gives a shit about sex workers.

House passes sex trafficking bill that could limit free speech online https://t.co/An2S76EtRs #FOSTA

— Bruno J. Navarro (@Bruno_J_Navarro) March 1, 2018