Va. Bill Requires Porn Filters On Web-Connected Devices
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia is the latest state to contemplate passing a version of the legislation known as the Human Trafficking Prevention Act (HTPA), which has been introduced to the ...
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Creators: ‘Adult Content Ban May Cost Patreon Big Bucks’
SAN FRANCISCO – Twenty-five to 35 percent of the material on crowdfunding platform Patreon is adult content, according to figures released Friday by the Open Letter Working Group. The group ...
Patreon Censors Content; Creators Fight Back
SAN FRANCISCO – Patreon, a crowdfunding site where fans pay artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers and other creative individuals for exclusive access to work not available elsewhere, updated its terms of ...
Tumblr Declines South Korea’s Porn-regulation Request
SEOUL – The U.S.-based social platform Tumblr has declined a request from the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) to regulate porn on the service, stating the company is not subject ...
U.K. Fear: ‘MindGeek Will Be Facebook of Age-Verification’
LONDON – Multinational adult entertainment conglomerate MindGeek has become the boogeyman in the contentious U.K. debate about age-verification and internet porn. Beginning in April 2018, adult websites must verify all ...
Mainstream Media Clickbait Feeds Anti-Porn Hysteria
LONDON – No one is immune from clickbait, it seems. “Mobile Phone Porn Fuels Rise of Sex Crimes in Schools” screams a headline on the July 17 edition of The ...
We Can’t Blame the Internet for Terrorism or Porn
First, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s conservative government cracked down on adult entertainment, online and off, in ways many inside and outside the industry fear will lead to “regulation creep” ...
Money Talks. In China, It Says ‘Censorship Please.’
BEIJING – Whether the entity in question is a government or a corporation, every organization that operates internationally must make decisions about its "foreign policy." Among the toughest of the decisions ...
Despite UN Criticism, Digital Economy Bill Moves Ahead
LONDON – Despite harsh criticism from the United Nations’ free-speech representative and other opponents, the U.K.’s Digital Economy Bill is set to receive a second hearing in the House of ...
Backpage Dumps Adult Ads, Alleges Censorship
WASHINGTON, D.C. – International classified advertising site Backpage, whose owners are facing criminal charges in at least two states, shuttered its adult-services ads sections on Monday after a scathing congressional ...
