The History of Obscenity Laws in the United States (Part 3)
Two weeks ago we introduced our series on The History of Obscenity Laws in the United States, which is intended to bring adult industry participants up to speed on how ...
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Given the Chance, Would the Supreme Court Redefine “Obscenity”?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The consensus among the attorneys I’ve spoken to about Utah Senator Mike Lee’s “Interstate Obscenity Definition Act” (IODA) is that the legislation is unlikely to ever come ...
Mike Lee’s “Internet Obscenity Definition” is an Unconstitutional Mess
Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, introduced a pair of bills that could damage free speech on the internet significantly. The Shielding Children's Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net ...
Hagerty Pushes For Section 230 Repeal, Targets Sexual Content
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal accusing big tech of being protected by Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act and using ...
Your State Can “Fight Porn” Too – With Toothless Resolutions and Flawed Law
The Utah-based Deseret News has spilled considerable amounts of ink recently in praise of the state's legislature, which the news organization sees as leading a nationwide fight against the porn ...
Beto, Take Note: Danish Politician Runs Ad on Pornhub
When people heard that Danish politician Joachim Olsen had run an ad on Pornhub, most of them probably wondered why. Olsen says he did it for a laugh -- and ...
Porn Will Build the Border Wall in Arizona, Says State Rep
Arizona State Rep. Gail Griffin has introduced a bill to fund construction of a wall on the U.S./Mexico border -- by requiring consumers to pay a fee to turn off ...
The Promise Nobody in Porn Wants Trump to Keep
Back in the summer of 2016, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump signed a pledge averring that he'd "aggressively enforce" federal obscenity laws. Two and a half years later, what has become ...
Minn. Bill Would Require Porn-Blocking On Internet Capable Devices
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – While it went largely unremarked at the time, back in early March the Minnesota legislature added the Land of 10,000 Lakes to the growing list of ...
Another Reminder of the First Amendment’s Value
LONDON – While reading the story of erotic photographer Annabel Findlay’s dispute with a neighbor and a builder working on her neighbor’s house, it occurred to me what may stand ...
