Censorship
Spokesperson: SBA Will 'Probably Not' Waive Loan Exclusion for 'Prurient' Sex Businesses
A spokesperson for the Small Business Administration (SBA) told news site Buzzfeed that the federal agency will “probably not” waive the language explicitly excluding “prurient” sex workers and sex businesses from CARES disaster relief application.
APAG's Alana Evans Pens Op-Ed Calling SBA Loan Application 'Discriminatory'
Alana Evans, president of the Adult Performers Actors Guild (APAG) penned an op-ed for mainstream news site The Daily Beast about “how discriminatory it is that the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus excludes sex workers.”
Debate Over SBA Loan's 'Sex Business Exclusion' Hinges on Obscure Word 'Prurient'
The debate over whether sex workers and sex-oriented businesses can apply for federal disaster relief loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)’s “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security” (CARES) program continues, with a focus on the interpretation of the word “prurient.”
Disaster Relief Application Explicitly Excludes 'Prurient' Sex Workers, Adult Businesses
The federal application for COVID-19-related disaster relief for small businesses, issued by the Trump administration’s U.S. Small Business Administration (USSBA) this week, explicitly disqualifies any sex worker or sex oriented business who may derive income from “presenting live performances of a prurient sexual nature” or “through the sale of products or services, or the presentation of any depictions or displays, of a prurient sexual nature.
Top Adult Stars, Soft Leather to Host Anti-Censorship 'Sleaze Ball'
Some of the adult industry's top names will host a special Soft Leather event, The Sleaze Ball, on Saturday, March 14.
GOP Legislators in South Dakota Hijack 'Revenge Porn' Bill to Demand Broad Censorship
A state representative in South Dakota introduced a bizarre bill last Thursday that attempts to create a loophole to censor sexual expression while avoiding the obvious First Amendment issues.
FSC Releases Policy Statement Regarding Proposed Utah Censorship Bill
The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has released a policy statement regarding Utah's proposed censorship legislation mandating labeling of "pornographic" material.
GameWithMe Launches Censorship-Free Live Gaming Platform
GameWithMe is officially launching Thursday with a new design for the live platform that allows streamers and members to dictate the content of the broadcast.
Facebook Releases Instagram Censorship Data in Latest 'Transparency Report'
Facebook has just released a document entitled “Transparency Report,” a biannual statement regarding their content moderation and censorship policies. For the first time, the report includes data gathered by their subsidiary Instagram, which also uses the Facebook Community Standards.
Woodhull Panel Examines FOSTA and Censorship
The Woodhull Freedom Foundation is the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging FOSTA. Its legal challenge started in the spring of 2018, when the organization began to struggle with its online promotion of events involving sex workers at its annual Sexual Freedom Summit.
Pornhub, Redtube Reincarnate in India as .org, .net Sites After Censorship
Popular tubesites Pornhub and Redtube have reentered the Indian market as “Pornhub.org” and “Redtube.net, after being banned by the country’s restrictive censorship laws.
ManyVids Fights Backs Against Social Media Censorship With MV Social
ManyVids is taking a proactive stand against social media censorship with the expansion of its MV Social initiative.
Never Mind the Body Fluids: Twitter's New TOS Ramp Up All-Around Porn Censorship
While the adult community on Twitter continues focusing on specific items in Twitter’s latest revision to their Terms of Service (TOS) concerning what the company calls “sensitive material,” a careful reading of the new policy unveiled in March 2019 reveals a deliberate ramping up of porn censorship across the platform.
Dame Products Sues MTA Over Censorship
Dame Products, the female-fronted pleasure product manufacturer, is suing New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on grounds of sexism in regards to the company's proposed advertising campaign.
Escalating Censorship, Discrimination Sparks Sex-Positive Activism
Today’s generation of sex toy lovers has been lucky enough to have the most access to pleasure products and sex education than ever before.
'Be A Bimbo' Opposes Instagram Censorship
“Be A Bimbo” founder Alicia Amira is taking a stand against Instagram’s self-regulation of “sexually suggestive” content that may now not show up in feeds or searches or be deleted entirely.
Online Censorship Gains Momentum With Instagram's New Policy
“Reduce, remove, inform” is the name of the game over at Facebook and as of yesterday, they’ve rolled out more policy designed to ensure that the content they recommend to people “is both safe and appropriate for the community,” as per their company newsroom.
SXSW Confronts Sex Censorship, Draws Controversy
Andrea Baricca, CEO and Founder of O.School, inadvertently set the Twittersphere abuzz last night when she posted regarding a speaking engagement at the upcoming SXSW Festival.
Abigail Mac Talks Anti-Porn Censorship on ABC's 'Nightline'
As social media and academia, once the greatest defenders of free speech, increasingly flex their censorship muscles to dictate what content the American public should and should not be exposed to, ABC’s "Nightline" delved into the recent porn banning efforts of Tumblr and Notre Dame students.
HarrietSugarcookie.com Tackles Censorship, Brexit
HarrietSugarcookie.com is shining a spotlight on a new U.K. law that is set to go into effect this summer, potentially restricting access to over four million adult websites worldwide.