Aneros Announces Instagram Retail Contest
Aneros has announced a social media contest on Instagram, open to retailers carrying Aneros-branded products.
'Shameless Sex' Reflects on Movember Instagram Campaign
"Shameless Sex" hosts Amy Baldwin and April Lampert have announced the close of their Movember Prostate Awareness Instagram campaign, which invited listeners to send in anonymous photos sharing tips about prostate health.
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.
Facebook Moderation Advisor: There's 'Nothing Wrong' With Consensual Pornography
Legal scholar Danielle Citron, a member of Facebook’s Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery Task Force, one of the company’s internal — and secretive — moderation advisory groups, has stated that “there’s nothing wrong with pornography as long as you chose it yourself.”
Facebook, Instagram Target Sex Workers With Updated 'Community Standards'
This past summer, without much fanfare, Facebook updated their Community Standards statement concerning sexual expression on the companies’ platforms, including Instagram.
Bedroom Products, Rock Candy Promote Instagram Giveaway
Bedroom Products and Rock Candy Toys have partnered with a number of sexual wellness brands in celebration of Sexual Health Month.
LELO Drafts Stoya as Influencer for SFW Instagram Campaign
Swedish pleasure products company LELO has partnered up with semi-retired adult performer Stoya for a clever Instagram ad that sidesteps parent company Facebook’s notorious anti-sex censorship practices.
Jessica Drake, Wicked Tout 'Divine' Return to Instagram
Wicked Pictures contract star Jessica Drake and director Brad Armstrong are touting the release of their inclusive artcore title “Divine” with a special Instagram feature.
We-Vibe Launches #UnmutePleasure Campaign Following Instagram Shutdown
After We-Vibe's Instagram account was shut down earlier this week, the pleasure product manufacturer has fired back at the social media giant, launching an #UnmutePleasure campaign and rallying industry support.
U.S. Justice Department to Probe Tech Giants' Business Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced yesterday that it is currently reviewing the business practices of “market-leading” online platforms, including search engines and social media companies.
Instagram Addresses Confusing New Content Moderation Policy
Instagram published a blog post today announcing some changes in the app's moderation policy and appeals process.
Instagram Policy Team Meets With APAG, Listens to Adult Performers' Concerns
Representatives from the Adult Performers Actors Guild (APAG), a federally recognized union, met today with top-level Instagram Public Policy executives at Facebook headquarters in the Bay Area to discuss a number of issues concerning adult performers who are active in the world’s leading image-based social network.
Official Instagram, Facebook Reps Agree to Meet APAG Leaders to Discuss Sex Worker, Adult Industry Issues
Official Instagram and Facebook representatives have agreed to an unprecedented meeting with leaders of the Adult Performers Actors Guild, a federally recognized trade union representing adult industry performers, to discuss issues related to the social media presence of adult performers and other sex workers.
Vogue Instagram Spotlights Abigail Mac, Adriana Chechik L.A. #Pride Kiss
The official Instagram of Vogue Magazine shared a photo of 2019 XBIZ Female Performer of the Year Abigail Mac and award-winning Adriana Chechik kissing passionately at the L.A. Pride parade.
Instagram and the 'War on Porn': An XBIZ Explainer
For the past six weeks, XBIZ has been conducting an extensive investigation into the deletion of an unusually large number of Instagram accounts of adult performers since the beginning of this year.
Voodoo Toys' Plug Walk Makes Appearance on 'Real Housewives' Star's Instagram
“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” cast member Kyle Richards recently showed off Voodoo Toys’ Plug Walk anal toy in an Instagram story.
'Shameless Sex' Podcast Hosts 'Self-Pleasure Challenge' on Instagram
Weekly sex-positive podcast “Shameless Sex” will be hosting a “Self-Pleasure 30-Day Challenge” on Instagram in celebration of Masturbation May 2019.
Twitter, Instagram Fail to Stop Shadowy Campaign Against Porn Stars
Last evening, news site Jezebel posted an article analyzing an organized, ongoing campaign of targeted harassment and elimination of a large number of adult performers’ accounts from multiple social media platforms.
'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.
Sharesome Responds to Instagram Policy Changes
Tudor Bold, CEO of NSFW social media platform Sharesome, and the company’s two founders, Ralf Kappe and Tam Tam, have responded to Instagram following its announcement that it has “begun reducing the spread of posts that are inappropriate but do not go against Instagram’s Community Guidelines.”