War On Porn
Michigan Judge: These Are 'No Ordinary Times' to Discriminate Against Adult Businesses
An Eastern Michigan court decision on Monday established that local strip clubs should be eligible for the Payment Protection Program (PPP) administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as part of the U.S. Congress-approved COVID-19 relief package, regardless of the “prurient clause” included as part of the application.
Chicago's Iconic Admiral Theatre Suing SBA Over 'Prurient' Clause
A popular Chicago adult entertainment venue is suing the Small Business Administration (SBA) over the “prurient clause” in its loan application for pandemic relief.
Catholic Bishops Pressure Justice Department to Revive Obscenity Task Force
A group of Catholic bishops wrote a letter to the Department of Justice last Thursday urging Attorney General William Barr to revive its Obscenity Prosecution Task Force to target the legal adult entertainment industry in the U.S.
Anti-Porn Lobby NCOSE Amps Up Pressure on Credit Card Companies
Religiously inspired anti-porn lobby National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is currently stepping up its pressure on credit card companies to force them to stop processing payments for sexually-oriented industries, according to documents reviewed by XBIZ.
Leading Religious Anti-Porn Group Exploits COVID-19 to Spread Propaganda
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), a religiously-inspired lobby that is behind the language of the discredited “porn is a public health crisis” campaign, continues exploiting the actual COVID-19 health crisis to persuade corporations to spread their propaganda message.
Opinion: Anti-Porn Activists and Politicians Have a Pornhub Fixation
One of the distinctive traits of the current wave of anti-porn propaganda — mainly spread by well-funded, religiously inspired nonprofits, and an influence on politicians and public officials across the political spectrum worldwide — is the tendency to focus the attacks and the blame on one particular company as a smokescreen for their actual goals: the abolition or eradication of all sex work, all of adult entertainment or even all sexual expression in public forums.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Mandates Porn Filter for COVID Aid
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has released its mandate for health care professionals seeking economic aid as part of the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes a requirement that porn blockers be installed on the computer network of any facility receiving these funds.
Michigan Strip Club Sues Over SBA Loan's 'Sex Business Exclusion'
DV Diamond Club of Flint, the company doing business as gentlemen's club Little Darlings in Flint, Michigan, sued the Small Business Administration (SBA) and federal officials on Wednesday over the discriminatory language against sexually-oriented businesses in the disaster loan application for COVID-19 relief.
FSC Releases Policy Statement Regarding Utah's 'Porn Warning' Law
Adult industry trade group the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has released a policy statement clarifying their position on Utah’s “porn warning” law.
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.”
Utah Passes Law Requiring Warning Label for Adult Content
The State of Utah has passed legislation that mandates all adult content carry a specific warning label.
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.
Why Is Liberal Paper The Guardian Publishing 'Porn Is Human Trafficking' Propaganda?
Over the past few months, several articles and editorials with a distinct War On Porn propaganda slant have been appearing under the banner of The Guardian, the influential transatlantic news organization based in London and New York, which bills itself as "the world's leading liberal voice."
Anti-Porn Activists Still Fixated on 'Porn Addiction Health Crisis' During Pandemic
As scientists and public health officials continue to recommend masturbation as the safest form of sex during the quarantine, anti-porn activists are using the COVID-19 pandemic to double down on their #NoFap narrative.
Vatican Insider Decries Free Porn for Italy Offer as 'Evil'
One of the leaders in the Catholic Church's fight against sexual abuse within its own clergy has called all adult content "a terrible, serious evil" and "addictive," while commenting this week on a current Pornhub campaign to deliver free porn to quarantined people in Italy.
Utah Legislator Behind Anti-Porn Bill Once Penned Defense of Homophobic Speech
Brady Brammer, the Utah legislator who is sponsoring the current bill that would force all "obscene material" distributed in the state, including via the internet, to attach an unnecessary and unconstitutional warning that the material "may damage or negatively impact minors," authored a 2006 essay arguing for the equivalence of gay rights speech and religiously inspired homophobic speech, and asking for the latter to be protected.
Canadian MP Laurel Collins Speaks About Advocating for Consensual Sex Work
An interview with Canadian MP Laurel Collins, spotlighting consensual sex work, has been published by online adult entertainment guide Slixa.
Questions from Appeals Judges Reveal Anti-Porn Prejudice in Copyright Infringement Ruling
Several questions posed by judges at a D.C. Court of Appeals hearing last Friday — concerning the right of Strike 3 Holdings to obtain the names of people they believe to be infringing their copyrights via Bit Torrent — challenged a lower court's decision against the adult production company by pointing to language that appears to indicate bias against pornographic content.
New Bipartisan Bill Directly Threatens Section 230 of Communications Decency Act
Free speech advocates, tech lobbyists, civil liberties groups and others are raising the alarm about legislation unveiled Thursday, intended to combat "online sexual abuse of children," that threatens Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act which protects tech companies from liability for content posted by users of their websites or platforms.