When OnlyFans announced it was going to ban pornography on its platform they were clearly participating in a campaign to police, restrict, and punish sexual pleasure. The reaction from sex workers and their allies was swift and fierce. Without these…
Join Larry Walters and Robert Corn-Revere as they update us on the legal battles over the constitutionality of FOSTA and Woodhull’s pending case. The speakers will address the impact of FOSTA on sex workers and online censorship by private platforms.…
In early April 2017, Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO) introduced the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act. Four months later, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act. And in 2018, as part of…
My name is Ricci Levy and I’m the President & CEO of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, founded in 2003. We’re a human rights organization whose work is focused at the intersection of sexual and human rights. We are the lead…
Since 1996, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has governed speech online speech. Like any law, Section 230 is imperfect. But as I wrote a few weeks ago, it is, in practice, the “First Amendment of the Internet,” a…
By Tess Joseph Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects freedom of speech online. Advocates call it the “First Amendment of the Internet.” In the words of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Section 230 is “perhaps the most influential law to protect…
