Sex News: Tumblr fallout, FOSTA havoc, Cardi B at AVN, the flipside of deepfakes

“Daily activities, like opening business accounts, have become problematic for sex workers because of the overreaching legislation, according to Akynos, founder of the Black Sex Workers Collective (BSWC). “It has made it impossible for us to walk into a bank and try to get a business account under our known title,” Akynos told Blavity.” *…

Sex News: UK porn IDs set for April, 2018 ruled for sex censorship, postcoital dysphoria study, and more

“Rules for how the ban on under-18s will work were quietly passed by the House of Commons on Monday this week – and are expected to be in place by April. From that date, anyone who visits a porn site from a British IP address will be asked for ‘proof’ they are 18, provided either…

Sex News: Tumblr bans porn, Starbucks bans porn, California stings sex workers, male contraceptive gel

“Tumblr will permanently ban adult content from its platform on December 17th in a move that will eradicate porn-related communities on the platform and fundamentally alter how the service is used. The ban includes explicit sexual content and nudity with a few exceptions.” * Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th (Verge) “With…

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Sex News: Tumblr bans sex harassment, HBO quits porn, religiosity predicts ‘porn addiction’

“Tumblr is to ban content that results in the “unwanted sexualisation or sexual harassment of others.” The social network says this includes non-consensual “creepshots” – sexually suggestive photos of clothed victims. In addition, it said it covers “deepfake” pornography, in which computer-generated images of a subject’s face are transplanted onto explicit photos or videos of…

Sex News: Bigfoot porn, Les Moonves, murder over porn, Fortnite porn parody, another Nxivm arrest

“A Democratic candidate in a hotly contested U.S. House race in Virginia has accused her opponent of supporting white supremacists — oh, and also of liking Bigfoot porn … “My ‘buddies’ thought this pic was fitting for my birthday next week,” read a caption, “and to celebrate my new book release in about a month…

Kink Your Kindle: Hot new books to educate, arouse, inspire #PrimeDay

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Sex News: The Stormy Daniels arrest, FOSTA lawsuit update, porn filter study findings, challenge to ‘gay panic’ murder defenses

“Columbus, Ohio, police on Thursday morning arrested Stormy Daniels, the stripper and porn actress allegedly paid to keep quiet about her 2006 affair with President Donald Trump, for violating Ohio’s Community Defense Act. She reportedly let patrons of the Sirens nightclub, who turned out to be undercover officers, touch her during her performance … A…

Sex News: FOSTA lawsuit development, UK sex work websites under attack, China’s progressive sex educators

“A self-appointed group of MPs (the “All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade”) fronted by Ms. Champion made a call to ban “prostitution websites” during a Wednesday House of Commons debate. Conflating sex work with trafficking just like their American counterparts, they claim websites where workers advertise and screen clients “directly and…