Though Twitter once touted itself as “the free-speech wing of the free-speech party,” it moved past such free-speech absolutism under the reign of Twitter titan and part-time Rasputin-impersonator, Jack Dorsey, who recently announced that he’s departing as CEO of the…
Below are significant videos and podcasts concerning Backpage, Lacey and Larkin, FOSTA/SESTA, sex work and other related subjects. 1) “The War on Backpage Is a War on Sex Workers”: Reason documentary by Paul Detrick. This 38-minute documentary is required viewing…
California Senator Kamala Harris, one of the most inauthentic, Janus-faced Democratic politicians of recent memory, exited the presidential race on Tuesday, pointing the finger at others and failing to grasp the most important rule of leadership, or lack thereof: the…
Introduction: April 2018 — The FBI Seizes Backpage.com, and the McCains Rejoice Hours after news broke on April 6, 2018, that the FBI had seized the online listings giant Backpage.com and arrested seven current and former executives of the company,…
The Federal Government Has Been Waging a Trojan-Horse Assault on Sex Workers U.S. officials couched the passage of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) in March 2018, coupled with the FBI’s takedown of the online listings giant Backpage.com weeks later,…
FOSTA/SESTA: What Is It? The Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) is federal legislation that establishes new civil and criminal liabilities for interactive websites regarding content that involves sex work. Signed into law by President Donald Trump at a April…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a federal lawsuit on June 27 seeking to overturn FOSTA, a recently enacted federal law that makes it illegal to “facilitate” or “promote” prostitution online and expands civil and criminal liability for websites regarding sex…
More than two dozen sex workers and advocates for sex workers’ rights from across the nation convened in Los Angeles June 23-24 at the offices of the ACLU of Southern California for a strategy session to address harsh new federal legislation…
Seated in a McDonald’s in Phoenix, picking at a burger and fries with long, nervous fingers, Raquel, a trans woman of 29, recounted the horror of street prostitution that has followed the demise of the online listings giant Backpage.com. “It’s…
You’re unlikely to find a photo online of U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill sporting a pussy hat (oh, how we tried!), but the Missouri Democrat, who’s seeking a third term, has done her best to harness the energy of the January…
