Yesterday I spoke at UC Santa Barbara in a Film Pornography Studies class! They even had students dedicated to studying me and delivering a whole PowerPoint and then I did a whole Q&A panel on porn and my career 🥹 the kids are gna be alright

I prompted the AI to render 'state legislature Republican anti-porn zealots who introduce bogus 'age verification' laws written by religious groups to eradicate all sex content from the internet because of unprocessed shame.'

(Jk — these are actual Oklahoma legislators):

This time is personal: the religious conservatives trying to ban porn through “age verification” laws teamed up with a Modesto cop to pass one of their censorship bills in California.

Listen to Free Speech Coalition exec director Alison Boden debunk the Exodus Cry BS:

I prompted the AI to render 'state legislature Republican anti-porn zealots who introduce bogus 'age verification' laws written by religious groups to eradicate all sex content from the internet because of unprocessed shame.'

(Jk — these are actual Oklahoma legislators):

Attention Performers and Creators based in California: a right-wing Republican Assemblymember (formerly a cop from Modesto) has convinced legislators from both parties to push through a copycat version of the age verification bill drafted by religious anti-porn crusaders:

If people had listed to sex workers from the start, we wouldn't be in this place.

But here we are, a country quickly being divided into states that allow a free, open internet, and those building a burgeoning sexual surveillance state.

XBIZ breaks down the state of the fight over age-verification — and how the work being done by advocates like Mike Stabile and Alison Boden and others have been crucial to fighting back a tidal wave of censorship legislation.

XBIZ Mike Stabile 'Faith-based groups use anxiety around porn to force through what are essentially surveillance measures. They’re quite open about their goals: the groups pushing these bills see age-verification as a stepping stone to banning porn entirely.' Mike Stabile
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Have a good weekend, everyone:

Opinion: Why Device-Based Age Verification is the Key to Protecting Minors Online @pornhub xbiz.com/news/281228/op…

XBIZ Mike Stabile 'Pretty much the entire American South has eliminated access to a free internet. They’ve created huge liability for those who create adult content and those who access it. In Jan. 2024, 9 states had age-verification laws. Now we’re up to 20.' Mike Stabile
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IMPORTANT: If you're gonna read *ONE* article on what's going on rn with the attempt to ban porn online in the U.S. through 'age verification' laws, this is it.

Interview with Mike Stabile from fabio, who is at the forefront of this fight for free speech and against censorship:

Also, the 'Catholic Vote' news site heralded the Georgia 'age verification' law with a peculiar, overtly censorship-endorsing headline underlining these bills real intention: 'Georgia joins list of states shutting down porn sites as governor signs age verification law.”

The researcher (literally, in the article): 'Consumers should not make any causal inferences from my findings.'

The Yahoo News headline writer (not giving two fucks in order to spread anti-porn panic):
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