Mike Stabile

Sex workers' rights and feminism have always intertwined, even if certain feminists don't want to acknowledge it.

15 CSR 60-17.030 Operation of an Internet Platform, Application, or Search Engine (1) It is an unfair, deceptive, fraudulent, or otherwise unlawful practice for any person or commercial entity to operate a website, application, or self-contained sexual content segment, including a social media platform, knowing (or with reckless disregard about the fact) that the website, application, or self-contained sexual content segment contains a substantial portion of material pornographic for minors and is accessible in the State of Missouri, unless such individual or commercial entity uses reasonable age verification methods as described by 15 CSR 60-17.040 to verify that the individual attempting to access the website, application, or self-contained segment of the website or application is 18 years of age or older. This paragraph shall not apply to search engines. (2) It is an unfair, deceptive, fraudulent, or otherwise unlawful practice for any person or commercial entity to operate a search engine unless the search engine blurs out or makes unavailable images, GIFs, or videos depicting material pornographic for minors that can be viewed from the search engine landing page in the State of

The Missouri AG has already used it to threaten search engines, arguing they need to pro-actively censor content in order to avoid run afoul of the law.

Here, it's about porn. But it's hard not to see how this could be abused to force deranking, delisting and other censorship of resources.

"Deceptive trade practice" laws were meant to protect consumers from fraud or faulty products.

More recently, conservatives have been using it to go after speech, and websites that host it, arguing that speech they want to censor is harmful, and thus the websites are faulty.

The Attorneys General of Arkansas and Missouri are threatening websites that provide information on reproductive care of violating deceptive trade practice law.

Perhaps not coincidentally, it's the same rational being used by the Missouri AG to censor sexual speech online.

Here come the sex tariffs.

GTA Online will add age verification to comply with UK laws claims insider Rockstar is said to be planning an age verification system for GTA Online, with GTA 6 rumoured to be following suit for its online mode.

Grand Theft Auto will apparently require UK users to scan their face or undergo other identity verification, in response to the countries new Online Safety Law.

Billionaire Reuben brothers in talks to invest in consortium circling OnlyFans David and Simon Reuben in discussions to invest in consortium led by LA investment firm Forest Road

One of Britain's richest families is in talks to acquire OnlyFans as part of a consortium of global investors.

Britain's most tattooed man has more time on his hands after law change The King of Ink has been blocked from chatting to webcam girls.

"Some of the websites are asking for picture verification, like selfies, and it’s not recognising my face. It’s saying 'remove your mask' .. Would this also be the case for someone who is disfigured? They should have thought of this from day one."

White can of beer labeled "Pornography" on a table

Using sex to sell sex censorship is certainly a choice!

Shot of Olivia Bentley dropping her pants on the floor. We see from the top of her thigh, to the floor, implying she's now naked.

"The clip starts with Ms Bentley entering her home and – apparently – removing her top just out of view of the camera. She then takes a can of beer from a fridge labelled 'pornography', before addressing the camera, fully clothed: 'Now I’ve got your attention.'"

A picture of Made in Chelsea star Olivia Bentley holding a white beer can labeled "Pornography"

Nothing rolls off the tongue like "pornography beer"

Influencers hired to promote new porn age-verification laws Reality stars and YouTubers have posted Ofcom-sponsored videos in support of Online Safety Act

The British government is paying online influencers to make censorship propaganda promoting the disastrous Online Safety Act.

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Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet Around the world, more users are being asked the same question: Can we see some ID?

"An overzealous U.K. law in the country’s long tradition of disregarding civil liberties in favor of surveillance wouldn’t be such a big deal on its own But it’s emblematic of a larger trend: a comprehensively different internet where, before you can do anything, you need to reveal who you are."

It’s a golden age for Cassandras.

Tweet from X's Global Government Affairs account: UK's Online Safety Push Shows What Happens When Oversight Becomes Overreach The UK's Online Safety Act began rolling out early 2025, introducing several new mandates, some of which are aimed at protecting children from harmful online content. Included in the Act's mandates, however, are measures that prevent adults from encountering "illegal" content and steps to ensure age verification that limit adults' anonymity online. As a result, the Act's laudable intentions are at risk of being overshadowed by the breadth of its regulatory reach. Without a more balanced, collaborative approach, free speech will suffer. To date, regulators have taken a heavy-handed approach by rapidly increasing enforcement resources, adding layers of bureaucratic oversight and signaling an aggressive approach to ensuring compliance. Instead of specifically and collaboratively addressing a problem everyone agrees needs to be solved, many are now concerned that a plan ostensibly intended to keep children safe is at risk of seriously infringing on the public's right to free expression. This risk is not a surprise to the UK government. When lawmakers approved these measures, they made a conscientious decision to increase censorship in the name of "online safety." It is fair to ask if UK citizens were equally aware of the trade-off being made.

X: "When lawmakers approved these measures, they made a conscientious decision to increase censorship in the name of 'online safety"

NO SHIT SHERLOCK

Musk's X: Britain's Internet safety law 'seriously infringes' free speech - UPI.com X says Britain's newly-enacted Online Safety Act "seriously" is on the cusp of violating free speech masked as the fight to protect kids from explicit online content.

So many people suddenly deathly concerned about the censorship that the sex industry has been dealing with for years.

This is what "canary in the coal mine" means.

This is why you defend speech even if you don't like it.

This is why you listen to people on the margins.

It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”

Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this

What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!

me hitting that panic button

lolllollololl

Screen shot of NoFap forum on Reddit mature content warning.

Reddit has now blocked r/NoFap in the UK over the Online Safety Act.

The anti-masturbation forum can now not be accessed unless you submit biometrics or identifying information.

they love it!

"Do not jerk off or you will turn gay" is a pretty big tell itself.

It's always just warmed over anti-masturbation rhetoric. These guys are never "oh, just use your imagination, my dude," it's "suppress sexual desire."

That's the tell.

And so, when they were designing Quittr, McLaren and Slater decided to appeal to this cohort-by using the same no-nonsense, paternally stern rhetoric of the self-improvement podcasters who inspired them. They adopted the neuroscience lingo of Huberman and Williamson while mixing in a healthy dose of hypermasculine humiliation. Calling porn "gay," referring to viewers as "losers": The aim was to make porn uncool.

You may not be surprised that they refer to themselves as "the clean version of Andrew Tate," cite Jordan Peterson as an influence, NoFap as evidence, and hope to convince people to avoid porn by calling it "gay."

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Their most-used feature is the "panic button," meant to be pressed in moments of corporeal weakness. Activating it vibrates your phone and turns the front-facing camera on, holding up a mirror to users right before they relapse. "The big thing is shame, like, look at how stupid you look," McLaren said. "That was the thought behind the camera."

Antiporn tech bros says they're killer app is an anti-horny a panic button that turns on your phone's front-facing camera when you're tempted to masturbate.

"The big thing is shame, like, look how stupid you look."

Why Sydney Sweeney’s Body Is Causing a Total Meltdown For a few short years, ads had to buy into the fiction that anyone can be beautiful. Now, the vibe shift is here, and it’s hot, blond, and sprawled over a Mustang, writes Kara Kennedy.

The evidence for the "left's total meltdown" is a handful of tweets and a quote from Doja Cat. But you'd be forgiven for imagining that — as with Dylan Mulvaney's Bud Light can —that Congress had gotten involved and state AGs were suing.

Great "traditional" journalism, free press.

Bold of Bari Weiss to come out in favor of calling people ugly. It turns out that conventional beauty standards aren't subjective or cultural, but written in our genetic make-up. See ya, fuglies!

"Did they mean to include a bunch of Nazi dog whistles in this?" is an appropriate pull quote.

Anthropomorphic dip-pen and inkwell stand infront of a table stacked with books. Pen holds a sign with '18+' drawn on the center, with a heart around it. Inkwell is holding a paper colored rainbow with 'LGBTQA' upon it. Inkwell is holding a hand up in a 'stop' motion. Behind the table is the vague sense of a crowd also holding signs. Above image it reads: "CARTOONISTS Against Adult Content CENSORSHIP"

The Cartoonist Co-op stands against the censorship and pay discrimination of 18+, erotic, and NSFW artists.

Check the link below for our official statement, ways to take action, and resources.
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