Court reinstates lawsuit challenging online sex trafficking lawA First Amendment dispute over FOSTA-SESTA can go ahead.By J. Fingas, 01.26.2020
Democrats want to study FOSTA-SESTA's impact on sex workers onlinePoliticians want to know if kicking sex workers offline put them at risk.By J. Fingas, 12.17.2019
Sex, lies, and surveillance: Something's wrong with the war on sex traffickingTurns out, sex censorship is a lucrative growth market.By V. Blue, 05.31.2019
Why PayPal’s crackdown on ASMR creators should worry youMisogyny, weaponized (again).By V. Blue, 09.14.2018
EFF and human rights groups sue to have FOSTA declared unconstitutionalThey also want an injunction on the law while the case is being heard.By M. Locklear, 06.29.2018
Suicide, violence, and going underground: FOSTA’s body countNo traffickers were harmed in the enforcing of this law. By V. Blue, 04.27.2018
Backpage.com CEO pleads guilty to human traffickingCEO Carl Ferrer faces up to five years in prison and is cooperating with the prosecution.By R. Lawler, 04.12.2018
FOSTA-SESTA's real aim is to silence sex workers onlineUnder the cover of trafficking, sex workers are being silenced.By D. Cooper, 04.11.2018
Backpage.com was seized by the federal governmentThe FBI also raided the house of one of the site’s co-founders.By M. Locklear, 04.06.2018
Craiglist blocks personal ads to protest anti sex-trafficking lawIt wants to bring them back 'some day,' but can't under the current legal regime. By D. Cooper, 03.23.2018
Senate passes sex-trafficking bill that may lead to online censorshipIt now heads to the president for a signature.By M. Locklear, 03.21.2018
How 'sex trafficking' just opened the censorship floodgatesThrowing sex workers under the bus is actually the oldest profession. By V. Blue, 03.02.2018
House passes contentious anti-online sex trafficking billAnd the tech industry is divided on the issue. By M. Moon, 02.27.2018
Bipartisan support grows for online sex trafficking billThe Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act could become law fairly soon. By T. Seppala, 01.04.2018