OTTAWA, Canada — The Canadian government announced a call for public comments from stakeholders and Canadian citizens regarding a controversial proposal that could regulate online content. The call was motivated in part by the increased scrutiny over MindGeek, the parent company...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), with Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), introduced the Health Misinformation Act (HMA) to combat conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and other health crises from spreading across social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. The...

LOS ANGELES — The adult entertainment industry has always been a technology disruptor.  Even in the modern era, technology entrepreneurs continue to find ways to innovate sex tech and adult content creation and distribution. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies, for instance, have...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The original version of this post incorrectly stated that the court had granted the order of a preliminary injunction proposed by the plaintiffs. The post has been amended the post to reflect that the filing in question is the plaintiffs’ proposed...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has issued a new executive order meant to encourage greater competition in several industries across the country. While the order takes an anti-trust stance against large telecommunications firms, it also asks the Federal Communications Commission...

VALLEY CENTER, Calif. — “Flag it! Flag it! Flag it!” Coralyn Jewel, a popular adult star and director, slapped a slot machine hoping for huge returns.  I sat next to her on the casino floor at the Harrah’s Resort Southern California on the Rincon Indian...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla) introduced last week yet another bill intended to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 and hold tech platforms accountable for alleged spates of censorship. Rubio, a former presidential candidate for the Republican...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — You read that right: Fast-food giant CKE Restaurants Holdings, the parent company of chains like Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s, has decided to utilize the future of premium social networking sites to deliver on a next-level marketing scheme propping up the...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the federal government’s congressional watchdog agency, released a report on June 21 measuring the impact of the benchmark FOSTA-SESTA anti-sex trafficking legislation that former President Donald Trump signed...

AUSTIN — It’s hard to say. This much we know: Free Speech Coalition communications director Mike Stabile posted to his Twitter feed last week that the state of Texas may have prohibited the production of porn in the Lone Star state. Stabile noted: “Now, granted,...