The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments today in the high-stakes age verification case Free Speech Coalition et al. v. Paxton, which involves the adult entertainment industry and the state of Texas. A decision is expected during the summer.
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A GOP lawmaker in New Hampshire has introduced a device-based pornography filtering measure to be considered before the state’s General Court. The New Hampshire General Court is the state’s bicameral legislature and will consider an approach to content filtering that companies like Aylo have supported.
In a blow to Democratic President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in its defense of its controversial net neutrality rules, implemented earlier this year.
In an encouraging sign for sex workers, California State Representative Ro Khanna and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have reintroduced the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act, which aims to study the effects of FOSTA-SESTA.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, an anti-porn Republican, has motioned for a stay in a lawsuit brought by the Free Speech Coalition challenging the state’s controversial age verification law, House Bill (HB) 3. The law is scheduled to enter force on Jan. 1, 2025.
Starting Jan. 1, 2025, Aylo will geo-block IP addresses based in the state of Florida from accessing Pornhub.com and the company’s other websites due to an age verification law entering force that targets explicitly adult websites.
An L.A. County civil judge on Tuesday granted a summary judgment on five causes of action against former talent agent Derek Hay, affirming that he violated the California labor code and Talent Agencies Act.
A federal district court in Indiana paused an age verification lawsuit brought by the Free Speech Coalition and other adult industry plaintiffs, citing the ongoing litigation in the case Free Speech Coalition et al. v. Paxton at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The parent company of Pornhub.com, the Montreal-based Aylo, is unlikely to face any initial age verification requirements as mandated under the Online Safety Act adopted by the United Kingdom’s Parliament, according to the agency responsible for enforcing the sweeping law.
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, registered a bill today to decriminalize the creation and distribution of pornography.
According to a report by the Ukrainian News Agency, the bill, introduced by MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak of the center-right Holos Party, would amend Article 301 of the Ukrainian criminal code, which currently includes a prison sentence of three to five years for making and/or distributing “intimate content.”
