Sex Workers Push Back Against LinkedIn Prostitution Ban

You let politicians on here and not hookers?

LinkedIn made news when it updated its privacy policy to ban sex workers from the site.

This obviously doesn't sit well with the folks at Sheri's Ranch, a brothel in Nevada.

In a blog post on the company's site, it cuts LinkedIn down to size for the ban.

Here's the most succinct part of the post:

"Legal prostitutes in Nevada are licensed and recognized by their county of employ as independent, taxpaying businesswomen. Nevada brothels are also licensed and recognized business establishments. These are legal businesses in reality, so why shouldn't they have a presence in virtual reality?"

Comments

[John C. Randolph]

I just don't get why hookers would want to sully their reputations by associating with spammers.

-jcr

[mdg]

Why is this even an article? LinkedIn can conduct business however it wants. If it wants to deny a certain group from conducting business with them then they are free to do so.

[sticks]

This is an article? Sure LinkedIn can conduct business with whoever. And Reason can criticize.