North Carolina Goes Drug War on Prostitution
Plus: Idaho's "abortion trafficking" law can mostly take effect; updates on state age verification suits; the threat the Florida and Texas social media laws pose to X
Plus: Idaho's "abortion trafficking" law can mostly take effect; updates on state age verification suits; the threat the Florida and Texas social media laws pose to X
Lacey can await the resolution of his appeal outside of prison.
A Canadian Supreme Court case challenges the country's ban on benefiting financially from sex work.
This isn't a policy that corrects for injustice but one that increases it.
By prosecuting the website's founders, the government chilled free speech online and ruined lives.
Polk County, Florida, continues to be one of the worst offenders for sham efforts to combat human trafficking.
An interview with sex work researcher Tara Burns.
Reason's new documentary is now streaming on the video platform CiVL. I hope you'll watch.
The IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act would provide outreach and training to Homeland Security Investigations staff.
Plus: "Black Nazi,” Oprah interviews Kamala, and yet another looming government shutdown.
Diddy’s indictment turns the typical sex trafficking charge on its head.
Warrantless surveillance, Comic Con "sex trafficking," and the persistence of trafficking myths
The group reportedly faked rescue stories—including one involving a baby saved from traffickers—and lied about where funds were going.
Prosecutors say the Buenos Aires Yoga School was a sex trafficking cult, but the alleged victims say this isn't true.
It's the war on drugs all over again, folks...
How the Backpage prosecution helped create a playbook for suppressing online speech, debanking disfavored groups, and using "conspiracy" charges to imprison the government's targets
The court found insufficient evidence to sustain 53 of 84 remaining counts against Lacey.
Employing an 18- to 20-year-old at an adult venue could mean 15 years in prison, even if the young person used a fake ID.
For sex workers and their clients, Super Bowl season can mean a higher chance of getting nabbed by cops.
"The sole basis for targeting Joe was the race/ethnicity of his wife and her occupation" at an Asian massage parlor, the lawsuit claims.
Beware the “Equality Model” of sex work law reform in 2024.
"We're going to build a wall...I am not going to sit there and let sex trafficking go unabated," DeSantis said.
Moral panic plus government power is an inescapably potent combination.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about libertarians and "reflexive contrarianism."
St. Paul police officer Heather Weyker has thus far managed to get immunity for upending Hamdi Mohamud's life.
Plus: Why don't journalists support free speech anymore?
Plus: Backpage trial pushed back, Bidenomics doens't resonate, and more...
Horrible things are happening to vulnerable people, but we cannot help them by sending groups of vigilantes or law enforcement officers to hunt them.
Plus: Connecticut may exonerate witches, federal regulators are waging a quiet war on crypto, and more...
As former Backpage execs await their August trial, the shutdown is still worsening the lives it was supposed to improve.
James King is once again asking the high court to rule that two officers should not receive immunity for choking him unconscious and temporarily disfiguring his face.
Plus: American IQs may be shifting, Jack Daniel's lawsuit against dog toy maker hits SCOTUS, and more...
New bills in six states showcase some right and wrong ways to help sex workers, from full decriminalization to ramping up penalties for prostitution customers.
Plus: States move to stop cops from lying to kids, Biden wants to raise Medicare taxes, and more...
Plus: Everyone loves conspiracy theories, against national rent control, and more...
The 2018 law criminalizes websites that "promote or facilitate" prostitution. Two of three judges on the panel pushed back against government claims that this doesn't criminalize speech.
City officials in Nederland, Texas, are kicking around the idea of limiting new massage parlors to industrial areas of town.
In a post-FOSTA world, Section 230 still protects websites from lawsuits over criminal sexual conduct by their users.
Once again, policies billed as helping people coerced into prostitution wind up harming those that cops say they're trying to help.
Former Backpage executives could now face trial again in 2023, after the government's first attempt resulted in a mistrial.
The case is now on appeal after a lower court said the ban on websites promoting prostitution didn't concern protected speech.
It would be far easier to prosecute sex trafficking if voluntary sex work were legal.
Plus: Criminal sentencing before the Supreme Court, TikTok pushes back against security threat claims, and more...
Plus: Book ban enthusiasm ensnares Bible, free speech for nutrition advice, and more...
Here's what's in the $1 billion reauthorization package.
The SAFE SEX Workers Study Act would look at the impact of FOSTA and the seizure of sites like Backpage and Rentboy.
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