VOL. I · OCT. 17, 2026 ● NO. 07 ● SEX WORK, SPEECH & THE BODY
The White Rose
“We will not be silent.”
Wir schweigen nicht — after Sophie Scholl
The desk for sex-worker rights and adult-content law — age-verification mandates, platform bans, FOSTA-SESTA, and the fight over who may speak about sex.
Age Verification
Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Mandate for Adult Sites
In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a 6-3 Court applied intermediate scrutiny to uphold H.B. 1181, reshaping the constitutional ground under every state age-gate.
FOSTA-SESTA
Ninth Circuit Reads FOSTA's Section 230 Carve-Out Narrowly
In Doe v. WebGroup Czech Republic, the operator of a major adult tube site kept its Section 230 shield because FOSTA demands proof of knowing participation in trafficking, not mere awareness.
Age Verification
Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App-Store Age Checks
SB 2420 pushes age verification down to the app-store layer. After a trial court struck it, the Fifth Circuit revived it and the Supreme Court declined to intervene.
Decriminalization
New York Bill Would Decriminalize Consensual Sex Work
Senate Bill S2513, 'Cecilia's Act for Rights in the Sex Trades,' would repeal penalties for sex between consenting adults while keeping trafficking and minor-protection laws intact.
De-banking
Federal Regulators Move to Curb the De-Banking of Adult Creators
A 2025 executive order and a 2026 OCC-FDIC rule strip "reputation risk" from bank supervision, a category long used to cut off adult-industry accounts.
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On the Docket
US
Ninth Circuit Reads FOSTA's Section 230 Carve-Out Narrowly
TX
Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App-Store Age Checks
NY
New York Bill Would Decriminalize Consensual Sex Work
UT
FTC and Utah Extract $5 Million and Consent Rules From Pornhub's Owner
FL
OnlyFans Keeps Section 230 Shield in Nonconsensual-Video Suit
From the Wire
8/18
Ninth Circuit Reads FOSTA's Section 230 Carve-Out Narrowly
7/6
Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App-Store Age Checks
5/12
New York Bill Would Decriminalize Consensual Sex Work
4/15
Federal Regulators Move to Curb the De-Banking of Adult Creators
Beats we track
Adult Content
Section 230
Age Verification
First Amendment
Decriminalization
Sex Workers Rights
Nonconsensual Content
More from the desk
Updated daily by the morning brief
Records & Consent
FTC and Utah Extract $5 Million and Consent Rules From Pornhub's Owner
Section 230
OnlyFans Keeps Section 230 Shield in Nonconsensual-Video Suit
Decriminalization
Belgium Becomes First Country to Give Sex Workers Employment Contracts
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