We are organising around the world, fighting back not only against criminalisation but against the system which pits us against each otherBy Frankie MirenFor sex workers on OnlyFans, the last week has been a wild ride. On 19 August it was announced that the website would ban all explicit content as of 1 October. On Wednesday, OnlyFans backtracked, […]
UK-based content subscription platform OnlyFans has u-turned on its decision to ban “sexually-explicit” content on its site.The original, surprise announcement was met with backlash from sex workers, who accused the site of turning its back on the people who helped secure the platform’s success. On 25 August, OnlyFans announced that it has “suspended” the planned policy change. The platform’s flip-flopping […]
The reality TV star tells VICE World News the decision will unfairly target sex workers, saying: “It feels like we are back at square one.” Love Island star and sex columnist Megan Barton-Hanson has condemned a decision by content subscription service OnlyFans to ban sexually explicit content on its site, accusing it of treating sex workers unfairly. According to […]
OnlyFans and Love Island star, Megan Barton-Hanson, has hit out at OnlyFans’ decision to ban sexual content, branding the move as ‘unfair’. Last week, OnlyFans announced that from October 1, porn, or what it sees to be ‘any content containing sexually-explicit conduct’ will be banned under new guidelines. Barton-Hanson, who found her fame on the ITV series Love […]
By Kirsty Grant & Shiona McCallumOnlyFans has plenty of cooking tutorials and fitness classes, but it’s best known for one thing – porn.But that’s all going to change soon.The subscription site has announced it will block sexually explicit photos and videos from October – although some nude content will still be allowed.OnlyFans creators have told Radio 1 […]
Clarita needed to put herself through nursing school; Lex wanted to boost his income as a labourer – now they are erotic influencers on the subscriber siteIn many ways, Lex Lederman, 28, is a classic American family man. He owns a farm in New Hampshire, where he lives with his wife and three children (plus […]
In December 2020, Diana Johnson MP introduced a Ten-Minute Rule motion which aimed to criminalise the purchase of sex and target online sites where sex workers advertise.With members of its Safety First Coalition, including trade unionists, women’s and human rights organisations, the ECP briefed MPs against the motion. thousands of people wrote to their MP with a […]
Next month the government will enforce age verification laws for online pornography — rendering the UK the first country to introduce age checks. The measures, however, pose a tangible threat to sex workers’ income and safety.Eve Adler is a webcam model — also known as a cam girl — and her job is about to […]
Sex workers say advertising online has made them safer. MPs see it differentlyBy KELLY FIVEASHFor Britain’s sex workers, the threat of new legislation is all too real. Recent calls from MPs to ensure that prostitution websites “cannot financially benefit from exploited women” have caused anxiety among sex workers, who say that advertising their services online has […]
Dear friends,On Wednesday 4 July, MPs debated a proposal from the discredited All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution (APPGP) to shut down online sites where sex workers advertise.Please see below some of the press coverage of the debate and a protest in Parliament Square called by the ECP, SWARM and X:Talk Project:Buzzfeed: MPs Want To […]