Sex workers: Please tell us how the attempt to criminalise adverts in the Online Safety Bill would affect you. We’re collating responses! All will be kept anonymous. Drop us a DM on social media, or email direct ecp@prostitutescollective.net with the subject line ONLINE SAFETY BILL STATEMENT If you haven’t done so already, please use our […]
Exclusive: ‘They will become street-based sex workers which means you have sex with men on the street, down alleys, or sometimes in cars,’ says campaignerMaya Oppenheim Women’s CorrespondentViolence against sex workers will rise under proposed measures outlined in the government’s new online safety bill, campaigners have warned.The legislation will stop sex workers from advertising their services on the internet, […]
The Online Safety Bill was published on 12 May 2021 with the stated aim of cracking down on “harmful” content online. A clause has now been added to the bill to include the offence of “inciting or controlling prostitution for gain” as one of the priority offences that tech companies have to look out for – […]
Please click here to use our quick online tool and template letter to ask your MP to call for the removal of Clause 16 (Section 7 – Priority Offences) of the Online Safety Bill and urge them to speak out against this dangerous attempt to criminalise sex workers’ online advertising. Online Safety Bill: Criminalising sex […]