Several adult companies are facing class action lawsuits for allegedly violating the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by using Google Analytics to share user viewing data without proper consent. The law requires separate, written consent before transmitting identifiable video data to third parties, and consent must be easy to withdraw and renewed every two years. FSC encourages platforms to review their data practices and consult our Industry Professional Directory for legal support. Read more on our blog...

The House Financial Services Committee has advanced the FIRM Act, aimed at stopping banks from discriminating against lawful but stigmatized industries. Free Speech Coalition submitted a statement in support, detailing how vague “reputational risk” standards have led to the debanking of adult creators, sex workers, and LGBTQ+ businesses. The statement urges stronger federal guidance to ensure legal businesses aren’t denied access to basic financial services. Read more on our blog...

“These laws have been framed as measures to protect children from pornography, but that obscures their broader impact on the adult industry and on the arts. ‘Don’t assume this is just about Pornhub,’ Mike Stabile, the public policy director for the Free Speech Coalition, tells The Art Newspaper. ‘The groups who are pushing this legislation are often the same ones who attacked [the work of] Karen Finley, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andres Serrano, Ron Athey, Sally Mann, Jeff Koons, R. Crumb, David Wojnarowicz and hundreds of others.’” Read more on The Art Newspaper.

“The higher standard in CSAM law was crafted to comply with Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, where the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on virtual CSAM that wasn’t tied to real individuals.” Read more on TechDirt.

"'This government-sponsored event was not a good-faith conversation about child safety—it was a strategy session for censorship,' said the Free Speech Coalition (FSC), a trade group for the adult industry." Read more on Reason.

Beira’s Place, a women’s center founded by JK Rowling, is hosting a conference this week linking internet pornography to an “epidemic” of violence against women. Speakers allege that porn is addictive, normalizes violent sex acts, and fuels abuse—claims that echo long-standing anti-porn narratives, not peer-reviewed research. Read more on The Mail.

The French government is considering designating X (formerly Twitter) as a porn platform, which would require the site to implement strict age verification or remove adult content entirely. Officials argue that because X allows adult content, it should be treated like a porn site under France’s new online safety rules. The move reflects a growing international trend of treating platforms that host legal adult content as if they’re inherently harmful—raising serious free speech and access concerns. Read more on Politico.