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Missouri Age Verification Rule Will Not Take Effect August 30th

Missouri’s proposed age verification regulations were expected to take effect as early as August 30, but the final rules were not published in time. For now, *there is no enforcement* — businesses are not required to comply until 30 days after the final rule is published in the Code of State Regulations. The Attorney General has not provided a timeline, leaving the future of the rule uncertain. FSC will continue monitoring the process and share updates as soon as a final rule is published or the proposal expires. Read more on our blog... ( [link removed] )

Free Speech Coalition Launches Comprehensive Toolkit To Help Adult Websites Navigate Age Verification Laws

FSC has released a comprehensive guide to help businesses navigate the rapidly changing patchwork of state age verification laws. With half of U.S. states now enacting mandates—each with different thresholds, methods, and penalties—the 185-page toolkit provides plain-language explanations, state-by-state summaries, and practical compliance considerations. It will be updated regularly as new laws emerge and court challenges proceed. The full toolkit is available to FSC members, with an abridged version offered to non-members.

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FSC In The News

The Anti-Porn Crusade Comes For Online Games

“’Antiporn groups said they were only going after games with violence against women,’ notes ( [link removed] ) the Free Speech Coalition's Mike Stabile on Bluesky. ‘But what got censored? Award-winning games about disordered eating, LGBTQ+ games and anything flagged NSFW.’” Read more on Reason. ( [link removed] )

Age Verification Laws Are Sweeping The US, Changing The Future Of Online Speech

“‘Anyone who believed that government censorship of internet speech would stop with adult content was profoundly naïve,’ he said. ‘Had the mainstream tech industry taken the threat against us seriously rather than argue that our speech was less worthy of protection, we might not be in this situation. Unfortunately, the government now feels emboldened to restrict wide swaths of the open internet, erasing decades of privacy protections for Americans, and are justifying it in the name of protecting children.’” Read more on The Tennessean. ( [link removed] )

Porn Censorship Is Going To Destroy The Entire Internet

“’The rollout of the Online Safety Act has shown just how disastrous this type of regulation can be,’ said Mike Stabile, director of public policy at adult industry trade organization, the Free Speech Coalition.” Read more on Mashable. ( [link removed] )

Wyoming And South Dakota Age Verification Laws Could Include Huge Parts Of The Internet

“Adult industry advocacy group the Free Speech Coalition issued an alert ( [link removed] ) about Wyoming and South Dakota’s dropping of the one-third or ‘substantial requirement’ on Tuesday, writing that this could ‘create civil and criminal liability for social media platforms such as X, Reddit and Discord, retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble, streaming platforms such as Netflix and Rumble,’ and any other platform that simply allowed material these states consider ‘harmful to minors’ but doesn’t age-verify. ‘Under these new laws, a platform with any amount of material ‘harmful to minors,’ is required to verify the age of all visitors using the site. Operators of platforms that fail to do so may be subject to civil suits or even arrest,’ they wrote.” Read more on 404Media. ( [link removed] )

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Industry News

UNLV Libraries Acquire Groundbreaking Sex Work Activism Archive

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has acquired the Norma Jean Almodovar Papers, one of the most extensive sex work activism archives in the U.S. Covering over a century of material, the collection documents Almodovar’s decades of advocacy, personal history, and the work of ISWFACE, the nonprofit she founded. Housed in UNLV’s Special Collections & Archives, the archive is part of a new initiative on sexual entertainment and economies, ensuring that the history of sex worker rights and activism will be preserved for future researchers, students, and activists. Read more on ULVN. ( [link removed] )

Australia's Age Assurance Trial Faces Resignations And Transparency Concerns

Australia’s $6.5M age assurance technology trial — designed to inform the upcoming ban on under-16s using social media — has come under fire after two advisory board members resigned and stakeholders were frozen out of the process. Critics say the trial has lacked transparency, with meeting minutes no longer published and questions raised about the accuracy and privacy protections of technologies like facial age estimation. Despite these concerns, the final 2,500-page report has already been handed to the communications minister and is expected to be released in the coming weeks. Read more on The Guardian. ( [link removed] )

Why The Online Safety Act Has Become A Political Nightmare

The UK’s Online Safety Act, which took effect on July 25, was intended to protect children from harmful online content through strict age verification. Instead, the law has triggered widespread censorship, blocking access to everything from Spotify playlists to news content, and has fueled a massive surge in VPN use. Read more on CityAM. ( [link removed] )

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