How 'sex trafficking' just opened the censorship floodgates
In a 388 to 25 vote Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed legislation that makes websites criminally responsible if they can be seen as facilitating sex work . It still needs to get through the Senate, but with his daughter's endorsement, Trump is anticipated to sign it . Along with its maddening misconceptions about preventing sex trafficking and helping victims, FOSTA-SESTA incorrectly defines sex work and sex trafficking as one thing . It's all about policing content. Just not racist or extremist content. Only the content Morality in Media (now known as National Center on Sexual Exploitation , a key proponent of FOSTA-SESTA ) doesn't like. Now, you'd think that in a time when YouTube is plastered with extremist videos and Instagram gives murderers room to express themselves , some legislation would come along to encourage website owners to tackle those problems. But you'd be wrong. Instead, conservative groups have rushed in to force changes to Sectio...