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"The Erotic Review" Blocks U.S. Visitors Due to SESTA

posted by fyngyrz on Wednesday April 11 2018, @04:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the rubs-us-the-wrong-way dept.

takyon writes:

A sex worker review website has blocked U.S. users in anticipation of the Stop Enabling Sex-Trafficking Act (SESTA) coming into effect. U.S.-based users can still access it with a VPN, while all visitors are asked to "not access TER from a Prohibited Country":

A website that hosts customer reviews of sex workers has started blocking Internet users in the United States because of forthcoming changes in US law. Congress recently passed the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act bill (SESTA), and President Trump is expected to sign it into law. SESTA will make it easier to prosecute websites that host third-party content that promotes or facilitates prostitution, even in cases when the sex workers aren't victims of trafficking.

After Congress approved the bill, Craigslist removed its "Personals" section and Reddit removed some sex-related subreddits. The Erotic Review (TER) has followed suit by blocking any user who appears to be visiting the website from the United States. "As a result of this new law, TER has made the difficult decision to block access to the website from the United States until such time as the courts have enjoined enforcement of the law, the law has been repealed or amended, or TER has found a way to sufficiently address any legal concerns created by the new law," the website's home page says in a notice to anyone who accesses the site from a US location.

[...] SESTA was inspired largely by the existence of Backpage. But federal law enforcement authorities were able to shut Backpage down last week, even though SESTA hasn't been signed into law yet. Trump may sign the bill this week. [...] Some sex workers have spoken out against SESTA, saying that websites can help sex workers screen clients and avoid dangerous situations. A group called Survivors Against SESTA says the new law "will cause harm to vulnerable populations engaging in the sex trade without helping trafficking victims."

Previously: U.S. Congress Passes SESTA/FOSTA Law
Craigslist Removes Personals Sections in the U.S.
FBI Seizes backpage.com and Affiliates

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 11 2018, @10:29PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 11 2018, @10:29PM (#665589)

    http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/police-officer-sacked-after-advertising-himself-as-sex-worker-online/news-story/eae3b38d1173dd7ffe5849086d336acb [news.com.au]

    A POLICEMAN has stood down after it was revealed he was moonlighting as a male sex worker — while he was off work on sick leave.

    A disciplinary meeting held earlier this week decided to fire Detective Constable Richard Holder without notice for gross misconduct, although the man had already “fallen on his sword” and resigned.

    Detective Constable Holder had served as a police officer in Sussex in the UK before he was caught advertising for sex work on an adult site.

    According to Metro, the man was on sick leave when he advertised on the AdultWork site using a “Sweet Sensations” account.

    Chief Constable Giles York told the hearing Mr Holder had struggled with “under performance” as well as a “pattern of disruptive behaviour that has been on the verge of criminal at times” during his police career.

    He said Mr Holder “seems to have never been an officer with any great glory about him.”

    However, Police Federation chairman Matt Webb, who represented Mr Holder, said his client “fully admits all of the allegations set out against him” and was remorseful.

    “He took a pragmatic approach to these proceedings and has resigned,” Mr Webb said.

    “He asked me to express his apologies for his lack of judgment.”

    Metro reported Mr Holder was the second police officer in the Sussex area to lose their job after being caught working as a prostitute in the last two years.

    In December 2016, police constable Daniel Moss was suspended from duty when it was discovered he had also advertised himself as a male prostitute while on stress leave.

    There has also been a string of other high-profile cases involving members of the British police force indulging in inappropriate sexual conduct in recent years.

    alexis.carey@news.com.au

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday April 12 2018, @04:06AM (4 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday April 12 2018, @04:06AM (#665741) Journal

    Woman charged after boy, 14, paid her $480 for sex at Florida hotel, police say [ajc.com]

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 12 2018, @05:36PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 12 2018, @05:36PM (#666054)
      I suspect the boy is probably more mentally scarred that the woman is getting in big trouble than her "consensually raping" him ( lewd and lascivious battery and all that).

      Unless of course she somehow was really bad at it ( I mean he's 14 years old, shouldn't take that much to please him ;) ).

      Boy probably "borrowed" $480 from his dad and that's how his dad found out...

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 12 2018, @05:57PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 12 2018, @05:57PM (#666072)

        Would you deem it rape if it was a male teacher and a female student instead?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 12 2018, @06:07PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 12 2018, @06:07PM (#666079)

          Statutory rape is an arbitrarily defined false concept and equality says that girls should be as emotionally prepared as boys for sex, so it's not rape. At worst, it's a life lesson and hands-on sex ed.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2018, @03:32AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2018, @03:32AM (#666324)
          The reasons why people treat such stuff differently is "emergent" due to the fact that the human females carry the baby for about 9 months whereas the males don't

          If you were a farmer thousands of years ago back when a family farm couldn't reliably feed that much more than the family and not many others; AND before reliable contraception it would be a big deal if your daughter got pregnant when some unknown male seduced her and ran off. You have to take care of someone else's genes, which might be fine if you approved of the guy and he helped take of your daughter and the baby. But in this case he ran off...

          Whereas if some unknown female seduced your son, ran off and gave birth to your grandkid, you win- someone else is paying to reproduce your genes.