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Alison Boden

@alisonboden.bsky.social
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Executive Director of the Free Speech Coalition. Adult industry advocate. Lover of spreadsheets and legal podcasts.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Hell yeah it does. And unionized one at that.
Headline from Wisconsin Family Action: 

Hong Campaign Leadership Includes Porn Star

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Family Action is concerned with the judgement of Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Francesca Hong, considering recent reports of her deputy campaign manager, Renee Faust, serving as a sex worker.

It has been reported that Renee Faust is serving as Hong’s deputy campaign manager and currently has an active account on a pornographic website. Faust also founded the ‘Coalition of American Sex in Workers-Local 304.’
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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.net · 05/08/2026
Thanks to @fsc.bsky.social for some great activism on the SCREEN Act ... @mikestabile.bsky.social was on fire here in the ATmosphere! And your action was excellent, with a message targeting the Republicans on the committee.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The SCREEN Act just failed to pass in the Senate Commerce Committee! 🎉 Enormous thanks to the thousands (!!) of you who told your Senators to vote no! Your voice matters and you should feel good that you made a difference. Obviously, the fight isn't over, but this was an important victory.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Have you annoyed your senator today? They can't hear from you enough!
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Demand that your Senator oppose this stupid age verification bill!
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Defend Online Privacy: Stop the SCREEN Act!
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🚨The SCREEN Act is on the markup agenda next week 🚨 This extreme bill is among the worst of the worst and we have to tell committee members to vote NO.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
When asked why British police screwed up the Andrew Tate case so badly, a "detective blamed the malfeasance on 'overworked, overstretched' officers who failed to take the women’s allegations seriously, partly because two of them were sex workers."
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Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse
How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women.
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SWR Data @swr-data.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We're getting ready to launch our 2026 State of the Creator survey, which raises money for sex worker serving nonprofits. Last year, we raised over $8K, and hope to increase that this year. Compiling this year's beneficiaries now. Who are your favorite SW-serving orgs?
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🦇🎃💀 Riana-mator 💀🎃🦇 @riana.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
when sex workers do this they get debanked
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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Glad to see the last of the NCOSE age verification cases in Kansas dismissed. Private enforcement of age verification laws defies common sense and, in the hands of our opponents, is just another tool to stifle and repress sex online. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Highlighted text: "This case is one of four nearly identical cases brought by Plaintiff against commercial websites that contain pornographic content for failing to comply with Kansas’s age-verification law. [...] Plaintiff amended the complaint in this case to
address shortcomings...the outcome remains the same. [...] The Court grants Defendant’s motion to dismiss"
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Antonia Crane: "Sex workers — like me — get arrested because cops and politicians have something to prove. It’s Election Day, it’s the World Cup, it’s whatever. We are not dirt to sweep up when they clean up the streets ." thelalocal.org/neighborhood...
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Why the World Cup has sex workers worried
Law enforcement agencies are planning one of the largest security operations in LA history, but for sex workers, more policing means more fear, more abuse, more trauma and poverty.
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Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This International Whores’ Day, we’re launching FSC Speak Out, a new campaign from FSC and @EPAUnited centering the voices of adult creators. In our first video, performers share how the industry has provided independence, agency, and opportunity. #FSCSpeakOut #IWD
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It's shameful that the UN platforms ideologically-motivated screeds that spin lies in order to rob sex workers of agency. www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/fsc-con...
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FSC Condemns UN for Pro-Censorship Proclamation — Free Speech Coalition
Late last week, two United Nations volunteers (known as Special Rapporteurs) issued a press release calling for the prosecution of adult platforms that allow user-generated content. They accuse ad...
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/05/2026
I see people talking about this not realizing that Judd regularly makes arrests that he calls "sex trafficking scheme" that then fall apart and end with basically nothing happening. It's kind of his thing. Not saying this dude is worth supporting, but Judd's terrible www.yahoo.com/news/ice-hel...
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ICE Helps Round Up Sex Workers in Florida
In Operation Fool Around and Find Out, 244 "human trafficking" arrests, but no human trafficking.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
In his letter to Visa, Ferguson writes, "It is inconsistent with American values to deny law-abiding individuals the ability to run their legitimate businesses and feed their families because they attracted the ire of...overzealous activists"
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FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Issues Warning Letters to CEOs of PayPal, Stripe, Visa and Mastercard About Debanking American Consumers
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Support @fsc.bsky.social!
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🌬️Doctrix Snow • NYC/FMTY @mistresssnowphd.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I talked to @morgansung.bsky.social about sex work, surveillance, & censorship for close all tabs from kqed! www.kqed.org/news/12075321
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Sex Workers Tried to Warn Us About Age Verification Laws | KQED
Requiring internet users to verify their ages before accessing mature content may sound reasonable. Shouldn’t we be doing a better job protecting kids from online vulgarities? But free speech advocate...
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Important update for creators!
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Incredibly timely and powerful report out today from @publicpubics.bsky.social and @internetmaggie.com laying out the debanking challenges faced by adult industry workers in Canada
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🦇🎃💀 Riana-mator 💀🎃🦇 @riana.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I've said it a lot lately: the problem with nonconsensual deepfake porn of adults isn't the "porn" part, it's the "nonconsensual" part. That HAS to be accounted for when regulating, otherwise you're just banning legal porn, which is (1) unconstitutional but (2) what the Heritage Foundation wants.
Excerpt from Copyleaks blog post about Grok's AI-CSAM/NCII problem: "The trend appears to have started several days ago, when some adult-content creators prompted Grok to generate sexualized imagery of themselves as a form of marketing on X. However, almost immediately, users began issuing similar prompts about women who had never appeared to consent to them. In other words, Grok moved from consensual self-representation to a form of scaled nonconsensual image generation."
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Sexual expression is censored because it's powerful.
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PASS Certified @passcertified.bskyverified.social · 18/12/2025
Come support Pasadena Humane & PASS! ✅ 🎟️ Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/a-night-of...
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A NIGHT OF EDM with hosts Penelope Reed, Jewelz Blu & Gia Gem
A NIGHT OF EDM with hosts Penelope Reed, Jewelz Blu & Gia Gem. DJ competition for $1k. Meet & Greet 8pm-830pm _ Event 8-3am. Pass Certified
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
For anyone who needs to hear this: sex with 15 year old girls is not "barely legal," it's ILLEGAL.
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Alex Steed @alexsteed.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I am so proud of Corn Telethon. I love @siridahl.com so much and it means so much that we get to make such a beautiful event. It's a 12 hour variety show / fundraiser for great SWer mutual aid orgs and it takes place on September 4th from Noon Eastern until Midnight. A VERY truncated guest list:
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Corn Telethon
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Jimmy Broadway @fetishdirector.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Friends and fans, if you do watch pirated porn (with the increase in government regulations it's the only option in some places), do the right thing and send the creator who made it a couple of bucks.
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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Please, please, please consult a lawyer and not ChatGPT if you're able.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
It took a few extra days, but it's out! 🎉 This thing took me over a month to write, so I hope it's useful for folks!
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I was clearly a bit overly optimistic last week when I thought I'd be able to publish the Age Verification Compliance toolkit I've been writing by today, but it's going through final legal review and will be out next week. Sign up to get your copy when it drops! www.freespeechcoalition.com/toolkit
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Age Verification Toolkit — Free Speech Coalition
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
What I can't get over: "By 10am on Friday, data suggested an extra 66,000 internet users in the UK had begun using the dark web."
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I'm at TrustCon in San Francisco this week to learn about the latest trust and safety challenges faced by online platforms, how companies are approaching them, and bring that knowledge back to FSC member companies. If you want to meet up for a coffee, DM me!
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I realize lot of people are panicking right now, and I don’t know what the future holds. But I do know this: the adult community has never lacked for enemies or hurdles or hardships. It’s made us strong, it's made us smart and it’s made us resilient. This is not our first rodeo.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
“As it has been throughout history, pornography is once again the canary in the coal mine of free expression. The government should not have the right to demand that we sacrifice our privacy and security to use the internet.
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Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
FSC wants to hear from you! Help us understand what issues matter most to you, how we're doing, and what we can do to better support you by taking our 2025 member survey! submit.jotform.com/251626353373...
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PASS Certified @passcertified.bskyverified.social · 12/06/2025
Production hold lifted immediately. Thank you to all who observed the hold and for helping ensure the safety of all performers. ✅ Read PASS's latest update: www.passcertified.org/news/product...
A graphic with the following text: 

"PASS 

PRODUCTION HOLD LIFTED

ALL TALENT WITH A CURRENT VALID TEST MAY RETURN TO WORK"
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PASS Certified @passcertified.bskyverified.social · 11/06/2025
(1/2) Update: June 10, 5:00pm PT - We have been informed that the majority of potentially exposed talent have been contacted and have been able to be retested, with additional talent scheduled to test tomorrow.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The head of the Age Verification Providers Association was in the audience while FTC panelists called us "the most nefarious actors on the planet" and fantasized about arresting adult creators. How did the AVPA respond? By boasting about "strong support for AV from speakers."
Age Verification Providers Association 
@The _AVPA
Today @FTC we heard from Chairman @AFergusonFTC about the urgent need to make the Internet age-aware.
He shares our view that there's no single answer - operating systems, app stores and publishers must all play their part.
Strong support for #AgeVerification from speakers.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
If you missed it, the FTC hosted a strategy session on Wednesday, bringing together federal regulators, religious conservatives, and anti-porn crusaders to discuss how the FTC can use its powers to censor the internet. www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/federal...
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Federal Trade Commission Hosts Pro-Censorship Event — Free Speech Coalition
Analysis of the FTC’s recent event promoting age verification and other forms of censorship.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
FYI for adult creators/businesses: today's decision blocking parts of Florida's HB3 ONLY applies to the provisions restricting minors' use of social media. It does not apply to the part of the law that mandates age verification on adult sites (despite the fact that it is just as unconstitutional).
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
It's a shame that Governor Katie Hobbs decided to ignore over 700 Arizonans who called and emailed her in the past week to encourage a veto of HB 2112. Now Arizonans will be forced to share sensitive data in order to view content they have a right to see. www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/arizona...
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Arizona Governor Signs Controversial Age-Verification Law — Free Speech Coalition
HB2112, Arizona’s controversial age-verification law, was signed into law by Governor Katie Hobbs this afternoon, despite a formidable opposition from Free Speech Coalition, civil liberties groups and...
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Time-sensitive alert for Arizona residents: you made the veto happen in 2024...time to do it again!
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Down Divas @downdivas.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Are you a sex worker that’s willing to do 3 hour shifts taking calls from trans people in need? ⭐️ training provided ⭐️ no counseling experience needed ⭐️ calls forward to your phone ⭐️ calls are anonymous on both ends ⭐️ you don’t have to be trans to help ⭐️ vetting required DownDivas.com
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Down Divas is understaffed AF currently. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
Please call if you feel that you are in danger of hurting yourself. We are simply sex workers who care about you.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Great interview with my amazing colleague @cruelvalentine.bsky.social on banking discrimination against sex workers! grist-from-the-mills.ghost.io/interview-va...
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Interview: Valentine on Sex Workers’ Rights and Why We Should All Care More
Vol. 63 In This Issue: ESSAY/INTERVIEW | NOW READ THIS | FINAL FRAME With the current maelstrom of fuckery coming out of the White House and its allies, the overwhelm is the point. It’s almost impos...
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Savannah Sly @savannahsly.bskyverified.social · 03/04/2025
“Age verification” laws require people to upload sensitive info to access “materials harmful to minors” and “obscene material”. They’re starting with porn…but guess what else they consider to be harmful and obscene? These laws open the door to sweeping censorship.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Excellent op-ed from Colorado Sen. Nick Hinrichsen on the true origins and impacts of age-verification legislation coloradosun.com/2025/04/03/o...
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Opinion: Bill that would make Coloradans verify their age for online porn has major pitfalls
While sponsors may have good intentions, Senate Bill 201 would pose a serious threat to privacy, free speech and marginalized communities.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Laws that require people to sacrifice their anonymity to view or post content online are dangerous, whether it's in the context of porn, social media, or whatever else lawmakers decide is harmful to children at a given time.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/01/2025
We must recognize the danger that age verification laws have beyond pornography. They could clear the way for politicians to deem harmful any content they disagree with, such as LGBTQ+ content or content about abortion.
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The Impact of Age Verification Measures Goes Beyond Porn Sites
As age verification bills pass across the world under the guise of “keeping children safe online,” governments are increasingly giving themselves the authority to decide what topics are deemed “safe” ...
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Elise Graves @elisegraves.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I want to give a huge shout out to all those who pay for their porn. You make it possible for people like me to continue producing these fun, sexy, and weird videos - and I LOVE and APPRECIATE you so much for that 🙏🏽 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I'm so proud of my friends and former colleagues for following their dreams and creating sex toys for trans, gnc, disabled, and other marginalized bodies! They are amazing and worthy of your support.
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Alison Boden @alisonboden.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Awesome day on the Hill with @cruelvalentine.bsky.social and @allieeveknox.bsky.social. Looking forward to another one in January.
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