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DebunkAfterDark @debunkafterdark.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is exactly why I criticize porn addiction coaches… You mean to tell me your recommendation for people struggling is…not a licensed therapist, but your own paid coaching? 🤡
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Trump's FTC Chair posts that people opposing age-verification surveillance are just shills being "being paid by people who want to prey on your kids." The lengths this administration goes to delegitimize dissent is staggering.
tweet from Mark Meador @MeadorFTC on Mar 5

People who argue that age verification requires collecting and retaining massive troves of personal data are not operating in good faith. They're just paid by people who want to prey on your kids.
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DebunkAfterDark @debunkafterdark.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Sex workers can’t exist online without people showing up in the comments to blame us for mens “porn addictions.”
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404 Media @404media.co · 10/03/2026
Quittr, an app that promises to help men stop watching porn, leaked intimate data on hundreds of thousands of its users, and lied about its security issues, 404 Media can now reveal. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social: www.404media.co/viral-quittr...
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DebunkAfterDark @debunkafterdark.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I challenged a CSAT on the scientific evidence behind “porn addiction,” & this was her response….Completely unprofessional imo 😵‍💫
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Quittr vulnerabilities exposed the masturbation habits as well as private confessional diaries of 600,000 users, including 100,000 MINORS. And didn't fix the problem despite being made aware of it more than six months ago. It's almost as if it weren't a treatment app, but a surveillance app.
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"The question isn’t just a matter of accounting or accuracy. The extremely low revenue figures equate sex work with trafficking, and are used to justify increased censorship, policing and banking discrimination. Better data is both a business and a political issue."
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DebunkAfterDark @debunkafterdark.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I Challenged a CSAT Therapist on the “Porn/Sex Addiction” Model:
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
After a series of violent threats last week on NoFap Discord, now calls to "Destroy Mindgeek". They don't even know who they're referring to, but they want violence. This is why science on violence in NoFap remains important:this is not self-help & not for youth. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
it's hard to explain how horrible and dangerous this app and the people who made it are but I tried: www.404media.co/app-for-quit...
404media.co
App for Quitting Porn Leaked Users' Masturbation Habits
Hundreds of thousands of users told the app intimate details about their sexual urges, which are now exposed.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Having muscled age-verification through last session, AZ Republicans are pushing forward even greater restrictions on sex, including banning porn entirely (HB 2900), threatening adult producers with warrantless AG inspections (HB 2133) and HB 2720, which would make purchasing sex a felony.
hoodline.com
Arizona Lawmakers Push To Make Buying Sex A Felony
Lawmakers push to make buying sex a felony and hold online platforms liable for facilitating prostitution.
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DebunkAfterDark @debunkafterdark.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Ever wonder where the "OnlyFans creators only make $150-$180/month" stat came from?...One guy scraped around 1000 profiles, guessed earnings from likes, ignored tips and PPV..& then posted it as a blog in 2020! People still cite this BS stat to shame sex workers:
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Joseph Gordon-Levitt went to the Senate claiming to "hold big tech accountable" while promoting The Heritage Foundation's tech policy agenda and boosting groups like Morality in Media (aka NCOSE), which has sought to criminalize LGBTQ sex, w board members that support conversion therapy
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Sinnamon Love @sinnamonlove.blacksky.app · 06/12/2025
I hate to say that sex workers tried to warn y'all this wasn't going to stop at just porn sites, but...
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Woodhull Freedom Foundation @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
533 anti-LGBTQ+ bills filed this year. 120 more already pre-filed for 2026. The attacks are relentless — but so are we. Join the fight early. Be part of the resistance. woodhullfreedom.org/48mxJvX
woodhullfreedom.org
The Vanguard Society: For Those Who Refuse to Obey
FREEDOM IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR - EVERY MONTH. Victoria Woodhull didn’t wait for permission - she led the charge. She stood boldly on the front lines of history, demanding equality, free speech, and ...
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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 24/11/2025
Mastercard is bleeding, get in there. Make some calls. Get some cool family members in on it over thanksgiving
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Remember this when you see scare headlines about the high rate of minors seeing “porn” online: They’re either not seeing it on porn sites or what they’re seeing isn’t actually porn. It turns out minors not necessarily know what “porn” even is. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/no...
Quote from article on minors accessing porn states that Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are the top sites minors access porn.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
“I promise you, NCOSE would gleefully move to silence many RIAA-label supported artists, claiming their music is "obscene" and must be stopped. It would be nice if artists on RIAA labels spoke up about how they feel about the RIAA supporting NCOSE's attacks on speech.”
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Siri Dahl @siridahl.com · 22/11/2025
All of the most wholesome people I know are sex workers.
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🌬️Doctrix Snow • NYC/FMTY @mistresssnowphd.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
wild considering most sex workers I know have had at least one of their accounts yeeted for the crime of existing
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
"Companies will always prioritize their needs and safety over yours, and that uploading sensitive information to the internet will always come with risks and vulnerabilities, no matter how safe these companies claim your data is in their hands."
pcmag.com
Give Us Your Face or Lose Your Account: AI Age Verification Is Here, and Experts Are Worried
From Spotify to YouTube, platforms now demand biometric proof of age. Experts warn that you could lose access—and your privacy—if the algorithms get it wrong.
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Lady Licentious ✨ @ladylicentious.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
My time on ManyVids is ending now that the site is transitioning to an “exit program” for sex workers. I love my job. I don’t need a savior. I embrace and own my sexuality. Bella French profited off of sex workers for YEARS and is now pretending to be holier than thou. Tale as old as time🖕
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Hidden in the controversial about UK "choking ban" proposal are a host of even more egregious proposals that could: * make camming illegal * redefine escort ads as pimping * render model contracts unenforceable * criminalize discussions of teen sexuality And a whole lot more ...
reason.com
Moral panic about rough sex gives way to censorship in the UK
British regulators and lawmakers are hot on a measure that would make possessing or publishing strangulation porn a crime.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The Online Safety Act has made going online even more dangerous. Google is now warning that as Britons turn to VPNs to avoid the act, there's been an explosion in scam VPNs that sell data or provide it to state actors. Naturally, that would includes data on (and access to) minors.
techradar.com
Google issues security alert: Your VPN app could be spyware in disguise
Google's November 2025 fraud advisory identified malicious VPNs as a rising threat
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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
As someone who has frequently defended free speech rights of sex workers and sex work advocates, it's completely unsurprising but nevertheless galling to be reminded once again how POWERFUL MEN talk fondly about sex work in private while demonizing it and pushing oppressive laws about it publicly.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
@eff.org: "Websites subject to [Wisconsin's SB 130] are left with this choice: either cease operation in Wisconsin, or block all VPN users, everywhere, just to avoid legal liability in the state. One state's terrible law is attempting to break VPN access for the entire internet."
eff.org
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Pr...
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The number of visitors to Pornhub have dropped 77% as the UK's censorship campaign takes huge toll — not just on adult sites, but on the rights of Britons to access the internet anonymously. The government was warned this would happen and they didn't care.
bbc.com
Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in
The site tells BBC News it believes people are viewing riskier sites - but they may just be using VPNs.
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Encephalophatass (Any pronouns) @encephalophatass.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Whenever I meet a "feminist" who wants to abolish sex work, I instantly know I'm talking with an unserious person who is not willing to do the work. Let's imagine, for the sake of the argument, that they were right and all sex workers were trafficking victims who wanted to leave sex work. 🧵
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Jenny DeMilo @jennydemilo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Prostitution sings… it’s never about trafficking it’s always about arresting adults making choices
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Walt Rizzney @cullobsidian.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
If you want a balanced and evidence-based perspective on sex and porn use, follow @silvaneves.bsky.social @nicolerprause.bsky.social @davidleyphd.bsky.social
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
We know several anti-porn "doctors" offering fraudulent cures to young men. If you want an idea for how difficult it is to hold frauds like this accountable, follow the story of "Dr." Makis, who has had numerous complaints filed against him for years to try to stop his grift. cpsa.ca/news/stateme...
cpsa.ca
Statement: William (Viliam) Makis not licensed to practise medicine in Alberta (updated) - College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta | CPSA
Update, posted on Sept. 25, 2025 (original statement below): At a hearing held on Aug. 15, 2025, CPSA was granted an interim injunction against Mr. Makis by Alberta’s Court of King’s Bench. Under the ...
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Nicole Prause @nicolerprause.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
A colleague shared this scholarship on the harms of the NoFap Army being presented from Sweden!
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Florida sheriff's department used ICE to round up sex workers under pretense of fighting human trafficking and child exploitation. Instead, they arrested 111 sex workers, none of whom was underage and none of which led to a human trafficking arrest.
fox13news.com
Grady Judd: ‘Operation Fool Around and Find Out Again’ human trafficking investigation nets 246 arrests
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says nearly 250 suspects face serious charges after a weeklong multi-agency undercover investigation targeting human trafficking and illegal immigration.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
"In parts of the country, the government would like sites to collect an unprecedented amount of identifying information about their users. In the whole country, the government would like to track down and prosecute those users if they are rude... It doesn’t take a mastermind to see the risks."
theverge.com
The right to anonymity is powerful, and America is destroying it
Age verification was already risky — now it’s downright dangerous.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Not enough people are paying attention to a major target for Brendan Carr and the Trump admin’s crackdown on free speech: social media. It’s under bipartisan attack, even though it’s a crucial forum for reaching the public and fighting back. spitfirenews.com/p/is-anyone-...
spitfirenews.com
Is anyone going to defend free speech online?
Government censorship on social media is already here. But it can get so much worse.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Universities in the UK are warning students to report adult creator Bonnie Blue and her "Bang Bus" if it's seen near campus. SWERFs are painting as both exploiter and exploited, claiming students need to be protected from her "not empowering" sexuality.
heraldscotland.com
Glasgow Uni students warned over Bonnie Blue and urged to report adult star
The University of Glasgow has asked its students to report the adult film star Bonnie Blue to security if she is seen on campus.
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American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio @acluohio.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The First Amendment is clear: Government officials cannot use their power to censor free speech.
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DebunkAfterDark @debunkafterdark.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Fight The New Drug,…..are you bad at research or just good at cherry-picking? 🥴 #sexworkersrights #endthestigma
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DebunkAfterDark @debunkafterdark.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
CSATs on Social Media?!? 😵‍💫 this is concerning… www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SmVTBg/
tiktok.com
CSATs on TikTok?! 😵‍💫 #🌽addiction #feminist
TikTok video by Debunk Anti SW
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
It’s not like they weren’t warned. When you make it difficult for adults to look at porn on actual porn sites, they start going to non-porn sites — social media, messaging apps — to look for it. Which creates and incentive for people to share it there. It’s a predictable cycle.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
More kids are seeing porn now than before the Online Safety Act became law. It’s literally having the opposite effect. The major cause? X. The vast majority of minors saw porn, far outstripping actual porn sites. So of course, the UK government wants to double down with more censorship.
theguardian.com
Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds
Children’s commissioner for England says findings show little had improved despite new law and tech firms’ promises
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Civil rights advocates raised the dangerous consequences of age-verification — LOUDLY AND REPEATEDLY — at every juncture. The VPNs, the shift to pirate sites, increased porn on social. They were ignored. Rather than admit they were wrong, the UK government is doubling down and blaming VPNs.
media.tenor.com
Suspect Guilty GIF
Alt: Suspect Guilty GIF: hot dog man saying we’re all trying to find the guy who did this.
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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 18/08/2025
Idk if its people being stupid or just plain disingenuous but the idea that sex workers don't count as experts of their own lived experiences if they don't have degrees in sociology or anthropology or whatever is goofy ass take You don't need a degree to tell your own damn story! You were there!
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
The Mississippi law requires social media age-verification — in addition to porn. The state argued that the precedent set in FSC v. Paxton gives it the power to require AV for just about anything online that a minor might see. So many people thought a law about “porn” wouldn’t affect them.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 22/08/2025
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"Censorship begets censorship ... We've reached the dystopian stage of the internet." This piece is a vital accounting of how we got where we are and where it's going if more people don't push back against what @ericgoldman.bsky.social calls age-verification's "segregate-and-suppress" laws.
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DebunkAfterDark @debunkafterdark.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
As a sex worker, I’m more fearful of anti porn feminists than I am of my costumers. What does that say about them? UNHINGED BEHAVIOR #sexworkersrights
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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Yes, most people start jobs for financial reasons. It's sad that we need this research but good work as always to SWAI
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