Graybeard
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Trump signs anti-trafficking law that weakens online free speech protections
Perhaps well intentioned by the religious-right in AmeriKa and pandered to by our politicians -- the newly signed FOSTA-SESTA
QUOTE;
The Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), which President Donald Trump signed into law last week, has caused a number of websites where sex workers gather and communicate to shut down in the last month. FOSTA makes sites more liable for what users say and do—and any platform found “facilitating prostitution” faces penalties under the law.
Now Cloudflare has confirmed to Motherboard that the company terminated service to Switter because of FOSTA, but also said it's "a very bad law."
source: Cloudflare: FOSTA Was a 'Very Bad Bill' That's Left the Internet's Infrastructure Hanging /QUOTE
Dating Sites based in the USA are in jeopardy if they start being used as a replacement for websites like Backpage.com whose domain and assets were seized by the USDOJ (collectively known as the 'feds'). Also, Backpage's managing officers are facing multiple US Federal felony charges that they have been indicted for.
You may say this will not affect me because my dating site is not in the USA but do you you accept VISA and Mastercard? These are US based credit card associations and your use of their credit cards internationally may be sanctioned -- just as Backpage was denied credit card processing. The were taking Bitcoin until they were shutdown...
This is my new disclaimer I wrote last night -- you should have this reviewed by your attorneys and this is NOT given in legal advice!
FOSTA-SESTA -- Human Trafficking
Under no circumstances shall your content include, explicitly nor implicitly; the solicitation of any form of prostitution or human trafficking, regardless of whether or not permitted by local laws. Nor shall you be found to be aiding, abetting or pandering any act of prostitution.
The foregoing acts will result in the immediate termination of your account, as well as the account of any other person involved with you in the foregoing prohibited acts.
Advertising a known site in violation of these laws could perhaps be 'pandering' so if you are a US citizen -- be careful.
Perhaps well intentioned by the religious-right in AmeriKa and pandered to by our politicians -- the newly signed FOSTA-SESTA
QUOTE;
The Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), which President Donald Trump signed into law last week, has caused a number of websites where sex workers gather and communicate to shut down in the last month. FOSTA makes sites more liable for what users say and do—and any platform found “facilitating prostitution” faces penalties under the law.
Now Cloudflare has confirmed to Motherboard that the company terminated service to Switter because of FOSTA, but also said it's "a very bad law."
source: Cloudflare: FOSTA Was a 'Very Bad Bill' That's Left the Internet's Infrastructure Hanging /QUOTE
Dating Sites based in the USA are in jeopardy if they start being used as a replacement for websites like Backpage.com whose domain and assets were seized by the USDOJ (collectively known as the 'feds'). Also, Backpage's managing officers are facing multiple US Federal felony charges that they have been indicted for.
You may say this will not affect me because my dating site is not in the USA but do you you accept VISA and Mastercard? These are US based credit card associations and your use of their credit cards internationally may be sanctioned -- just as Backpage was denied credit card processing. The were taking Bitcoin until they were shutdown...
This is my new disclaimer I wrote last night -- you should have this reviewed by your attorneys and this is NOT given in legal advice!
FOSTA-SESTA -- Human Trafficking
Under no circumstances shall your content include, explicitly nor implicitly; the solicitation of any form of prostitution or human trafficking, regardless of whether or not permitted by local laws. Nor shall you be found to be aiding, abetting or pandering any act of prostitution.
The foregoing acts will result in the immediate termination of your account, as well as the account of any other person involved with you in the foregoing prohibited acts.
Advertising a known site in violation of these laws could perhaps be 'pandering' so if you are a US citizen -- be careful.
