Porn, age verification and gendered has been in the media a lot recently. In response we’ve launched our Porn and Age Verification page. Check it out for our position on porn and age verification, and what the implications for sex workers are.
Here is a brief roundup of the media over the past few weeks:
Anti porn / pro age verfication
- I experienced first-hand the link between porn and violence. It was humiliating and scary
- Four Corners – Porn: A Ruthless Business
- Australia will trial ‘age assurance’ tech to bar children from online porn. What is it and will it work?
- ‘A welcome backflip’: Porn passport trial to keep kids off adult websites
- Chanel Contos: ‘We are fighting the same battles our grandmothers did’
- Jess Hill discusses role of porn, gambling and alcohol on family violence
- Talking isn’t working: Push for PM to tackle porn, gambling, booze to stop violent men
- Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Why are we so blasé about violent pornography?
- Rise in ‘highly addictive’ new porn tech that is ‘ruining relationships’
- ‘It was all just abuse’: How pornography fuels violence
- Degrading behaviour towards women is part of ‘mainstream’ pornography. What are the risks of this?
- Violent porn, online misogyny driving gendered violence, say experts
- Consent Campaigner Chanel Contos calls for high school students to learn dangers of porn
Neutral
- The federal government has given an online age verification pilot the green light. Here’s what we know about it
- Australia’s age verification trial for porn sites extends to cover social media
- Age verification for social media would impact all of us. We asked parents and kids if they actually want it
- 4 things our schools should do now to help prevent gender-based violence
Pro porn / anti age verification
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The Government Is Making Porn a Scapegoat for Rising Violence Against Women
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The unintended consequence of the age verification proposal for porn sites
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How age verification rules for porn and social media could impact millions of Australian adults
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Let’s get this right and avoid knee-jerk decisions on misogyny and men’s violence against women