[SWAF-Potluck] Time Sensitive: Info on SESTA/FOSTA

[Ki Bournes]

Thanks Kerry.
Sad times indeed.
Ki


On March 23, 2018 1:31:51 PM Kerry Porth <kerrylporth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> As some of you know, the US Congress and Senate have recently passed two
> bills, ostensibly to fight "sex trafficking".
>
> FOSTA will give more power to victims and prosecutors to sue websites that
> "knowingly aid sex trafficking" and includes language about promoting or
> facilitating the prostitution of another person. As of this morning,
> Craigslist in the USA has already pulled their personals section. If you
> click on the link, you'll get this message: "US Congress just passed HR
> 1865, "FOSTA" <https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1865>,
> seeking to subject websites to criminal and civil liability when third
> parties (users) misuse online personals unlawfully." This BEFORE Trump has
> added his fancy signature making it a law.
>
> SESTA empowers states to go after websites in a sort of weird parental role
> in much the same way as FOSTA. Taken together, these laws are a direct
> attack on sex workers' ability to advertise, to connect with each other in
> virtual spaces, and to share bad date information.
>
> You can find more out about these new laws here:
> https://survivorsagainstsesta.org
>
> And, you may want to sign up for a teleconference call THIS SUNDAY
> MARCH 25 with
> Kate D'Adamo of the Sex Workers' Project in New York to learn more. Details
> here:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8ugt81KOFnzRyuCG4
> A12zhnH7Mex8w9vy79-3oLGPdo7SrA/viewform?fbzx=-185
> 6328853573021700#SurvivorsAgainstSESTA
>
> Sadly, this will absolutely have an impact on Canadian sex workers as some
> of the sites we use are hosted in the USA.
>
> I'll share more information as it becomes available.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Kerry
>
>
>
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