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>> goal is to eliminate all pornography from the internet. Funny story: Pre-9/11 the Bush administration was talking about cracking down on internet pornograp

>> goal is to eliminate all pornography from the internet. Funny story: Pre-9/11 the Bush administration was talking about cracking down on internet pornography. The Christian right was saying the same things they had about magazines in decades past. So some industry people got together and founded websites dedicated to the most horrible pornography possible, in full expectation that they would be attacked. They were going to be champions of the first amendment in the same was that Hustler magazine had been a generation previously. But then 9/11. The expected crackdown didn't materialize. Those websites are still around, having evolved into some of the biggest names in the biz.

albany2 4y ago
error54 4y ago
source?
- sandworm101 4y ago
  https://www.wired.com/2001/01/bush-to-porn-run-for-cover/ https://www.wired.com/2001/01/bush-to-porn-run-for-cover/ 06-Jan, 2001. "The conservative queen of syndicated outrage, who happens to be George W. Bush's pick to head the Department of Labor, has repeatedly warned of what she describes as the perils of sexually explicit material online and urged government action against it. If the Senate gives her the nod, Chavez will not have any day-to-day responsibilities dealing with online speech. But her nomination signals the approach that a Bush presidency is likely to take toward sexually explicit material online." For the rest of the story, you will have to dig into the history of certain websites that I shall not link to here on HN.
Dma54rhs 4y ago
Right now a lot of socialist parties in Europe want to shut down porn and sex work under the name of feminism as well. As an example Spain where they are also in power. Thinking only about American Christians is short sighted, there's a lot of pressure from people who want nothing to do with Christianity but see the industry as exploitive and anti woman.
- schwartzworld 4y ago
  Maybe, but there is a fundamental difference between being anti-abuse and anti-smut.

albany2 4y ago

error54 4y ago

source?

sandworm101 4y ago
https://www.wired.com/2001/01/bush-to-porn-run-for-cover/ https://www.wired.com/2001/01/bush-to-porn-run-for-cover/ 06-Jan, 2001. "The conservative queen of syndicated outrage, who happens to be George W. Bush's pick to head the Department of Labor, has repeatedly warned of what she describes as the perils of sexually explicit material online and urged government action against it. If the Senate gives her the nod, Chavez will not have any day-to-day responsibilities dealing with online speech. But her nomination signals the approach that a Bush presidency is likely to take toward sexually explicit material online." For the rest of the story, you will have to dig into the history of certain websites that I shall not link to here on HN.

Dma54rhs 4y ago

Right now a lot of socialist parties in Europe want to shut down porn and sex work under the name of feminism as well. As an example Spain where they are also in power. Thinking only about American Christians is short sighted, there's a lot of pressure from people who want nothing to do with Christianity but see the industry as exploitive and anti woman.

schwartzworld 4y ago
Maybe, but there is a fundamental difference between being anti-abuse and anti-smut.