A US government effort to fight online sex trafficking has cleansed many sites of personal ads and consensual eroticism,in a shift advocates say amounts to uncertain censorship
Craigslist has shut down its renowned “personals” section, which once featured ads titled “Hot days and “Looking to idiot around tonight. Porn performers are complaining that Google Drive is no longer allowing them to share erotic videos with private clients. Microsoft has announced new rules banning “offensive language” from conversations on Skype and Xbox. And Reddit has closed sex industry discussion groups entitled “Escorts”, or “Hookers”,and SugarDaddy”.
All of this has happened in recent days and weeks; a particular genre of online sex, it seems, and is vanishing from the internet.
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Source: guardian.co.uk