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Alison Boden

@alisonboden

Executive Director of the Free Speech Coalition. Adult industry advocate. Lover of spreadsheets and legal podcasts.

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04.03.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sex Workers Tried to Warn Us About Age Verification Laws | KQED Requiring internet users to verify their ages before accessing mature content may sound reasonable. Shouldn’t we be doing a better job protecting kids from online vulgarities? But free speech advocate...

I talked to @morgansung.bsky.social about sex work, surveillance, & censorship for close all tabs from kqed!

www.kqed.org/news/12075321

04.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Important update for creators!

25.02.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Incredibly timely and powerful report out today from @publicpubics.bsky.social and @internetmaggie.com laying out the debanking challenges faced by adult industry workers in Canada

10.02.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Excerpt from Copyleaks blog post about Grok's AI-CSAM/NCII problem: "The trend appears to have started several days ago, when some adult-content creators prompted Grok to generate sexualized imagery of themselves as a form of marketing on X. However, almost immediately, users began issuing similar prompts about women who had never appeared to consent to them. In other words, Grok moved from consensual self-representation to a form of scaled nonconsensual image generation."

Excerpt from Copyleaks blog post about Grok's AI-CSAM/NCII problem: "The trend appears to have started several days ago, when some adult-content creators prompted Grok to generate sexualized imagery of themselves as a form of marketing on X. However, almost immediately, users began issuing similar prompts about women who had never appeared to consent to them. In other words, Grok moved from consensual self-representation to a form of scaled nonconsensual image generation."

I've said it a lot lately: the problem with nonconsensual deepfake porn of adults isn't the "porn" part, it's the "nonconsensual" part. That HAS to be accounted for when regulating, otherwise you're just banning legal porn, which is (1) unconstitutional but (2) what the Heritage Foundation wants.

05.01.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 655 πŸ” 193 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

Sex is a fundamental need for the vast majority of human beings. Controlling sex means controlling people.

04.01.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sexual expression is censored because it's powerful.

04.01.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

FWIW, HN (really, Tech / Daily) is how the post got to me. It definitely got me thinking and inspired me to dig into the state of syndication tools (+ check out your other writing).

04.01.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS. It took me until my 30's to fully accept it. I think it has a lot to do with stigma. While the public discourse about mental health has improved *somewhat* in recent years, the stigma of taking meds still very much exists / is exacerbated by internalized shame. Thanks for sharing this!

04.01.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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huh...

02.01.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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18.12.2025 22:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Private started as a Swedish magazine in 1965.

09.12.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've never been prouder of you.

06.12.2025 01:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you for sharing this! Just a few minutes of browsing the archives of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin yielded some absolute bangers (that are actually relevant to my work in addition to being highly entertaining)...

19.11.2025 23:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For anyone who needs to hear this: sex with 15 year old girls is not "barely legal," it's ILLEGAL.

13.11.2025 22:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Pedocon, meet retcon

13.11.2025 22:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Corn Telethon

I am so proud of Corn Telethon. I love @siridahl.com so much and it means so much that we get to make such a beautiful event. It's a 12 hour variety show / fundraiser for great SWer mutual aid orgs and it takes place on September 4th from Noon Eastern until Midnight. A VERY truncated guest list:

28.08.2025 14:43 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Friends and fans, if you do watch pirated porn (with the increase in government regulations it's the only option in some places), do the right thing and send the creator who made it a couple of bucks.

28.08.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please, please, please consult a lawyer and not ChatGPT if you're able.

22.08.2025 03:10 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It took a few extra days, but it's out! πŸŽ‰
This thing took me over a month to write, so I hope it's useful for folks!

18.08.2025 23:12 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Age Verification Toolkit β€” Free Speech Coalition

I was clearly a bit overly optimistic last week when I thought I'd be able to publish the Age Verification Compliance toolkit I've been writing by today, but it's going through final legal review and will be out next week.
Sign up to get your copy when it drops!
www.freespeechcoalition.com/toolkit

15.08.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What I can't get over: "By 10am on Friday, data suggested an extra 66,000 internet users in the UK had begun using the dark web."

26.07.2025 00:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm at TrustCon in San Francisco this week to learn about the latest trust and safety challenges faced by online platforms, how companies are approaching them, and bring that knowledge back to FSC member companies. If you want to meet up for a coffee, DM me!

21.07.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I realize lot of people are panicking right now, and I don’t know what the future holds. But I do know this: the adult community has never lacked for enemies or hurdles or hardships. It’s made us strong, it's made us smart and it’s made us resilient. This is not our first rodeo.

27.06.2025 18:47 πŸ‘ 482 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 4
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ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton | American Civil Liberties Union WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court issued a blow to freedom of speech and privacy today by upholding Texas legislation that requires invasive age...

www.aclu.org/press-releas...

27.06.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This law has failed to keep minors away from sexual content yet continues to have a massive chilling effect on adults. The outcome is disastrous for Texans and for anyone who cares about freedom of speech and privacy online.

27.06.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAs it has been throughout history, pornography is once again the canary in the coal mine of free expression. The government should not have the right to demand that we sacrifice our privacy and security to use the internet.

27.06.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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I remember like it was yesterday...

18.06.2025 15:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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16.06.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Thank you to all who observed the hold and for helping ensure the safety of all performers. βœ…

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12.06.2025 21:06 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1