Thanks to @islamoon.bsky.social @mskatesinclaire.bsky.social @charlyjezebel.bsky.social @ntusikov.bsky.social for supporting this research! 💪

Adult industry workers - from content creators to escorts - have bank accounts closed without warning + financial services unjustly denied over their profession.

Why is legal, consensual work targeted for debanking in 🇨🇦?

Learn more:
www.internetmaggie.com/debankingfacts

@publicpubics.bsky.social

James Campbell is joined by Maggie MacDonald, contributor to The Intellect Handbook of Adult Film & Media.

They discuss her chapter, 'Pornography Platforms', how algorithms affect content creation and the practical implications of regulations.

https://youtu.be/ndms24UjltI

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LISTEN UP! YOU NEED TO DO THIS ASAP!!!

If you support marginalized people, do this.
If you support sex workers, do this.
If you support artists, do this.
If you say "fuck censorship", do this.

I can't begin to tell you how important this is, ya'll.

Anti-sex censorship online doesn't only suppress adult content - it shapes what gets made, seen, and studied.

Age-ID laws throttle a wide range of cultural & academic outputs, making it hard for artists & scholars to share our work!

@fsc.bsky.social

www.freespeechcoalition.com/scholars

This sounds like such an interesting conversation

thinking about Camming by Angela Jones and Selena The Stripper, Sex Workers Unite

Major influences!!

Moral judgment has no place in deciding who gets to bank or not By treating sex-work earnings as criminal proceeds, banks have too much power to decide who gets to use the economic infrastructure that makes participation in society possible

📰📢 New op-ed in the Globe & Mail by @internetmaggie.com & me:

Moral judgment has no place in deciding who gets to bank or not

In it we summarize key points from our new report on sex work debanking, Account Closed Without Notice
(see pinned 📌 post).

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3d6ff41...

You're a big research inspiration Natasha, and your support on this project means so much!

Opinion: Moral judgment has no place in deciding who gets to bank or not By treating sex-work earnings as criminal proceeds, banks have too much power to decide who gets to use the economic infrastructure that makes participation in society possible

Important editorial (paywall) by @internetmaggie.com & Val Webber on Canadian banks' debanking sex workers with claims of high-risk transactions & risks to corporate reputations. Result is financial discrimination & stigma.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

and to learn more, read our full report!

Account Closed Without Notice:
Debanking Adult Industry Workers in Canada 🍁

www.internetmaggie.com/debanking

@publicpubics.bsky.social @ntusikov.bsky.social @mskatesinclaire.bsky.social @islamoon.bsky.social @charlyjezebel.bsky.social

huge thanks to @mskatesinclaire.bsky.social for speaking so compellingly on the experience of debanking 👏

We deserve full decrim in 🍁, and mechanisms to better protect financial access and inclusion!

Pay attention to how these banking institutions treat SWers. It's a strong predictor of how they'll treat everyone in the future.

one clear reason 🌽/SWers are targeted for debanking is conflation of their incomes with harmful and criminal activities - a classification partly resulting from Canada's ambiguous 'Nordic Model'

we have plenty of anecdotal reports of debanking - it makes life much more difficult for those who suffer it!

In our latest for @theglobeandmail.com, @publicpubics.bsky.social and I summarize the issue of 🍁debanking analyzed in our new report: Account Closed Without Notice

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

"Adult industry workers in Canada have increasingly taken to social media to disclose their frustration with these experiences, detailing accounts being frozen and funds seized with no explanation and limited recourse."

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If you haven't already please read this report on de-banking and account restrictions by my brilliant friend @internetmaggie.com! With all of the age verification and personal ID rolling out platforms like Discord, these kinds of restrictions and constraints are only getting worse.

✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 thanks for boosting!!

I had a great time talking the latest tech policy news with Ben, including some deep cuts on meta political ads during Hungary’s parliamentary election and a new report on debanking from @publicpubics.bsky.social and @internetmaggie.com

Today @publicpubics.bsky.social & I are pleased to share our new research report:

Account Closed Without Notice 🏦💸🚫☂️

we clarify policies restricting bank access for many 🇨🇦 adult industry/SWers + offer recommendations to secure fair financial inclusion for all

www.internetmaggie.com/debanking

Screen cap of a light blue report cover with black text that reads 'Account Closed Without Notice: Debanking adult industry workers in Canada.'

What's behind the debanking of adult industry/SWers in 🇨🇦?
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New report out from @internetmaggie.com and me!
We review banking infrastructure/policies & offer recommendations to support financial inclusion for all:
www.valeriewebber.com/adult-indust...
www.internetmaggie.com/debanking

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Check out their incredible programming at www.maggiestoronto.org

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You can also find our report on Researchgate!

Account Closed Without Notice: Debanking Adult Industry Workers in Canada 🏦💸🚫☂
doi.org/10.13140/RG....

we clarify policies limiting bank access for 🇨🇦 SWers + offer recommendations to secure fair financial inclusion for all @publicpubics.bsky.social

we're grateful for the feedback of @ntusikov.bsky.social, Sarah Bain, Solomon Friedman and Craig Bradshaw - all were immensely helpful in preparing this report

SWers have been speaking out against debanking for years

We're indebted to @mskatesinclaire.bsky.social @islamoon.bsky.social @charlyjezebel.bsky.social and @chandraewing.bsky.social for their contributions in this report

Today @publicpubics.bsky.social & I are pleased to share our new research report:

Account Closed Without Notice 🏦💸🚫☂️

we clarify policies restricting bank access for many 🇨🇦 adult industry/SWers + offer recommendations to secure fair financial inclusion for all

www.internetmaggie.com/debanking

The (not so) secret governors of the internet: Morality policing and platform politics - Zachary J McDowell, Katrin Tiidenberg, 2023 A growing body of academic work on internet governance focuses on the ‘deplatforming of sex’, or the removal and suppression of sexual expression from the inter...

V concerned to see great research orgs partner up with NCOSE to repeal Section 230. This article has is a v good history of NCOSE (once Morality In Media) & their campaigns against… literally any depiction of anything but conservative values on TV / the internet. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...