9/27/2018 FOSTA For Nonprofit Groups Bill Quietly Passes House. Bill Would Let Nonprofits Share Info on ‘Sex Traffcking’ — Even if They’re False
Like FOSTA, the bill could have a disproportionate impact on sex workers and the adult industry, who could have their financial information shared and exposed in the guise of combatting “sex trafficking.” In fact, according to Adam Brandon of the Libertarian site Freedom Works, the law could even lead to “increase(d) warrantless surveillance of Americans through ‘information sharing’ programs.”
“Allowing—or demanding—information sharing between banks, cops, and nonprofits that work with sex workers could go a long way toward not just shuttering individual sex worker bank accounts but facilitating money-laundering charges against any website that allows ‘escort’ ads or otherwise enables communication that connects sex workers and clients,” Elizabeth Nolan Brown wrote.
The bill must now go to the Senate, with no vote yet scheduled in that legislative body.
Like FOSTA, the bill could have a disproportionate impact on sex workers and the adult industry, who could have their financial information shared and exposed in the guise of combatting “sex trafficking.” In fact, according to Adam Brandon of the Libertarian site Freedom Works, the law could even lead to “increase(d) warrantless surveillance of Americans through ‘information sharing’ programs.”
“Allowing—or demanding—information sharing between banks, cops, and nonprofits that work with sex workers could go a long way toward not just shuttering individual sex worker bank accounts but facilitating money-laundering charges against any website that allows ‘escort’ ads or otherwise enables communication that connects sex workers and clients,” Elizabeth Nolan Brown wrote.
The bill must now go to the Senate, with no vote yet scheduled in that legislative body.
