Want to Fix Big Tech? Stop Ignoring Sex Workers.
Three years ago this month, Congress passed a law that got people killed.
The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act and Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, better known as SESTA/FOSTA, sailed through the House and Senate and were signed into law by then President Donald Trump in April 2018.
The bills’ sponsors said the laws were intended to address online sex trafficking by amending Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to create new liability for website owners and online platforms. Instead, they wreaked havoc on some of the most vulnerable people in our society.