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Rep. Paul Gosar Takes Victory Lap After OnlyFans Announces Pornography Ban
National File ^ | Aug 19 | Jack Hadfield

Posted on 08/19/2021 5:19:22 PM PDT by RandFan

Rep. Paul Gosar applauded the announcement from OnlyFans which confirmed the site would ban pornography from October on, following his initiation of Congressional pressure against the site in April this year.

OnlyFans, where the vast majority of users are women posting sexually explicit videos and images for paying customers, announced that by October that the platform will ban any “sexually-explicit content,” in order to “ensure the long-term sustainability of the platform and to continue to host an inclusive community of creators and fans.”

Rep. Paul Gosar, one of the most well-known America First members of Congress, applauded the move from OnlyFans as a “positive development,” and that he was “glad to see” them move to ban “illicit content.”

As National File reported, Gosar started to put pressure on OnlyFans in April of this year, when he demanded that the Department of Justice investigate the site for allegedly breaking sex trafficking legislation. In the letter, Gosar suggested that they should be investigated under the 1910 Mann Act, which bans “interstate transportation of an individual for an immoral, or illegal purpose.” It noted that OnlyFans operates across state lines, and “while probably immunized from tort under Section 230, does appear to facilitate and even encourage interstate travel of the sort directly targeted by the Mann Act.”

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1 posted on 08/19/2021 5:19:23 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Isn’t the web site pornography? What else are they?


2 posted on 08/19/2021 5:21:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I guess the “models” will have to be clothed etc. and no pornography.


3 posted on 08/19/2021 5:24:18 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: nickcarraway

Nudity is not considered pornography - which is the depiction of sex acts. The OnlyFans career path of selling nude photos to simps will remain open to America’s young women, who are still too traumatized after four years of the brutal Trump regime to hold down more traditional jobs. /s


4 posted on 08/19/2021 5:24:38 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Mr. Jeeves

“Do you have any naked pictures of your wife?”

“Of course, not.”

“Want to buy some?”


5 posted on 08/19/2021 5:25:24 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

The OnlyFans career path of selling nude photos to simps....


I sometimes wonder: who-in-their-right-mind would pay for nude pics of women when the Internet is awash with free porn?

I suppose the answer is “simps” who imagine that that they have some kind of meaningful relationship with these women because they see them nude.


6 posted on 08/19/2021 5:31:51 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: RandFan

He just lost the vamp vote … just saying


7 posted on 08/19/2021 5:31:56 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Stolen elections have consequences.)
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To: RandFan

Is he saying these women are forced on these sites?


8 posted on 08/19/2021 5:33:12 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Time flies like an arrow... Fruit flies like a banana )
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To: RandFan

You mean the internet wasn’t invented mainly to transmit pornography? Could have fooled me.


9 posted on 08/19/2021 5:39:57 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Gosar’s going to end up disappointed.


10 posted on 08/19/2021 5:45:30 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Mr. Jeeves

“The platform will still allow creators to post nude photos and videos, but not any “sexually explicit conduct.””

And other sites will fill the void. OnlyFans will be the billboard providing directions to the strip club.


11 posted on 08/19/2021 5:54:09 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: dfwgator

Nudge Nudge

Monty Python ...

Man: Oh! Well, never mind. Dib dib? Is your uh, is your wife interested in....photography, ay? “Photographs, ay”, he asked him knowlingly?

Squire: Photography?

Man: Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more?

Squire: Holiday snaps, eh?

Man: They could be, they could be taken on holiday. Candid, you know, CANDID photography?

Squire: No, no I’m afraid we don’t have a camera.....


12 posted on 08/19/2021 5:55:10 PM PDT by Right Brigade
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To: RandFan

All consumers & participants of porn should be 21 years or older. There should be a total ban on teenage depiction and rape in porn and child pornagraphers should get the death penalty.


13 posted on 08/19/2021 5:56:06 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)
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To: RandFan
I guess the “models” will have to be clothed etc. and no pornography.

Journalists should learn to read before they write. The actual restrictions proposed by the OnlyFans website allow what most people would consider hard core pornography. What they are banning is what most people would consider way beyond the pale even for pornography.

The full list of banned images and activities is too gross to post here, but you can be assured that there is no requirement for clothed models and that the models will be doing pretty much anything you can imagine with other humans. Doing those things with animals, for example, is now banned from OnlyFans.

14 posted on 08/19/2021 6:06:28 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: RandFan

It costs a lot of money to subscribe to that thing. Surely there’s a better way to look at nude, tattooed chicks who don’t wash their hair and have nose rings.


15 posted on 08/19/2021 6:30:40 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Bullish

I hear you can buy stock on the internet too. Guess it’s not all porn.


16 posted on 08/19/2021 6:41:19 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: RandFan
This is shameful.

How will these poor girls be able to afford the rent on their Miami condos if they can no longer sell pics of their buttholes on OnlyFans?

17 posted on 08/19/2021 9:39:31 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Bullish

https://youtu.be/LTJvdGcb7Fs


18 posted on 08/19/2021 9:42:56 PM PDT by Clemenza (Elon Musk: wealthiest welfare queen in history )
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To: RandFan

Gosar started to put pressure on OnlyFans in April of this year, when he demanded that the Department of Justice investigate the site for allegedly breaking sex trafficking legislation. In the letter, Gosar suggested that they should be investigated under the 1910 Mann Act, which bans “interstate transportation of an individual for an immoral, or illegal purpose.” It noted that OnlyFans operates across state lines, and “while probably immunized from tort under Section 230, does appear to facilitate and even encourage interstate travel of the sort directly targeted by the Mann Act.”

Pretty sure there was no internet in 1910...nor is there any ability to physically travel via the internet...

It’s simply a threat by govt to punish behavior they disapprove of (meaning they arent getting a cut of the action) by throwing taxpayer funded lawyers at them as weaponized morality police and financially punishing them through tort abuse by forcing them to expand revenue for a defense.....Taliban much?

This is where the puratins on the right lose me...there is nothing stopping women from using cash apps and instant messaging and doing the same exact thing...leveraging their rights to their own images for financial gain...capitalism you say?

So then what does using the power of the state essentially ban the same act out of existence?

Socialism you say?

The oldest profession is what?...and it’s open practice in DC....you dont pay hookers for sex...you pay them to LEAVE after sex...

Besides porn is free...they arent paying for porn...they are paying for the interaction with a person..who is safely remote...

Frankly...the content of video messages between consenting adults is none of the governments damn business...

Only fans simply cut their own throat and will soon fail financially as users and providers move to another platform...

The notion that sending an electronic image equates to physical travel is pure BS....and targeting an adult website...while real physical sex trafficking of minors continues...is a waste of resources...

A company with balls would have told them to pound sand and countered with a lawsuit based on the 1st amendment,copywrite,and a reasonable expectation of private communication between consenting adults...

Something stinks like a competitor using Gosar as a tool with donations...porn(erotica) has been around since man learned to draw...


19 posted on 08/19/2021 11:31:27 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: rbg81

Reminds of my buddy who always thought the chick at the strip club was going to call him after he gave her his number.


20 posted on 08/20/2021 3:20:24 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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