the vice index weekly news is live on Substack, covering what happened last week:

🔴 illicit drug traces found in Vegas wastewater
🔴 neighborhood based ban on prostitution in Columbia
🔴 FBI issues PSA: 'even AI-generated CASM is illegal'

open.substack.com/pub/theviceind…

#New : Pornhub, one of the largest adult entertainment websites, has completely shut down services in Texas, after the OAG and lawmakers sought to do more to require those websites to verify user age. #txlege

If you pull up Pornhub (don’t ask), this letter comes up ⬇️

Florida Lawmakers Vote To Raise Stripping Age to 21 reason.com/2024/03/11/flo… via reason and Elizabeth Nolan Brown

incredibly thoughtful, nuanced coverage on the future of AI sex work

talking sex work without mentioning the paid intimacy/companionship portion of this work is silly

per our episode with CHOICE and arik

NEW: I went to the AVN conference (adult entertainment's annual trade show) to investigate how AI is showing up. What I found was an industry rushing to profit from AI, with few protections for the people who inspire/appear in AI porn. 🧵 wapo.st/3IctOVH

who is making a coin to bank the unbanked sex robots?

Justice Department gets a chief AI officer trib.al/12WlZ6k

The Sextech Industry Newsletter 📰 is here! #sextech linkedin.com/pulse/ai-every…

Banking discrimination against SWs is wrong. We spoke to City A.M. about why this needs to end now - and demand that the UK government end these unjust practices!

cityam.com/debanking-firs…

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🥲 appreciate the honesty tho

NEWS: PENN has reached an agreement with Wynn Interactive Holdings to acquire its New York mobile sports wagering licenses. Pending regulatory approvals, @ESPNBET will launch in New York later this year!

Read More: investors.pennentertainment.com/news-releases/…

part of what i spoke about on @virtuepod wrt compromise legislation is this:

police should be at the absolute bottom of the stakeholder list in true decriminalization initiatives

letting them have so much control over the pilot program here was a huge mistake