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[–]magnora7[S] 24 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 0 fun25 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Basically, as long as it's not going to cause legal trouble to saidit, it's fine

[–]cat-gun 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks! The problem is that it's hard to say whether it will cause legal trouble. Congress recently passed regulations called FOSTA/SESTA which create an exception to Section 230 that means website publishers would be responsible if third parties are found to be posting ads for prostitution — including consensual sex work — on their platforms. You can read more about it here:

https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/4/13/17172762/fosta-sesta-backpage-230-internet-freedom

Reddit closed a bunch of sex work related subreddits as a result, although they weren't especially consistent about it. They closed /r/hookers and /r/escorts, but /r/sexworkers and /r/sexworkersonly are still up. However, none of them allowed advertising. (In my opinion, Reddit closed /r/hookers and /r/escorts because they emphasized the client side, whereas /r/sexworkers /r/sexworkersonly emphasize the provider side).

IMHO, FOSTA/SESTA will eventually be struck down in the courts as an unconstitutional infringement on the first amendment. However, it may take a while for that to play out in the courts. Until then, there's legal uncertainty around the issue.

[–]Troll 10 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Interestingly, /r/asktransgender probably still has dudes giving hormone pills to minors.

[–]LoganBlade 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

it's r/TransDIY now