Outlawing AI Porn and Sex Dolls: Crime fighting or moral panic?

Here’s an interesting op-ed…On Monday, The Washington Post reports, “fast-fashion” retailer Shein banned sales of sex dolls on its site after a government regulatory agency threatened to bar the company from operating in France and referred it to prosecutors. Some of the dolls sold on Shein’s online platform were, it seems, too “childlike” in appearance. I consider it lazy to

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FAC Weekly Update 2025-11-04-Halloween Truth vs Myth

Weekly update for November 4, 2025. This is recording number 336. Dear Members and Advocates, We made it! Another Halloween has come and gone, and—just like every other year—the dire warnings, police sweeps, and media hysteria amounted to absolutely nothing. Each November, we at FAC comb through the headlines and police blotters, searching for the supposed “uptick” in sexual crimes that

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The Registry Didn’t Stop That Either

So Meta, the company that owns Facebook and other popular social media platforms enacts a strict rule saying, “No one on the sex-offender registry may use our platforms!” — brilliant, right? That should instantly shut down all the sex crimes taking place on through the sites. Problem solved. Except — surprise! — a survey conducted by the Florida Attorney General’s

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The Registry Did Nothing to Protect this Child from Florida Deputy.

Here we go again. Another child victimized — this time by a Florida sheriff’s deputy — and once again, the Sex Offender Registry did absolutely nothing to prevent it. A deputy with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office has been arrested for exchanging explicit photos with a 10-year-old girl on TikTok. That’s right — not someone on the registry, but someone

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Reason: 6,000 Americans indefinitely detained in a system that wastes money and doesn’t make us safer

Jennifer Williams’ son, Justin Sanchez, was a teenager when he committed the crimes that would land him behind bars. Now 31, he is still a prisoner—even though he’s served his sentence for the two sexual offenses he committed at ages 15 and 16. Like many others who have served their time for sex crimes, Justin is trapped indefinitely in the

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