2018
The chronological list of events relevant to pornography happened in 2018
Deaths
- January 8: the American pornographic actress Olivia Nova died of undisclosed caused at the age of 20.[1]
- January 18: the American pornographic actress Olivia Lua died of drug overdose at the age of 23.[2]
Legal
- April 11: The United States of America enacted the anti sex trafficking legislation nicknamed SESTA-FOSTA.[3][4][5]
Technology
- March 1: The American multinational technology company Microsoft amended its Terms of service banning offensive content or language from its services.[6]
- March 27: Seven pornographic film actresses reported that their pornographic contents stored on the file storage and synchronization service Google Drive had been blocked.[7]
References
- ↑ LA Direct News, Direct Models is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our model, Olivia Nova, LA Direct News, January 8 2018, http://ladirectnews.com/direct-models-is-deeply-saddened-to-learn-of-the-passing-of-our-model-olivia-nova/.
- ↑ Kelli, Olivia Lua passed away this morning – may she rest in peace, LA Direct News, January 18 2018, http://ladirectnews.com/olivia-lua-passed-away-this-morning-may-she-rest-in-peace/.
- ↑ Tom Jackman, Trump signs ‘FOSTA’ bill targeting online sex trafficking, enables states and victims to pursue websites, The Washington Post, Nash Holdings, April 11 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/true-crime/wp/2018/04/11/trump-signs-fosta-bill-targeting-online-sex-trafficking-enables-states-and-victims-to-pursue-websites/.
- ↑ Rhett Pardon, Trump signs SESTA/FOSTA into law, XBIZ, Adnet Media, April 11 2018, http://www.xbiz.com/news/234966/trump-signs-sesta-fosta-into-law.
- ↑ Controversial SESTA/FOSTA bill signed into law, AVN, AVN Media Network, April 11 2018, https://avn.com/business/articles/legal/controversial-sestafosta-bill-signed-into-law-771622.html.
- ↑ Michael French, Microsoft bans nudity, offensive language — Is FOSTA to blame?, AVN, AVN Media Network, March 27 2018, https://avn.com/business/articles/legal/microsoft-bans-nudity-offensive-languageis-fosta-to-blame-769708.html.
- ↑ Samantha Cole, Sex workers say porn on Google Drive is suddenly disappearing, Motherboard, Vice Media, March 21 2018, https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kgwnp/porn-on-google-drive-error.