Colby Jansen Scores 2 Urban X Awards Noms

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Colby Jansen has been nominated for the 2024 Urban X Award for Gay Performer of the Year as well as for Pansexual Performer of the Year.

“These are my first Urban X Awards nominations, and I’d love to win one or both trophies,” said Jansen. “Show me some love and vote for your favorite Daddy daily.” 

For a complete list of 2024 Urban X Award nominees, click here.

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Leilani Li Drops Clip, Stars in New Scene

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Leilani Li drops OnlyFans clip, stars in TGirls.xxx scene.

First, she has dropped a new OnlyFans clip with Roman Todd and Jewel Diamant.

Next, she stars in the new TGirls.xxx scene, “The Audition,” alongside Andre Stone.

“This is the best way to spend the long holiday weekend if you’re looking for real fireworks,” said Li. “Roman and Jewel were a blast; I know my subscribers will go wild for the exclusive OnlyFans scene. And, of course, I love working with Andre Stone and Buddy Wood, and I always appreciate Steven Grooby.”

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Bree Brooks Performs 1st DP in New XXXJobInterviews Scene

CHICAGO — Bree Brooks has performed her first DP scene in a new XXXJobInterviews scene.

The scene features Brooks interviewing for a club job with Scott Johnson and Austin Pierce.

Additionally, XXXJobInterviews is marking its second anniversary with this release.

“First she was an angel; now she returns as a hot, red devil server wanting more,” said FJ Productions owner Scott Johnson. “What a perfect way to celebrate our second anniversary — with Bree’s first DP scene.”

The scene is streaming on XXXJobInterviews.

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Aylo Willing to Work With Australia’s Online Censor on Device-Based AV Solutions

CANBERRA, Australia — The office of Australia’s top online censor, unelected eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, released a new roadmap for implementing age verification according to the country’s Online Safety Act.

The new eSafety position paper, titled ”Development of Phase 2 Industry Codes under the Online Safety Act,” states that its regulations “will be binding on industry participants regardless of their participation in the development process” and claims that “the co-regulatory approach gives providers a unique opportunity to help shape these regulations.”

“While eSafety is not aware of any online pornography providers being part of the direct membership of the Notice Recipients, it strongly encourages them to engage with Australia’s co-regulatory process and contribute to developing the Phase 2 Codes,” Inman-Grant’s office states.

Despite what the paper clearly states, The Guardian’s Australia desk confusingly headlined its report on Inman Grant’s latest attempt to regulate adult content “Porn sites and Meta among those tasked with drafting Australia’s online child safety rules.”

Inman Grant told The Guardian that “requiring technology companies in different sectors to work on the code would mean that there isn’t a single point of failure.”

“The larger porn sites actually have fairly robust age verification provisions in place, but there are going to be rogue porn sites all over the internet that are never going to comply,” she added, after which The Guardian specifically mentioned Aylo’s popular tube site Pornhub.

XBIZ contacted an Aylo rep, who attempted to clarify the situation.

“The eSafety Commissioner in Australia is recommending ‘device-level,’ ‘account-based,’ and ‘ecosystem-level’ age verification for adult sites,” the Aylo rep explained. “This is essentially what we have called for, and what we believe is the safest and most effective way to introduce age verification.”

The Aylo rep added that as far as the company’s current involvement with Inman Grant’s process, the company “absolutely has offered to participate in device-level age verification tests and pilot programs in Australia.”

“We would be extremely happy to participate in testing of device-level solutions,” the Aylo rep added. “We believe this is the most effective age verification solution that preserves both user safety and privacy.”

The rep conjectured that The Guardian may have been referring to Aylo’s offer to participate, instead of to actually being contacted by the office of the vocally anti-porn Inman Grant , as the paper makes clear.

As XBIZ reported, the eSafety Commissioner has acknowledged having conversations with U.S.-based, religiously-inspired lobby NCOSE — formerly Morality in Media — and even appeared on an NCOSE podcast at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation summit in July 2021, shortly after the Australian Parliament passed the Online Safety Act.

A recent article by an Australian libertarian think tank quoted Inman Grant’s statements at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in 2022, where she advocated for “a recalibration of a whole range of human rights that are playing out online, from freedom of speech to the freedom to be free from online violence.”

Main Image: Australia’s top online censor, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant

Spain’s Technology Minister Unveils Soon-to-be-Mandatory Age Verification App

MADRID — Spain’s anti-sex work and anti-porn Socialist Party (PSOE) government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez unveiled a new age verification app that will become a mandatory step to access any adult content by anyone in the country starting in September.

The Cartera Digital app and its age verification protocols — which are not currently functional — were announced earlier this week by Spain’s Minister of Digital Transformation and Civil Service José Luis Escrivá Belmonte.

According to Escrivá, Cartera Digital is “currently in development” and is at the Beta stage, Spain’s ABC newspaper reported.

Once it is up and running, Cartera Digital will issue “anonymous digital access credentials” allowing any adult with a Spanish national ID who is willing to share his or her information with the government while seeking to access sexual content to enter “digital spaces with content deemed inappropriate for younger users,” ABC reported.

Since the app uses Spain’s national ID documents to verify age, it is unclear how the many adult foreign nationals who live in, work in or are visiting Spain would be able to access any content deemed by the government as pornographic.

Escrivá described the existence of adult content as “a problem,” and noted, “If we all don’t collaborate, this problem is impossible to solve.”

By “we,” Escrivá specified he meant adult platforms and sites, which he hopes will be willing to comply with the still-in-progress Cartera Digital.

Escrivá spent part of his presentation justifying the mandatory app alleging that it is needed because “the great majority of young people between 18 and 26 years old consider that these contents are accurate to real sexuality.”

Despite the communication minister’s implication, Spaniards between 18 and 26 are considered adults and thus would still be able to access the content by entering their government ID into Cartera Digital.

Escrivá also cited his belief that Spain currently suffers from a sexual assault crisis and blamed adult content for it.

Adult Industry Reactions

Veteran Spanish adult producer and performer Pablo Ferrari, who also developed the local Loverfans and Darkfans premium fan platforms, told XBIZ that the Sánchez government “makes up rules without knowing what they’re ruling about and ignoring experts or industry stakeholders.”

“It would be reasonable for them to research how the adult industry works, and what would be the known pluses or minuses of a measure, before adventuring into something that they don’t know or can even fathom which negative consequences may have,” Ferrari said, adding that producers like himself only want paid customers and would be at the forefront of any serious, reasonable attempt to restrict content to adults.

“The people mostly affected by the government’s misguided idea will be adults who want to watch adult entertainment,” he added. “Minors will quickly figure out a way to get around it, through VPNs and other ways. My customers who are in their 40s and 50s are not as tech savvy as the younger users, so the end result of mandating this intrusive app will be the opposite of what the government claims to want.”

Escrivá told the press that the Spanish government is hoping international adult sites and major social media and search companies such as Meta, Google and X will get on board, but he also confirmed that initially the law will be applied to Spain-based adult businesses.

A Socialist-Led War on Porn

The powerful and influential SWERF faction within the PSOE, backed by Sánchez himself, has repeatedly tried to recriminalize all sex work and adult content, restoring the stigmatizing laws of the Franco dictatorship.

As XBIZ reported, this faction suffered a sound defeat in May as a controversial criminalization bill promoted by Sánchez’s government failed to gain parliamentary support among the party’s ruling coalition allies.

The supposedly “feminist” law had been loudly opposed by sex workers, sex worker rights groups and the local adult industry. The traditionally left-leaning PSOE was counting on ultra-Catholic elements within the main opposition party, the right-leaning People’s Party (PP), to provide some support, but a critical mass of PP’s parliamentarians withdrew their backing from the widely reviled “Abolition of Prostitution” law.

Among parliamentarians’ criticisms were misgivings about the proposed law not offering an exit path for sex workers, and an emphasis on punishing facilitators and clients, described by the government as “pimps and johns,” following the Nordic Model propaganda playbook.

Barcelona-based director and producer Erika Lust warned in 2022 that the PSOE’s call for “the abolition of all forms of making a profit from the prostitution of others” directly threatened porn production.

“It would not matter whether the practice is carried out under exploitation — banned under current law — or if it is independent labor, with consent from all parties involved, following ethical production standards,” Lust said.

European director, performer and sex work activist Paulita Pappel, who is originally from Spain, told XBIZ that the country is currently seeing a rise in conservative influence.

“This is leading to the suppression of voices and erosion of fundamental human rights,” Pappel noted. “The pretext of protecting children online is being used to target sex workers, restricting their tools and subjecting them to discrimination. Laws requiring age verification and banning online advertising for sexual services are pushing sex workers into precarious situations. We need to oppose these measures and advocate for decriminalization. We must fight back.”

Main Image: Spain’s Minister of Digital Transformation and Civil Service José Luis Escrivá Belmonte

Connie Perignon Scores Urban X Awards Nom

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Connie Perignon has been nominated for the 2024 Urban X Award for Hottest Inked Star.

“I would love to win this award,” said Perignon. “I know my fans will come through for me with a voting frenzy and I appreciate them for that.”

For a complete list of 2024 Urban X Award nominees, click here.

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Lauren Phillips Nominated for Urban X Award

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Lauren Phillips is up for the 2024 Urban X Award for MILF Performer of the Year.

“I have the best fans,” enthused Phillips. “I know they would love for me to take home this award and will help me win. I really appreciate them and everyone at the Urban X Awards.”

For a complete list of 2024 Urban X Award nominees, click here.

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Avery Jane Up For 2 Urban X Awards

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Avery Jane has scored two 2024 Urban X Award nominations, for Anal Performer of the Year and Hottest Fetish Star.

“Walking the red carpet this year as a previous winner and multi-nominee will be exciting,” said Jane. “I’d love to win again, so please vote for me as much as you can.”

For a complete list of 2024 Urban X Award nominees, click here.

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Ana Foxxx Scores 2 Urban X Awards Noms

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Ana Foxxx has nabbed two 2024 Urban X Awards nominations.

The nominations are in the categories of Female Performer of the Year and Best Actress.

Foxxx, who will also be hosting the red carpet, has previously won two Urban X Awards for Female Performer of the Year; she was inducted into their hall of fame in 2022 and she hosted last year’s event.

“I’m so honored to be nominated for two major categories and to be hosting the red carpet,” Foxxx said. “I can’t wait to see what everyone is wearing and to interview them. Look for me on the carpet with the microphone, and be ready for some fun questions. Also, please vote for me as much as you can; I really appreciate it.”

For a complete list of 2024 Urban X Award nominees, click here.

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