Twitter has long been a haven for sex workers. The platform applies less strict rules to content for adults. This is not necessarily the case for social networks such as Facebook or Instagram. However, that may well be about to change.
Recently, we learned that many sex workers are being kicked off the platform. This information was relayed by the site Rolling Stone. Currently, the latter are in total incomprehension. They fear that the social network has changed its policy regarding adult content.
If so, it could have a huge impact on the activities of a large number of sex workers.
They no longer have access to their account
Genesis Lynn, the owner of Fetish Con, spoke to our fellow Rolling Stone to tell her story. She says she was denied access to her Twitter account in December 2020, for no apparent reason. Yet for 11 years, she used the platform to promote her business which caters to fetishists.
After trying to access her account, she received a message explaining that he had been suspended. Genesis Lynn claims that she has not posted any sexual content on her account. As a profile picture, she used her company logo. According to her, nothing justifies this suspension. Genesis Lynn therefore asked Twitter for an explanation. Until today, she has received no response.
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A case that is not isolated
The owner of Fetish Con is not an isolated case. In recent months, other sex workers have been kicked out of the social network. The accounts of the Clips4Sale and ModelCentro platforms, specializing in adult content, have also disappeared from Twitter. This has not gone unnoticed by sex workers who are now worried about their future on the social network.
A Twitter spokesperson spoke on the matter. According to him, the platform has no intention of banning sex workers.
“There has been no change in our sensitive media policy this year,” he explains.
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He added that for the moment the social network does not plan to change its policy on adult content.
Despite this, data collected by Amberly Rothfield, digital consultant in the adult industry, reveals that 704 sex worker accounts were deleted from the platform during the week of 1.is January 2021.
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