Under the guise of “anti-trafficking” efforts, police practices in northern California and a new federal law have broadly affected adult sex workers both online and in the streets. “I was out on the streets that same night,” said Monroe, 26, who previously did sex work in northern California and had relied on Redbook. “There are no services.”DiAngelo’s group later conducted a survey of 44 local sex workers to understand how they had relied on Redbook to find work. What’s more, every sex worker who transitioned to street work responded that they had been subsequently raped, arrested or both. Fosta led to the shutdown of the remaining popular websites that allowed for adult sex work, including Craigslist personals.

Source: The Guardian November 28, 2018 11:02 UTC