Blackpool Council wants to create a monopoly for 1 sex shop to be allowed in the town and also it wants to ban any new lap dancing clubs, presumably on grounds of its view on morality.
Councillors are being asked to approve a new policy which would
permit only one monopoly sex shop, and which would ban new lap dancing clubs.
Four existing clubs would be allowed to continue operating, but once those licences lapse for any reason they would not be renewed.
Licensing chiefs say the move
better reflects Blackpool's aim to be a 'family' resort, and its support of the White Ribbon campaign against adult entertainment.
Members of the council's licensing committee are being asked to agree to reduce the number of permitted sex shops from
the current two, down to one.
The policywill go before the council's licensing committee on Tuesday January 19 for consideration.
Following the seismic exposure of Pornhub for hosting non-consensual and abusive content, credit card companies have cut ties with the adult site, but creators who rely on the platform have been left in the lurch
Ann Summers has launched a restructuring plan to cut rents at 25 of its stores.
The high street chain, which runs 91 outlets, said it has already agreed revised rental terms on its other branches following discussions with landlords in recent months.
However, it said it will now seek a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) deal to move its remaining stores on to turnover-based rents.
Creditors of Ann Summers have approved a plan which would slash rents at
two dozen of its stores. The company said that 90% of votes had been cast in favour of its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), which switches 25 of its stores onto turnover-base rents.
The firm had already agreed new rents with the landlords at
91 of its other branches, it confirmed earlier this week when announcing the plan.
No jobs will be lost, or stores closed as part of the CVA.
U.S. Senators Ben Sasse and Jeff Merkley have introduced a bipartisan bill calling for extensive new censorship rules for adult websites.
Dubbed the Stop Internet Sexual Explotation Act , the bill was prompted, according to an
announcement from Sasse's office, by reports of how videos and photos are uploaded to websites like Pornhub without the consent of individuals who appear in them. In particular the bill seems triggered by charges filed against Pornhub parent company
MindGeek alleging that the company knowingly hosted and profited from the non-consensual videos over which website GirlsDoPorn.
Among the censorship measures the new bill seeks to enact are:
Require any user uploading a video to the platform to verify their identiry
Require any user uploading a video to the platform also upload a signed consent form from every individual appearing in the video
Creating a private right
of action against an uploader who uploads a pornographic image without the consent of an individual featured in the image
Requiring platforms hosting pornography to include a notice or banner on the website instructing how an individual can
request removal of a video if an individual has not consented to it being uploaded on the platform
Prohibiting video downloads from these platforms, to be in place within three months of enactment of the legislation
Requiring platforms
hosting pornography to offer a 24-hour hotline staffed by the platform, for individuals who contact the hotline to request removal of a video that has been distributed without their consent
Requiring removal of flagged videos within two hours of
such a request
Requiring platforms to use software to block a video from being re-uploaded after its removal, which must be in place within six months of enactment of the legislations
Directing the Federal Trade Commission to enforce
violations of these requirements
Creating a database of individuals who have indicated they do not consent, which must be checked before new content can be uploaded to platforms
Instructing the Department of Justice to promulgate rules
on where this database should be housed, and determine how to connect victims with services, to include couseling and casework
Establishing that failure to comply with this requirement will result in a civil penalty to the platform, with
proceeds going towards victim services
Pamela Anderson's infamous sex tape with Tommy Lee is now at the heart of a proposed limited series coming to the Hulu internet TV srvice.
Lily James ( Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ) and Sebastian Stan ( Captain America: The Winter Soldier ) are
set to play the former Baywatch star and Mötley Crüe drummer in the new series dubbed Pam & Tommy .
It is reported that Pamela Anderson and Tommy Law are aware of the project but are not involved in the production
Blackpool Council wants to create a monopoly for 1 sex shop to be allowed in the town and also it wants to ban any new lap dancing clubs, presumably on grounds of its view on morality. 
Ann Summers has launched a restructuring plan to cut rents at 25 of its stores. 
U.S. Senators Ben Sasse and Jeff Merkley have introduced a bipartisan bill calling for extensive new censorship rules for adult websites. 
Pamela Anderson's infamous sex tape with Tommy Lee is now at the heart of a proposed limited series coming to the Hulu internet TV srvice. 
