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Sex Tech News: ACLU Calls Out MasterCard’s New Policy, XBIZ Exec Awards & ‘GirlsDoPorn’ Settlement

By Jenna Owsianik
October 18, 2021
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Plus Lovense's speed-detecting vibe feature makes us nostalgic for '90s Mark Wahlberg.

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The 10th annual XBIZ Exec Awards will honor outstanding leaders in the adult business community.
  • How Mastercard's New Policy Violates Sex Workers' Rights

“Mastercard’s new policy regulating adult content sellers goes into effect today. This is bad news for many sex workers, whose safety and livelihoods depend on access to financial services and online platforms. The policy makes it harder for sex workers to do business online and makes sex workers more vulnerable, especially those who are trans women of color.

Here’s what to know about financial discrimination against sex workers, how we’re fighting back, and what Mastercard must do now – and in the longrun – to protect sex workers’ rights. (via ALaLa B Holston-Zannell/American Civil Liberties Union)

  • Lovense Releases Speed Mode: A New Way to Appreciate Being in Motion
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“Earlier this week, Singapore-based teledildonic developer Lovense released Speed Mode, a new feature for its Lovense Remote app. Users can enable Speed Mode from the app to trigger motion-sensing capabilities in their Lovense toys.

“Whether users are using their Lovense toys on a plane, a train, or walking down the street, Speed Mode instructs the device to vibrate more intensely when it detects acceleration, consistently when the user maintains the same pace, and with decreasing strength when the toy detects deceleration.” (via Keats Iwanaga/Future of Sex)

Will using the feature be as good as watching that roller coaster scene in 1996's Fear? Here's to hoping! (Watch the full scene on YouTube via MovieClips)

  • 2022 XBIZ Exec Awards Pre-Nomination Period Opens

“XBIZ is pleased to announce that the pre-nomination period for the 2022 XBIZ Exec Awards has begun. The last day for entries is Wednesday, October 27.

“The 10th annual XBIZ Exec Awards honor the best of the best from the adult business community for their outstanding creativity and leadership, celebrating exceptional career achievement across a wide variety of prominent industry roles. Symbolizing the pinnacle of one's profession, the XBIZ Exec Awards trophy is the most prestigious career honor in the adult industry.

“The Retail edition of the XBIZ Exec Awards will be hosted on Tuesday, January 11, while the Online Industry edition will be on Wednesday, January 12.

“Returning as part of the XBIZ Honors ceremony, which will also present select categories from the 2022 XBIZ Awards, the XBIZ Exec Awards will honor excellence in the following categories:

  • Account Executive of the Year
  • Business Development Executive of the Year
  • Brand Ambassador of the Year
  • Community Figure of the Year
  • Marketing Executive of the Year
  • Progressive Leadership Award
  • Senior Leadership Award
  • Chief Executive of the Year
  • Businesswoman of the Year
  • Businessman of the Year”

To submit pre-noms, register and/or login to your free industry member account at XBIZ.net.

  • 50 Women Settle Lawsuit With Pornhub Over San Diego-Based GirlsDoPorn Content

“A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed on behalf of 50 women who sued Pornhub's parent company for hosting videos produced by former San Diego-based website GirlsDoPorn.com, the owners and operators of which were charged by federal prosecutors with sex trafficking.

“Terms of the settlement were not disclosed in a brief court document filed Friday indicating a stipulated dismissal of the case brought by the plaintiffs, identified as Jane Does 1 through 50.

The women alleged that Montreal-based MindGeek owns and operates a multitude of pornographic sites that have hosted videos featuring the women, and maintained its business relationship with GirlsDoPorn even as the site came under scrutiny for allegations of videos made through coercion and fraud.” (via NBC San Diego)

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Jenna Owsianik

Jenna Owsianik is a Canadian journalist and sex tech expert. Since 2014 she has been Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net, the world’s leading publication on how technology is changing human sexuality, today and tomorrow.

Jenna is the primary author of the Future of Sex Report (2016).

Her expertise covers state-of-the-art sex technologies and the major fields driving innovations in intimacy: robotics, virtual reality, remote sex (teledildonics), immersive adult entertainment, human augmentation, virtual sex, and sexual health.

A trained journalist with a Masters of Journalism from The University of British Columbia, Jenna’s reporting has appeared on Futurism.com, Al Jazeera English, CTV British Columbia online, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS 60 Minutes, Global News, and CKNW Radio in Canada and the United States.

As a sex tech industry consultant, she is especially passionate about helping companies deliver accessible services and products to people with disabilities and other underserved communities.

Jenna also runs the sites SexforEveryBody.com, a sex-positive, body-positive online magazine that promotes inclusive sex education; and DisabledSexGuide.com, an adult resource on sex, disability, and erotica.

In 2013, Jenna won two Canadian Online Publishing Awards for her work on The Pain Project, a multimedia site on global access to palliative care.

She won second place at the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism’s Public Health category for her participation in the documentary Freedom From Pain.

Jenna has an Honors BA in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research as well as a French minor from The University of Western Ontario. She spent a year studying at L’Université Lumière Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.
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