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Sex workers and Instagram tried to make peace over takedowns in a meeting this summer. Then porn star Jessica Jaymes’ account was incorrectly removed — after she died.
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Porn stars and other sex workers are furious that Instagram continues to take down their accounts with confusing guidelines and explanations — and despite a summer meeting where actors’ union representatives and platform officials tried to hammer out their differences.
Sex censorship online is not new. But as social platforms have come under increasing pressure to figure out how and when to police content, porn stars and other sex workers say the accounts they’ve maintained for years are facing a level of scrutiny that others – like celebrities and influencers who similarly post provocative images and videos – don’t.
“No sex worker can make it anymore,” porn star Sybil Stallone told BuzzFeed News. “It’s discrimination point-blank.”
One of the latest grievances came when porn star Jessica Jaymes’ page was taken down — shortly after she was found dead at home on Sept. 17. “I am sick and tired of [Instagram] doing this to people in my industry. Jessica is never coming back,” said Alana Evans, the president of the Adult Performers Actors Guild. Her group, a chapter of the federally recognized International Entertainment Adult Union, advocates for performers.
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