THE FUTURE OF FOSTA MAY BE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS
PASSED IN 2018, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act—or FOSTA, for short—made it a federal crime to host web content that “promotes” or “facilitates” prostitution.
In the nearly two years since FOSTA became law, neither federal nor state prosecutors have used it. But that doesn’t mean it’s simply gathering dust. Web companies are now experiencing the first wave of civil lawsuits made possible
