1/2 Today, the Swedish Parliament is voting on a dangerous bill that expands the scope of sx work criminalisation to online platforms and third-parties facilitating sx work
Not only will this make sx workers less safe by pushing them into more dangerous environments, it also massively effects their #DigitalRights.
Together, European Sex Workers Rights' Alliance and Red Umbrella Sweden are calling on the Swedish Parliament to reject this misguided proposal https://www.eswalliance.org/open_letter_sweden_must_reject_the_expansion_of_sex_work_criminalisation_protect_rights_not_repression
2/2 The impact on #DigitalRights:
legitimising invasive measures by police such as unlawfully seizing phones and other devices
increased police #surveillance of online communications, financial transactions & other activities
creating a chilling effect on adult content platforms, and over-censorship of Swedish adult content creators and sx workers
The impact of this law will fuel global platform #censorship & policing of sexual expression, disguised as “protection”/anti-trafficking.