I received this email from one of the ad boards I have a profile on
Thought it may be useful info
If it has already been posted please disregard
The Senate Just Passed a Bill That Puts Sex Workers In Danger.
The SESTA-FOSTA bill makes platforms more liable for their users’ speech, and that’s not good for anyone.
The internet just became a more hostile place for sex workers, victims of sex trafficking, and fans of internet freedom: The Senate voted 97-2 to pass SESTA on Wednesday, making websites liable for what their users say and do on their platforms.
The solution is to go the other way, to legalize and regulate sex work!
We are safe for US providers!
We are based in Europe, we do not have offices or call centers in US, we are hosting in Europe (in Amsterdam, because the Netherlands has long been a leader in the battle for privacy and data protection), and charging through EU banks (Switzerland and Germany) no connection to US, we are safe for US providers.
xxxxx is an international website, but we do get the most traffic from the US.
Our current US Alexa rank is around 21,000
Here is a list of solutions and direct resources to assist you.
It could take from 90 days until 2019 for SESTA and FOSTA to go into action, so keep calm and use that time to change things.
We’ve always been smarter and we will survive!
Build your Escort Website on Wordpress and host overseas in a Switzerland, Netherland or Australian based web host where sex work is legal. Netherlands hosting reviews.
We recommend Excelnode.
It is the best offshore adult web hosting, prostitution in the Netherlands is legal and regulated.
The price is very low, only $2.99/month. You will get a free cPanel, 24/7 support, they solve all problems within a minute.
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Do not use .com, .net, or .org.
Regardless of where your site is hosted, US has total jurisdiction over those domains.
ICANN.Org has a comprehensive list of alternative top level domains that the US doesn't control. (pick a domain in a country where sex work is legal)
We will do the same.
For your domain names use a registrar outside the US.
You can choose it from this list.
Encrypt Everything!
Google might be under pressure to crack down on consensual sex workers. This applies to both regular accounts and Google suites accounts.
Use ProtonMail for email. Make 2 accounts, one primary and one recovery.
Encourage clients to do the same so your communications are encrypted.
Use a TOR browser.
Don't use iCloud or Google Drive for your images.
Do not store your content on Google Drive. This is a violation of their TOS and they may delete your account without warning.
Google is legally allowed to hand over your data to the police whenever they wish, or LE can purchase your data from them like any other customer.
With the patriot act, the government can request any of your private information.
Also, it's generally not a good idea to accept google gift cards from clients because if they dispute the charge or report the card stolen, it can make you unable to claim cards in the future.
SpiderOak is an encrypted photo cloud service.
Boxcryptor allows you to encrypt files before uploading them to your cloud service and works with Google Drive and iCloud.
It protects your data in the cloud with end-to-end encryption.
Encrypt your website, make sure it has SSL (secure socket layers)
Anyone who owns a domain name can use Let’s Encrypt to obtain a trusted certificate at zero cost.
Install a VPN an all of your mobile devices and computers.
Use VPN servers to hide web traffic.
TunnelBear has a free/cheap and very easy to use VPN.
Never use your personal phone.
Use a burner phone for work calls and text only.
Don't publish this number online unless you don't mind disposing of it.
If it's published, don't travel with this phone.
Clean up your websites and social media of any key terms and abbreviations (gfe, pse, incall,...etc) be vague.
It may lose clients, but better safe than sorry.
Don't post nudes or anything detailed about work on social media, try to make your account seem like a "normal" one.
Get certified as some type of consultant (happiness, sex, relationship, life,...etc) and market yourself as that.
Don't brand yourself as an escort.
Be careful of where you advertise.
Rewrite your ads, especially on sites based in the US. (the safest is to remove your ads from US based websites)
Avoid trigger words and anything sexually explicit.
xxxxx is based in Europe and has structures in place that act to protect anyone who uses the website especially the providers.
When registering with xxxxxx no IDs are collected, escorts are not obliged to verify their profiles but those who do choose to verify their profiles all verification information is immediately deleted from the servers and no backups are kept. It is the best way to ensure that advertisers are SAFE and can run their businesses without having to worry about a possible breach of data.
We are cautious about how we encrypt and store the data, we do not give out ANY information to third party companies, especially not for a company based in the US, so there is no chance data can be taken from us. We already updated our servers, and to protect you and your data even better we were migrating some data to a new hosting, where not only the servers are offshore (in Amsterdam, because the Netherlands has long been a leader in the battle for privacy and data protection) but all connected companies as well, so like this no data will be accessible in any way.
Consider locking your website for screened clients only.
If not the entire site, then donation pages.
Have a warning contract at the enter page to your site. Make it more detailed than just requiring viewers to be 18 plus.
State that money is a donation for your time only. That your site isn't a solicitation for prostitution in any form.
That they will not use your site or ads as a mean for entrapment or arrest.
Make sure it's clear that it's a contract that they agree to by contacting you.
Pay your taxes! Register your brand as a LLC so it's a legal business.
Communicate what is going on with your clients and friends so they are aware.
Strongly advise them to only communicate with you through encrypted methods such as ProtonMail.
Never store your money in online US based accounts.
Do not post cell phone pictures from the hotel you are staying at unless there is nothing that identifies that room.
And please, don't panic. Be extremely careful, don't show your face right now, use a VPN at all times.
The current uncertainty surrounding SESTA and other US-based escort ad platforms has left many US providers wondering if their businesses will be around for much longer. Many of you think it's getting scary, and you are getting tired of trying to figure out new sites to advertise on. We are up, and functioning, and not going anywhere!
Advertising cost in the sex industry is so high. Some of the other websites prices are absolutely insane, some just doubled their advertising prices.
We are still very budget-friendly, and try to stay that way.
We still have a free ad option, and we offer some of the most cost effective adult advertising packages on the internet.
SESTA/FOSTA passed the Senate. This bill is a bad digital policy and bad for the safety of sex workers.
We are here to support you!
Legalizing sexwork is clearly the right thing to do. However, we are further than ever before from getting to that. The US provides it's citizens many Constitutional rights. Currently, we are the lepers of society that deserve none of that protection. It is going take a multi million bitch march to make that happen and our membership and it's clientele thrives because of anonymity. Catch 22. We lose. The sheer disregard of our human rights it far beyond my comprehension and I hope I will live long enough to see change. (I doubt it) I believe we are no where closer to obtaining equal protection under the law than we did in the 1800's.
I was born in 1965. I have lived among constant change of progress that is unfukinfathomable. Literally everyone else has obtained tolerance and protection in my lifetime. And in March 2018, millions of women are being disposed of with the fling of a few pens. My country provides me and millions of my colleagues with nothing even better than Jim Crow law that is backed by an uninformed public choosing to literally sacrifice us. I mean, literally.
So,
What is going to happen now is that new digital platforms will be up and running (as is already happening) that will keep the industry going (as it always has since the internet was invented) I was around way before the internet existed and it only takes a hand full of dedicated and brave souls to make that happen for everyone. And this time, when that happens again (and it will)....... hopefully there will be a hand full of dedicated and brave souls that will actually make real change and secure our rights as it promised by the founder of this great nation.
And this law, well.... more brutal and real pimps and vile predators are having a party and on the troll already. Weakness now exists and the real hell has just just begun. The weak and the civilians (as was pre internet days) will know the brutal and defined definition of "trafficking". This political move will cost the general public a price that they can't imagine true in their worst nightmares. It wont be from sexworkers. It will be the horrible men that will now seek access to their daughters and neighbors because we are not there to appease them for you anymore. This is a fact, not an opinion.
Pick a lane everyone. See you where and when.
Sincerely Sweet Sarah
p.s. I'm not VIP $, so are not getting your PMs.
p.s.s. You all know damned well that whoever jumps in and stands by us right now to make a living has all the cookies$ for a long time to come.
Ouch....
I'm sure it wasn't intended as a blanket statement, but ...." these horrible men will now seek out daughter's and neighbors, because we aren't there to appease them"?
I certainly hope you don't believe any man that dabbles in this foray is a deviant predator.
I would rather not think that you would put yourself in the line of fire with such pariah either. I don't know you, but as with any woman.... I would never want to see harm come to any of you.
I have honest sympathy for all of your concerns over this. I want you all to be safe. Otherwise....I could be missing the opportunity to meet some genuinely interesting people.
Reading all of this SESTA information makes my head hurt. I'm open to advice to keep what I'm doing and making all my current and potential hobbyists happy. 
Currently I have an independent profile on TER, EROS and P411. What should I do?
Paris
