Welcome to Season 2 of Terms of Service, a Pornhub podcast on censorship, media, and the politics of free speech.

This is a show where I, Asa Akira, a porn star, with Alex Kakese, Porn Hubs head of

Brand and Community, speak with people from all industries and

perspectives about their experiences with censorship, de-platforming, free speech, and the most

interesting thing in the world, sex.

I'm Taylor Lorenz, a journalist.

For our first episode, we speak with author and journalist Taylor Lorenz,

a current columnist for The Washington Post, who covers internet culture and technology.

Her recent book, Extremely Online, The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on on the internet is a social history of the internet,

revealing how online influence and the creators who amass it have reshaped our world,

online and off.

We talk about internet trolls, new forms of internet censorship including looming age verification

laws and the Tik-Tok ban, Algo-Speak, and how going viral is a double-edged sword.

Yay, I'm honestly, I'm not gonna fan girl, I'm not gonna be cheesy, but I literally

just finished your book and I loved it, so I'm not going to be cheesy, but I literally just finished your book and I loved it so I'm

super super excited to have you here and I think it's for being here.

Yeah, for real.

For real.

No, it came from the Pornub Awards. I didn't get a chance to speak to you there

unfortunately but I obviously get all the news alerts for Pornhub and I

created this like zainy little microcosm of press the fact that you

were there which really intrigued me and so then yeah that led me to then get your book and I really really enjoyed it I read it on

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