This research analyzes mass media coverage of The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) and Stop Enabling Online Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA), two landmark 2018 bills that changed how sexual content is moderated by internet service providers in the United States. Using critical discourse analysis, I compare the framing of 101 news stories about FOSTA-SESTA published in mainstream U.S. newspapers, feminist media, and LGBTQ magazines over the course of 7 years. Findings describe coverage of online sex work, online child sexual exploitation, and free speech concerns that preceded and followed the landmark ruling from 2017 to 2023. I show FOSTA-SESTA's progression as a topic of discourse during the 2020 presidential election and compare differences between coverage in ideologically diverse U.S. media. While mainstream news originally supported FOSTA-SESTA's efforts to restrict the tech industry and prevent online child sexual exploitation, alternative media tended to present skeptical arguments that supported sex workers and other marginalized communities. Journalism industry interventions are discussed.

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“这不是滑坡”与“酷儿性恐慌才刚刚开始”：意识形态多元化的美国大众媒体关于 FOSTA-SESTA 的论述，2017-2023 年

本研究分析了大众媒体对《允许各州和受害者打击在线性贩运法案》(FOSTA) 和《停止支持在线性贩运者法案》(SESTA) 的报道，这两项具有里程碑意义的 2018 年法案改变了美国互联网服务提供商审核性内容的方式状态。通过批判性话语分析，我比较了 7 年来在美国主流报纸、女权主义媒体和 LGBTQ 杂志上发表的 101 篇有关 FOSTA-SESTA 的新闻报道的框架。调查结果描述了 2017 年至 2023 年这一具有里程碑意义的裁决之前和之后对在线性工作、在线儿童性剥削和言论自由问题的报道。我展示了 FOSTA-SESTA 作为 2020 年总统选举期间讨论话题的进展，并比较了报道之间的差异在意识形态多元化的美国媒体中。虽然主流新闻最初支持 FOSTA-SESTA 限制科技行业和防止网上儿童性剥削的努力，但另类媒体倾向于提出支持性工作者和其他边缘化社区的怀疑论点。讨论了新闻业的干预措施。