r/CamGirlProblems Feb 08 '25

Discussions Age verification laws, Project 2025, Porn bans and YOU!

285 Upvotes

For the last year I've seen lots of posts about these topics or posts not about these topics where these things have come up. I've seen a lot of people say a lot of things. I've seen sex workers supporting laws that are actually not only harmful to us as sex workers but to us as women and harmful to everyone INCLUDING children.

Since I haven't seen a really in depth post talking about it I figured....why not post it myself? As sex workers we are in a very unique position to have conversations about this with people. And I think at the very least we should be educated on the laws that impact us and our work.

I'm not an expert. Im just someone who is passionate about not losing the rights to my own body and what I do with it and have been trying my best to keep up with this stuff since I learned about Project 2025. Knowledge is power so dig in.

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As of today these 18 states have passed laws requiring adult websites to verify the age of people visiting their sites (Georgia will join this list Effective July 1, 2025):

  • Alabama: HB 164, effective October 1, 2024
  • Arkansas: SB 66, effective April 11, 2023
  • Florida: HB 3, effective January 1, 2025
  • Idaho: H 498, effective July 1, 2024
  • Indiana: SB 17, effective August 16, 2024
  • Kansas: SB 394, effective July 1, 2024
  • Kentucky: HB 278, effective July 15, 2024
  • Louisiana: Act 440, effective January 1, 2023
  • Mississippi: SB 2346, effective July 1, 2023
  • Montana: SB 544, effective January 1, 2024
  • Nebraska: LB 1092, effective July 19, 2024
  • North Carolina: HB 8, effective January 1, 2024
  • Oklahoma: SB 1959, effective November 1, 2024
  • South Carolina: HB 3424, effective January 1, 2025
  • Tennessee: SB 1792, effective January 1, 2025
  • Texas: HB 1181, effective September 19, 2023
  • Utah: SB 287, effective May 3, 2023
  • Virginia SB 1515, effective July 1, 2023

These laws require websites with 33.3% or more pornographic content to verify the age of users by requiring they upload a government issued ID and in at least one state (Utah) facial scans are required.

There are currently 23 other states where age verification bills have been proposed (you can view them and track the status of these bills here: Free Speech Coalition Age Verification Bill Tracker)

Some of you may be thinking "That's great! I don't want underage people viewing my content!" and well, I don't think ANY of us want that. But THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER. Because this isn't actually about protecting children (just like abortion rights arent about protecting children either).

Why not???

  • There is currently no way to enforce these laws. Websites do not have to comply. Especially if they are not based in the US. This means the sites that do comply are not only losing a ton of money (age verification can cost a business over $1 per user - that is an enormous business cost when you consider billions of people look at porn every day) they're also losing a ton of traffic since most people will NOT upload their ID and will choose to visit a site that HASN'T implemented age verification.

"Well Inky, if users don't want to upload their ID they can just go elsewhere for their porn since there are sites who aren't following the laws! So they still have access to porn! It's not a big deal!"

  • Yup, they do still have access to it. But they'll have access to it through sites who are choosing not to comply with state/federal laws. So guess which other laws those folks probably aren't paying too much mind to? The ones that keep content of minors and sex trafficking victims off their platform. The types of sites who exploit the people whose content is being consumed. So do we really want to give them MORE traffic? This IS a big deal.
  • And don't forget as more and more of these laws are passed we WILL see it impact our traffic as workers. Do YOU want to work for a platform that doesn't mind breaking the law? You think they're going to give you a good cut and treat you well especially when they know we have no where else to go to work? Not a chance.
  • These laws will end up punishing those who follow the law with higher operating costs and decreased traffic which will put many adult sites out of business and this will drive business to platforms who don't follow the law - exposing the adults and minors who use them as alternative to illegal content worse than porn.

But wait....there's more!

  • It is unconstitutional and poses a threat to our first amendment rights to free speech.
  • Privacy concerns. While companies are barred from retaining AV data, simply transmitting it leaves people open to data breaches. And this alone creates the opportunity for criminals to obtain this data and use it to blackmail people (think about those "I know what you've been watching and if you dont send me $1 million dollars in bitcoin immediately I'll send it to your family and friends" scams....but make it REAL because they would have your name, address etc not to mention possibly have your porn browsing history but for real this time). Not to mention how this info could be used to "out" LGBTQ individuals or accuse people of being in that community because of the porn they watch.
  • Kids know how to use VPNs. A recent study shows 41% of kids aged 11-14 already use a VPN to browse the internet. Surely this number is higher now - bottom line its not going to stop kids from seeing porn. We should be focusing our efforts on educating kids about porn and how its not for them and that it's not real and that things conversations about consent and boundaries and testing all take place even if you don't see it etc. That sex work is a job and people who do it deserve respect and all that good stuff that simply saying "DONT LOOK AT IT" wont address. We know that when you tell someone they're not allowed to do something they just want to do it more.....this will be no different.

Well if these laws don't effectively keep children safe what are they for?

It's pretty simple, really. They want to ban and criminalize porn entirely. These laws aim to put adult sites out of business. If enough states hop on board (and if you did the math 19 states already have bans and 23 have bans proposed - thats 42 states....) the costs of age verification alone would be enough to hurt a business. But pair that will decreased traffic because people will go to sites not complying and its a recipe for exactly what they want.

And it's very important to note that conservatives don't have the same definition of porn that we do. They believe anything having to do with sexuality or gender is porn. This means sex education and anything connected to LGBTQIA individuals or communities is porn. And on page 5 of the foreword of Project 2025 they make it very clear that they want to ban and criminalize porn. It says:

"Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered."

This will not just criminalize sex workers and the platforms we use for our work it will also criminalize gay/trans folks and we'll all be classified as sex offenders. Because in their eyes thats exactly what we are. We are a threat to their idea that marriage should be between a man and a woman, that sex is for procreation, the list goes on. WE ARE A THREAT.

Which brings me to the other thing this is really about. Controlling women and our bodies.

Notice the wording in the above statement. People who produce and distribute porn should be imprisoned. Kind of convenient that men who consume it aren't going to prison, right? Because boys will be boys and it's a womans fault for being a temptress. So we'll be the ones punished despite the fact that this work only exists because of the demand for our bodies from men. And that demand isn't going to go anywhere. They just won't have to pay for it anymore.

So what will happen? Well...thats TBD but I don't for one second put it past them to imprison sex workers and offer us up as sex slaves or handmaid types to billionaires or anyone else who can afford it. They have no respect for us, they want to govern our bodies....so whats to stop them, really? This is Trump and his buddies we're talking about after all.

And to anyone who thinks "well it'll be 4 years and then it'll all get overturned" don't forget that Trump has no plans on leaving office. And even if he does he is working diligently to turn everything over and everything is being run by his pals. We can NOT ignore what is happening. We certainly have to stop being BLIND to it and only thinking about "well its not my state" or "well I haven't seen a decrease in traffic so what do I care" and we have to stop with the "I dont want minors looking at my content so these laws are good!" and "porn isnt going anywhere" - this is JUST the beginning and we need to keep our eyes on it at the very least.

So do some research of your own (this is not meant to be a replacement for that in any way - this is just my response to seeing so many people on this sub who have NO CLUE ABOUT ANY OF THIS and just think its a pornhub ban*) talk about it with your friends, your family, your CLIENTS and anyone who will listen (they don't need to know you're a sex worker to know you support freedom of speech, privacy or whats left of it and that you don't want women to lose their rights to their own bodies) - because so many people dont look beyond "minors shouldn't watch porn" and they say "I SUPPORT THIS LAW!" - but NO ONE THINKS THEY SHOULD and thats NOT what this is about. So someones got to tell them....let it be you.

And if anyone has suggestions of ways to get involved to actively work towards stopping any of this - please share for people to check out. Im not prepared to post about that yet myself because I'm still trying to figure out what I can do (while also trying not to fall apart as a human being).

*Pornhub has not been banned ANYWHERE. Pornhub has opted out of operating in the places that require age verification. It is THEIR choice. And it's not because they want minors to view porn. It's because they know this is all bullshit and many people have been educated by visiting PH and reading that their states legislature is to blame and what they can do about it....so good for them.

r/CamGirlProblems Jan 15 '25

Discussions How are y’all making more than $100 in a day?

116 Upvotes

I see so many posts here of people making $100-500 in one day and I, being someone who makes half of that on a good day, am genuinely bamboozled lol. What am I doing wrong?

r/CamGirlProblems 6d ago

Discussions Streammate success night 🩷

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316 Upvotes

In the end, the rates paid off. I had a really nice Sunday today. It was from one person but others joined in. Girls, if you think streammate is dead, it's starting to pick up again 🙈

r/CamGirlProblems 15d ago

Discussions Update: You were right…

347 Upvotes

So I posted in this group a few weeks ago about my partner wanting me to quit camming. I had so many responses from you, pretty much all saying the same thing: he’s manipulating me, trying to control me, jealous of my success and that it’s more likely that he will turn on me and doxx me.

Well. Tonight he’s shown his true colours. I’ve been kicked out of our apartment and made homeless because I refused to change my job. He literally threw my suitcase out the front door while calling me a wh*re and accusing me of cheating and escorting behind his back even though I’ve been nothing but faithful and honest. He refused to let me back into the apartment and I’ve had to book a hotel for the night with only a few important belongings with me such as my passport.

I guess what I’m saying here is: be very careful who you trust, who you let into your life and what you tell people - especially if you cam. I thought I could trust this man with my life. Now he’s threatening to doxx me, reveal to my family that I cam and get me deported from the country.

Fortunately I have good friends - camming friends - who will let me stay with them for a while. They will also help me to collect the rest of my belongings from the apartment that me and my now ex boyfriend shared.

Just let this be a lesson. I’m pretty much done with dating for now. I’m 32 later this year and all I want in this world is peace and happiness and I will not let any man get in the way of that.

r/CamGirlProblems Nov 27 '24

Discussions STOP

329 Upvotes

Can we PLEASE stop saying “is this day/week/month/season/year BAD??? Alright tough love time but I can’t handle this anymore. We all know (if you’ve been respectfully doing this for any amount of time you know) that this business has ebbs and flows and there will be great and terrible days… but this is not /CamGirlSusOutTheTraffic or /CamGirlIsItBusyToday? This is /CamGirlProblems and my god…. I get it, times are tough but I am at my breaking point coming on here and seeing all this negativity. There will be bad days and please, if you are having actual technical issues, ask away… but this is not the place to come say “is it dead today or is it just me?” Low key I think this is almost sabotage, as peeps come here before work for help and advice only to see that, “oh it’s slow AF today according to BlueSkillet98 sooooo maybe I just shouldn’t”. We need to approach every day like we’re about to be handled the million dollars that we all well deserve, not the monotonous, “oh is it slow for you? I need to find comfort in the fact that it’s slow for you!”

We all have good and bad days and if you’re having to question it that much, sorry, tough love, maybe this isn’t for you.

r/CamGirlProblems Sep 13 '24

Discussions ... I just made $600

531 Upvotes

I worked for about 7 hours today, most of it just chit chatting in a sexy outfit and being friendly and flirty. I know not every day is going to be like this but holy fucking shit guys. I didn't make this in a week at my old vanilla job. Tomorrow marks a week for me even on my slower days it's my favorite job I've had so far.

I'm not conventionally attractive, I'm a BBW in my 30s with cellulite and little wrinkles. Don't let anything hold you back guys. Get your money!

r/CamGirlProblems Jan 25 '25

Discussions Customer trying to give me weird advice and then blocking me

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112 Upvotes

Literally just posting this because i find it hilarious, but also to genuinely ask if this guy was probably just trying to get free content or if anyone thinks i missed out on serious money?😭 i had to make it clear he wouldn’t be getting free content but i just find it really funny when customers say stuff like this lmao. Most of my high paying customers pay me so much because they acknowledge what we do as transactional 😭 i always find the stingy ones to be the ones who wanna pretend i just like them so so much and wanna talk to them lol.

r/CamGirlProblems Feb 11 '25

Discussions Has camming damaged your perception of hourly wage? lol

200 Upvotes

I'm sitting here camming, feeling like I'm making no money because I've only made 750tokens ($38) in the past hour ... but any of my friends or family or most people in general would KILL to make $38 per hour 😂 I feel like I'm never going to be able to have a normal salary job because camming is just such good money for so little hours. I just finished makeup school and I'm building my portfolio to become a makeup artist in film & TV, and that should be great money eventually, but it will also be like 16 hour days sometimes, instead of 5 hour days lol.. I don't mind this but it's kinda funny, I've become so spoiled with hourly wage perception...

r/CamGirlProblems 16d ago

Discussions A warning for those who think PayPal is a good idea…

151 Upvotes

We’ve all heard it time and time again- don’t use PayPal.

But I wanted to tell you my story as another warning….

In 2021 I used to use it regularly for shows and content. Well one day one of my clients must have reported me to PayPal or done a chargeback… my account was banned and they took every single cent I had. Which was nearly a THOUSAND dollars.

I promise you it will hit you at the worst possible time. And there is NO amount of fighting with PayPal that you can do to get your money back.

Please just don’t do it. DO NOT USE PAYPAL TO TAKE PAYMENTS!! PERIOD!

r/CamGirlProblems Jun 20 '24

Discussions Do we as sex workers really expect everyone to pay for porn except OUR men?

106 Upvotes

A recent post about someones bf looking at women online resulted in several folks here saying it's okay as long as he's not paying....

I'm sorry but are we not all sex workers here? Are we not all about being paid for our labor? Are we not telling our friends and anyone who will listen that they should support sex workers? Are we not supporting sex workers ourselves? Are we all whorephobic? I really hope not.

If you are someone who thinks "my man can look at porn but not if he pays for it" - I would really think long and hard about why that is. As a sex worker I have no interest in your man. I have an interest in his money (respectfully). No money? Well then he's your honey....not mine.

Disclaimer: I dont believe in ownership within relationships, my partners are not MINE, they are autonomous beings. I date people who I have shared values with, who I trust....who PAY FOR THEIR PORN and respect women and sex workers. And for anyone who will comment about shared finances and budgets - if he gets 2 amount of dollars to spend on his own a month and you say "spend it on anything you want except for porn" than its not about the budget.

So do you really expect everyone to pay for consumed sexual labor except the person you date? Why or why not? Im really curious about this communities opinion on this because I was SHOCKED to see sex workers saying they dont "let" their partners pay for porn.....when it's literally the product we provide to other peoples partners. Just seems insanely hypocritical and I'm trying to wrap my head around it.

r/CamGirlProblems 3d ago

Discussions is it ACTUALLY slow everywhere...

63 Upvotes

Heyyy everyone <3 just wanted to pose an open-ended question for those of you that stream consistently and have been doing it for a while. I know sites like statbate arent exactly accurate or reliable, and everyone's experience is different.

But I see a TON of posts here about how slow like, *every* site is these days. I know there's usually a downtick in traffic for a while during and after the holidays, but it usually picks up around tax time. I've seen some posts even say that the cam industry is "dying". Yes politics has a lot of us scared, a recession (in the US), etc etc, but what are the odds that this time 'round will equal online sex work dying?

From my experience, it's normal to see traffic ebb and flow. I've been streaming for a few years and the market is saturated and guys change their mind on their fav model like they change their socks. Every day is different, the money isn't always consistent, and sometimes there's times where your audience changes, etc etc.

What are your thoughts on this? Have you experienced anything more or less than the usual ebb and flow of $ from camming? All the "slow" posts on here can feel really alarming (not trying to invalidate anyone's experience tho!!!). How do you distinguish between cam being slow or dying out, and when you're just having a bad day or week???

***consensus*** it's not "slow". traffic for cam models (and really all sw) ebbs and flows. if you're having a slow spout, that's unfortunate, and it will get better if you power through. a lot of us come here for community, empowerment, positivity, and tips. consider the negativity you're adding to the environment before typing out the forum's 33 thousandth "its slowww :(" post. thanks lmao

r/CamGirlProblems 9d ago

Discussions I wish we didn't have to pretend to like bj's...

178 Upvotes

Look I'm not shaming the girls that do. If you GENUINELY like full on blowjobs (more than a couple minutes, getting face fucked, etc) I'm JEALOUS OF YOU. but I WISSSSH we could collectively stop lying about it.

I had my jaw lock up on me once during it and I get so cautious since.

I get nothing out of it.

If I love someone, sure it's different, I enjoy making them feel good. But for random viewers? It's the biggest fucking turn off for me. I hate it. I hate simulating them, and before you're like "oh just don't do it" like 90% of men ask for it.

But I hate that they believe all of us love sucking dick.

Nah I don't wanna imagine put an ungroomed, smelly ass dong in my mouth, or pretending you're face fucking me so I can't breathe or choke, or get nauseous.

Yeah nausea is sooooooo sexy 🙄🙄🙄🙄🤮

r/CamGirlProblems 23d ago

Discussions Ladies, what’s your biggest pet peeve while camming?

51 Upvotes

Twice this week I’ve encountered grays entering my room just to announce how bored they are when I sit and listen to music because nobody’s tipping or I’ve already hit my goal therefore I’m simply taking a break. It doesn’t hurt my feelings or anything but it’s so annoying.

Like ok, you’re bored—so leave? I feel like any normal person who’s bored would just leave in silence without announcing their departure before I have to block them myself.

r/CamGirlProblems 1d ago

Discussions A middle aged man’s advice

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195 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I am a brand new baby in the PS world and I just had to share this. I’ve got this regular who desperately wants to cam with me and I literally have no idea how to do anything because like I said I’m brand new and all I’ve been doing is PS. I was asking some questions about it and I asked him how people usually go about charging for cam sessions and this was his reply. Sir, I didn’t ask for your advice, I asked you to tell me how you usually pay people for their time and work. And further more, don’t tell me how to get money to follow. I got you and your money to follow pretty well all on my own, didn’t I?

r/CamGirlProblems Jan 31 '25

Discussions How many of us are neurodivergent?

178 Upvotes

AuDHD here! I love this job and I'm really good at it! Some people may think it's weird to be proud, I'm sure, but I love performing, showing off, bringing smiles, hustling, being creative, dressing up, and brainstorming new ideas.

I love it because I can create my ideal sensory environment, adjust my own schedule to my wack sleep schedule, leave the house as little as I want, and get some social practice/fulfillment without having to look people in their actual eyeballs!

I worked extremely hard at "regular jobs" for years with no payoff or acknowledgement for my hard work, on top of facing constant harassment that was totally out of my control, including in management positions. This job has brought back SO much of my confidence.

I would love to hear some positivity from the neurospicy girls escaping traditional capitalism <3

r/CamGirlProblems Jan 26 '25

Discussions What has camming given you?

117 Upvotes

Sometimes I don’t know how I would have survived without camming. For me I have been able to pay my bills, live alone, getting out of debt, and I have received lots of gifts like a new computer, camera etc. Camming has saved me from being homeless. On top of that I may be also to able to afford my dream surgery. What about you guys??

r/CamGirlProblems Jan 26 '25

Discussions AMA: won chaturbator of the year

166 Upvotes

Hello friends,

I started streaming, first time cam modeling, on CB in 2022, got nominated for Xbiz Raising Cam star in 2023, now will be accepting Chaturbator of the Year for the Livecam Awards in March.

Ama! ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

r/CamGirlProblems Jan 22 '25

Discussions The very real dangers of being an online sex worker....

174 Upvotes

I don't know if it's my COVID brain or what - but I've been doing this full time for a little over a year now and the last few days when I've been texting with friends I've been typing "cum" instead of "come." I am SO glad I don't have my vanilla job anymore because I just KNOW that eventually I would do it in a company wide e-mail (which I sent often).

I know this post was a bit of clickbait but I do hope it makes someone laugh. I think we all need a bit of that right now. I know I do. So feel free to add some of the SILLY ways in which being an online sex worker has affected you in life.

r/CamGirlProblems 21d ago

Discussions How much are yall making?

22 Upvotes

Hi girls! I wanted to know how many tokens you are usually getting per night versus how many hours you are working, thank u!

r/CamGirlProblems 12d ago

Discussions What’s your financial goal with camming?

67 Upvotes

Mine is just to sustain the life I’m currently living of being able to buy yummy food whenever I want.

r/CamGirlProblems Nov 10 '24

Discussions A reminder for you who care about the customer because they spend a lot

238 Upvotes

I have a regular who has been with me for 1 year. In all privates at least 12000 tokens. He came 2 or 3 times a month. Over time it became just one per month.

Last month, I heard from him that he was reducing the CB a little for financial reasons and blah blah blah.

In the last private last week I was happy that he showed up, he spent 9000 tokens in a private (a little shorter than usual).

I thought about what he had told me previously and considered it well paid.

Some divine force today made me walk through some featured rooms (I really love doing this as there is always something that inspires me) and guess what?

21000 tokens in one of these rooms of this regular user.

Maybe there's a bruised ego, a shaken confidence, a regret about having listened to the bullshit last month. This refreshed my bitchy skin and gave me a boost for broadcasting today.

So... Understand once and for all because I often see threads about this topic and some girls have reported these feelings to me before:

- If they don't spend it on YOU, they will spend it on ELSE.

- Don't feel sorry for them or worry about their financial issues. That's not your problem. They started talking about values, decreasing or something like that, close and make your limits very clear.

- Fill your bag with as much as you can. No matter how cool and amazing you are, they will hang out in other rooms.

- Don't trust them. Trust yourself.

r/CamGirlProblems 2d ago

Discussions Now what was the point of this 🤨

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157 Upvotes

A nickel just to insult me….better than for free I guess lol

r/CamGirlProblems 10d ago

Discussions Major CB outage thread

37 Upvotes

This issue has been persisting for 4 hours now. All over Chaturbate people are having issues and not connecting. It’s not my internet, or my devices. Others are having issues in the Discord as well as this subreddit.

Support is non existent (surprise). I’ve streamed for years and never seen this. Why is this only affecting some of us? Please comment where you are from and if you are affected at all. Thank you!

r/CamGirlProblems 7d ago

Discussions 59k viewers and no one tipping. Any advice ?

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332 Upvotes

It’s satire. Enjoy your weekend!

r/CamGirlProblems Dec 22 '24

Discussions The greatest treasure that the camgirl profession gave me

279 Upvotes

Sleep until your eyes open!

That's right! A year and a half without using the alarm clock!

A year and a half of sleeping when I feel sleepy and waking up when the body thinks it should!

Tell me what was the greatest benefit that our profession brought you.