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| June 2025 | A post-conviction hearing remanded Daedone to the custody of the United States Marshals Service. She was placed in Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn with inmate register number 63699-510. |
| 2025 | LiveJasmin wins Best Cam Site Support Team award |
| June 9 2025 | A jury convicted Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz of conspiracy for forced labor. |
| 2025 |
Titcoin
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken publicly announced the listing of Titcoin on its platform.
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| 2025 |
Titcoin
Titcoin was listed on additional centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, including XT.com.
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| 2025 |
Titcoin
Major cryptocurrency data platforms Forbes, CoinGecko, and CoinMarketCap began tracking Titcoin.
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| 2025 | Scheduled publication of The Eros Sutras, Volume 5: Justice, completing her 5-volume series on feminine path to personal liberation. |
| March 2025 | The government dropped their lead witness, Ayries Blanck, after admitting she fabricated evidence for a Netflix film. |
| March 6 2025 |
Titcoin
A new meme-focused version of Titcoin (ticker: $TITCOIN) launched on the Solana blockchain, created using Pump.fun, distinct from the original 2014 cryptocurrency.
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| January 2025 | A federal judge in Brooklyn initially set a tentative trial date for Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz. |
| 2024 |
Ronald Weitzer
Published academic article 'Theorizing Sex Work: A Sectoral Approach' in Theory and Society, volume 53
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| 2024 | LiveJasmin won Best Premium Live Cam Site award |
| 2024 | EMPOWER wrote a letter to Thai political parties demanding equal treatment for sex workers, coinciding with a five-year-old draft bill to legalize prostitution in parliament. |
| 2024 | NBC News journalist Chloe Melas produced a profile about Nicole Daedone, bringing additional media attention to her story. |
| 2024 |
Tawaif
Featured in television drama 'Namak Haram'
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| 2024 |
Tawaif
Tawaif narratives prominently depicted in the upcoming TV series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.
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| December 2024 | Defense counsel asserted that FBI Special Agent Elliot McGinnis tampered with key evidence in the prosecution's case. |
| May 12 2024 |
Tawaif
Pakistan's Dawn newspaper publishes an article describing tawaifs as 'cultural idols and female intellectuals', challenging historical perceptions of their social status.
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| March 20 2024 | Bad Dragon filed a federal lawsuit in Arizona against another toy company in New York, alleging product plagiarism. |
| March 2 2024 |
KitKatClub
KitKatClub celebrated its 30th anniversary at the 'Disco Bizarre' event.
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| 2023 |
Ronald Weitzer
Published two book chapters in the 3rd edition of 'Sex For Sale', edited by himself, through Routledge: 'Sex Work: Types and Paradigms' and 'Criminalization, Decriminalization, and Legalization'
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| 2023 |
Ronald Weitzer
Published 'Sex Tourism in Thailand: Inside Asia's Premier Erotic Playground' through New York University Press. Received Honorable Mention for Outstanding Book Award from the American Society of Criminology, Division of International Criminology in 2024.
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| 2023 | LiveJasmin won Best Live Cam Site award |
| 2023 |
Sex worker
A study was conducted examining motivations for camming services, exploring differences in sexual engagement with real-life versus virtual partners among sex workers.
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| 2023 | The FBI investigation into OneTaste became public, focusing on potential prostitution, sex trafficking, and labor law violations. |
| 2023 |
Tawaif
Appeared in television drama 'Nauroz'
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| 2023 |
Tawaif
Tawaif characters featured in the television series Jubilee.
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| 2023 |
Violence against women
Women's participation in national parliaments increased to 26.5%, showing significant progress in political representation over nearly three decades.
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| December 2023 |
Violence against women
A significant policy change was implemented to handle sexual assault reports outside of the military chain-of-command, aimed at reducing investigative biases and improving the reporting process for victims.
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| June 21 2023 | Rachel Cherwitz, former OneTaste sales chief, was arrested in northern California as part of a conspiracy investigation involving Nicole Daedone. |
| 2022 | Began publishing multiple books on various topics, expanding her written works beyond her initial 'Slow Sex' publication. |
| 2022 | LiveJasmin won multiple industry awards, including Best European Live Cam Site, Best Live Cam Site, Best European Platform, and Live Cam Platform of the Year |
| 2022 | Began publishing multiple books on various topics, expanding her written works beyond her initial book. |
| 2022 | Began publishing multiple books on various topics, including The Eros Sutras series and other philosophical works related to personal liberation and social change. |
| 2022 | Nicole Daedone was featured in the Netflix documentary 'Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste', which explored her work and the organization she founded. |
| 2022 |
Gigolo
Romance series 'American Gigolo' premiered, starring Jon Bernthal, reimagining the concept of a male escort in contemporary television.
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| 2022 |
Gigolo
Release of 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande', directed by Sophie Hyde and written by Katy Brand, starring Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack
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| 2022 | A race car sponsored by Bad Dragon, driven by Mick Blue, won a National Auto Sport Association Time Trial. |
| 2022 |
Tawaif
Starred in television productions 'Badzaat' and 'Dil Awaiz'
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| 2022 |
Violence against women
A survey in the Netherlands revealed that 82% of 300 female journalists reported experiencing online abuse, highlighting the pervasive nature of digital violence against women in the media profession.
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| 2022 | IMbesharam provided seed funding to the Sangya Project, an Indian sex-tech startup, to support the manufacturing of inexpensive sexual wellness products and sex toys in India. |
| 2022 | The company was estimated to potentially exceed its sales projections by 2023. |
| 2022 | IMbesharam began planning to list its products on online marketplaces, with products already being listed on Snapdeal, an Indian e-commerce platform. |
| September 2022 |
Violence against women
Iranian protests against compulsory hijab erupt following the death of Mahsa Amini, who was allegedly beaten by police for wearing an 'improper hijab'.
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| July 2022 |
Sex trafficking in China
U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report found that the Chinese government decreased efforts to prevent trafficking, reducing activities to stop human trafficking from 2021 to 2022.
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| May 2022 |
Violence against women
Afghanistan mandates that women must wear a hijab and face covering in public.
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| 2021 |
Ronald Weitzer
Published research article 'Interaction Rituals and Sexual Commerce in Thailand's Erotic Bars' in the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, volume 50
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| 2021 |
Sex tourism
Kieran Creaven prosecuted for sexual acts with a child and producing child pornography in The Philippines under the Irish Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act.
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| 2021 |
Prostitution
A UK judge made a landmark ruling that council care workers can legally assist disabled people in meeting prostitutes, potentially expanding sexual support services for individuals with disabilities.
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