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The Problem

Why is Lodgenet on the Dirty Dozen List?

This is the company that provides most of the in-room TV pornography to major hotels and motels. Despite the federal and many state laws, which prohibit obscene materials on cable and satellite TV, LodgetNet has made untold millions by providing hardcore pornography to its customers. Children have also been exposed to this material.

Federal obscenity laws, which the U.S. Department of Justice refuses to currently enforce, prohibit distribution of hardcore, obscene pornography on the Internet, on cable/satellite or hotel/motel TV and in sexually oriented businesses and other retail shops. 18 U.S.C. 1468 Distribution of obscene matter by cable or satellite TV

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WARNING: There are graphic images and text descriptions shown in these sections.
POSSIBLE TRIGGER.

Proof

News Articles

News Articles

Fox News: “Christian, Muslims join forces in fight against hotel porn

Princeton’s Witherspoon Institute: “Pornography, Respect and Responsibility: A letter to the hotel industry

CleanHotels.com — CleanHotels.com is a network of lodging facilities that do not offer in-room, ‘adult’, pay-per-view movies.

Take Action

Pressure the DOJ to Enforce Obscenity Law

Public Health Harms of Pornography

Download the research summaries of studies on the harm of pornography

Pornography

Deeply Damaging to Relationships, Mental Health, and Empathy for Other Human Beings

Progress

Victory – TEXXXAS Expo Squeezed into Seedy Strip Club

The TEXXXAS pornography expo has been pushed out of the mainstream in Houston, Texas. Instead of being hosted in a prestigious hotel, the TEXXXAS pornography expo will not be relegated into a seedy strip club. This is an important victory for the movement to end sexual exploitation. In less than

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A Second Hotel Gives TEXXXAS Porn Expo the Boot

The TEXXXAS porn expo could be on the verge of getting run out of town! After Hilton Hotels announced that they canceled their agreement to host the sexploitation event, event coordinators started scrambling to find a new venue. Meanwhile, we got to work contacting our hotel friends. Because of our

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Victory: Hilton Cancels TEXXXAS Expo Over Concerns Of Sexual Exploitation

Houston, we have a victory! Just yesterday we posted a blog explaining how the TEXXXAS pornography expo was scheduled to occur in Houston, Texas, next month. We reached out to Hilton executives to inform them about the harmful nature of this sexually exploitive event. And Hilton Worldwide cancelled its arrangement with

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