Congress did it, 97-2 they fucked escorts in the name of human trafficking. Trafficking hysteria has captured to minds of our elected officials, once again. All except for Ron Wyden and Ron fucking Paul.
I’m going to try to collect all the best advice I can to help escorts stay safe with this new law that is waiting the Orange resident of the oval offices signature.
First up is from: On Twitter.
I don’t personally know her… BUT shes got some real solid, reasonable advice on how to be safer. Her Step by Step Guide on how to stay safe if advertising avenues are shut down. As seen on Twitter and posted here, with her permission.
1. Commit an entire day from your calendar to follow these steps. Then bring a bucket of green tea, water, coffee, a bottle of two of wine to set the mood cause it’s a lot of work.
2. Log into your current email & start to organize.. Listing in this order the A) The Contributors/Providers States.
B) Which Contributors/Providers Have Been Seen & Safe.
C) Which Contributors Are Just PreScreened.
D) Who is Professional.
E) Who Is Not.
F) Who is Blocked.
3. Open 2 Proton Mail Accounts.
A) One for professional business name.
B) Second for recovery email.
Or use the amazing @SafeOffice because they are literally that awesome!
4. After you have organized your original professional email into those folders… Transfer that information them over to the new professional email accounts I have listed above that you have made for yourself.
5. Yes it is a ton of work but trust me your email and organizing is your absolute best option for maintaining clients & contributor relationships.
“If it’s based overseas you are good to go.”
6. Make an announcement to the clients that you are closing your old email accounts associated within wonderful USA & if you so choose send them to your new email address.
7. Drink whatever you need, bathroom breaks were not done.
8. Go to each of your advertisement platforms that are based in the US and remove any and all special keywords that can be associated with sex work. Such as uncheck that incall/outcall, roses, gfe girlfriend etc, pricing unless on your website.
9. Treat each US based advertising platform as a profile for strictly dating.. Like think your looking for a breath taking “dating profile.” Keep that thought, and write your content appropriately.
10. (missing in the line up)
11. Go on your twitter and social platforms and clean house. Remove anything and everything that can or will be perceived as a worker verses a dating profile. This included comments, DM messages, paid profile links, etc that allude to worker status verses dating status.
12. Contributors This Is For You.
No MORE DMs.. You need to approach only through email… That’s it.. Do not waste a dating profiles time when you are just seeking an emotional connection.. This puts them at risk. Stop it and keep it professional.
13. Girls with phones…. We all have them or used too. DO NOT USE YOUR PERSONAL PHONE FOR ANY WORK PURPOSES. You have two phones for two reasons you do not ever mix the two. One is for booking dating spots, one is for checking your grocery lists.
14. Girls with phones.. USE A VPN AT ALL TIMES. Keep it on the minute that phone is on and the minute that phone is off. That simple! Your preferred form of contact should always be email, from the new email you have provided.
15. When posting photo pictures from your cell phone.. Keep that VPN ON. Make sure you always always screenshot at least 5-6 times, zooming in, and posting it then.
16. Providers DO NOT POST cell phone pictures from the hotel you are staying at unless there is nothing that identifies that room. Still for me personally it’s a huge no no hence I don’t do it.
17. Providers & Contributors quit tagging the location where you are at while you are still there. That is just blatantly putting it out there!
18. Discretion is key to staying busy. Supporting one another is the key to keeping safe. Avoid the drama like the plague. Follow all my steps listed above and you will be good to go!
There you have it folks. I know its a lot of work, you know whats more work? Trying to get out on bail for a federal crime or trying to make rent with no job.
Stay Safe Ladies….
Helpful links:
Safe Office: https://safeoffice.com/lp/
What is a VPN: https://www.techradar.com/news/what-is-a-vpn
Burner Phones: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/saltzman/2016/09/17/whats-a-burner-phone/90382874/
SWOP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Workers_Outreach_Project_USA
How to find your government reps: https://whoismyrepresentative.com/
ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/
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Sex workers tried to warn you. I know I’ve been screaming about it on Twitter and I’m not the only one. Sex workers are always the canaries in the coal mines. They come for use first and so many just sit on the sidelines and think it will never happen to them.. it always does. SESTA/FOSTA fucked us as a group it greatly limited our abilities to stay safe ( though we are a resourceful bunch) and now you are all fucked as well with the new THERE IS NO PRIVACY majority on the Supreme Court.
Backpage was seized by the feds, this is different from when Backpage themselves took down the 
A Mastodon Instance popped up AKA a twitter like sex work social media that it might be worth joining if only to next work with other Sex Workers so you can stay current on new options and info. I’m not sure its gonna be a great place to find clients but its worth having a profile up and to see what it evolves into.
Escort-Ads.com is not a US based escort ad site and they had some solid advice on ways to stay safe. The most compelling on their list is Host your personal website on a server in a country where prostitution is legal. This is very good advice. Though SESTA takes aim at advertising sites where sites can be held responsible for their users behavior, no one really knows how US Hosting sites will react and what preemptive measures they will take with hosting escort websites. You might find your site has once day been disappeared.
Backpage was shut down. What happens next is panic. I know, I lived though the shut down of the Craig’s List Adult Services shut down. Try to stay calm. You will be okay, develop a new plan. Get to work implementing it.