I know I am not the first one to say this, but there are a lot of very well credentialed people in tech worrying what would happen if internet giants collectively de-platformed a group who isn't right wing, while totally erasing the fact that it already happened to sex workers.

(Which is not a reason not to worry about the power that internet giants and infrastructure provide and the ethical and legal complications. Just stop erasing an entire group of people, many of whom have suffered horrible abuse or worse as a result.)

If there was one thing I was brought up wrong about even by a relatively liberal, non-religious family, it was what sex workers go through each and every day, and how unfairly persecuted they are. I regret not knowing that sooner.

For y'all who missed this story because it was swept under the rug, sex workers were pretty universally de-platformed through legislation and stigma, and forced back onto the streets without vetted reviews of clients, the ability to run their own biz, and privacy measures.