https://support.chaturbate.com/hc/en-us/articles/38789255704212-Recent-Changes-for-Community-Members-in-Sweden
The Swedish government has passed changes to its existing Sex Purchase Act. The legislation is noted to be motivated by the government’s desire to prevent societal harms and the objectification of women that the government believes are related to the creation of consensual adult content. The legislation will effectively prevent members of the Chaturbate community having a presence in the territorial borders of Sweden from continuing as members of the community.
At the risk of oversimplifying, as we understand it, the underlying thesis that supports the legislation is that content creators who are involved in online adult content creation are, whether the creators believe it or not (and irrespective of the level of informed, knowing adult consent present) being exploited and require the government's protection by preventing them from generating any online revenues. Although, of course, it is important to be very cognizant of real issues of exploitation and nonconsensual sex work, we believe that the new legislation has painted the entire consenting adult community with this brush, resulting in the government taking away these consenting adults’ agency and freedom to engage what remains legal expressive activity.
It is with that background that we are writing to advise you that, as of 18.00 on 30 June 2025, community members within Sweden will:
▪︎ No longer be able to purchase, send or receive tokens
▪︎ No longer be able to convert tokens into payments
▪︎ Have their fan club and supporter memberships canceled
Again, although it is not our place as a US company to take positions with respect to Swedish law, from the outside, we respectfully do not agree with the categorical governmental decision to block all adult content creators from generating revenues in Sweden which is now resulting in Swedish creators losing their income from what remains to be legal activity.
Please note that as of this writing, as a courtesy to our Community members who may be viewing the platform or broadcasting from Sweden, we will not be blocking access to the platform. With that written, we do not know for how long this will be sustainable if the legislation remains in place without clarification or exemption for age verified content creators and users.
