X Suspending Accounts of Legal Nevada Brothel Workers — Report

Posted on: February 4, 2026, 05:28h. 

Last updated on: February 4, 2026, 05:28h.

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  • Legal Nevada brothel workers report sudden X account bans despite fully lawful operations
  • Broad “sexual services” rules flag even non‑sexual posts from licensed workers
  • Advocates warn that opaque moderation threatens lawful professions and broader online speech

A growing number of legally licensed Nevada sex workers claim they are being swept up in a broad wave of account removals on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, despite operating fully within state law and posting only safe‑for‑work material.

Nevada sex workers say their safe-for-work X accounts are being deleted by the social media platform with no explanation. (Image: Google Gemini)

According to the adult entertainment industry trade publication AVN, brothel workers based in several of Nevada counties where prostitution is legal have reported sudden suspensions, locked accounts, and permanent bans with no warning or explanation in the past month.

Sheri’s Ranch is a legal brothel in Pahrump Nevada, a little more than an hour’s drive from the Las Vegas Strip. (Image: Paul Harris/Getty Images)

The trend was first flagged publicly by Jeremy Lemur, marketing director at Sheri’s Ranch in Pahrump, who wrote on Medium that legal Nevada sex workers were experiencing a “massive and unprecedented wave of account suspensions.”

Several sex workers confirmed to AVN that their profiles — used for education, personal branding, and legal business promotion — were removed from X despite containing no explicit content or solicitation. One well‑known courtesan, who had spent years building an audience of more than 90,000 followers, described waking up to find her account gone without notice.

“For a platform that supposedly promotes free speech, X has become an incredibly unfriendly platform to the legal brothel industry,” Alice Little, who frequently works at the Chicken Ranch in Pahrump,  told AVN. “The vast majority of my colleagues experienced deletion — no warnings, we just woke up one day and years of hard work had completely vanished.”

For many legal sex workers, social media is essential for safety communication, advocacy, and economic stability. Losing access, they say, means losing visibility, community, and years of professional work.

The Sex isn’t Free & Neither is the Speech

Some of the working ladies at Sheri’s Ranch strike a sexual pose. (Image: John van Hasselt/Corbis via Getty)

At the center of the conflict is X’s policy banning “sexual services,” referring to content appearing to offer or arrange in‑person adult encounters involving a financial transaction. The definition is broad — covering prostitution, escorting, adult massage, and even sugar relationships.

Even retweeting or mentioning such services can trigger bans.

X updated its policies in mid-2024 to formally allow consensual adult content (such as nudity and sexual behavior) as long as it’s properly labeled and not prominently displayed. However, this does not extend to promoting or facilitating in-person sexual services.

While Nevada brothels operate legally under state and county regulation, X’s policy does not distinguish between legal and illegal jurisdictions. As a result, even non-sexual posts from licensed workers can be flagged by automated systems.

Advocates warn that if lawful professions can be erased through opaque moderation, broader categories of speech may be vulnerable next.

“Sex workers have always been the canary in the coal mine for censorship,” Little told AVN. “If X is willing to silence us, they will silence anyone and everyone they dislike.”

Any Nevada county except for Clark (home to Las Vegas), Washoe (home to Reno), and Carson City (an independent county) may legalize prostitution if their citizens vote to approve it. So far, 10 of the 14 eligible counties have.