Swedish sex work legislation is different from other countries. The 1999 law criminalises the buyer of sexual services, not the seller. In addition, criminal liability also extends to third parties, such as people who own or rent buildings where sex work takes place, or people involved in the administrative side of sex work. Since 1 July, criminal liability has also extended to buying sex online.
In Sweden, buying sex online has been equated with buying sex offline, according to a new law that comes into effect on July 1. So, for example, OnlyFans users could be jailed for up to one year, writes The Local Sweden.
What is the justification for the change in the law?
The rise of the internet has meant that sex is happening not just in the real world, but also online. While much of it takes the form of pornographic videos, sites like OnlyFans allow customers to specifically order certain types of sexual content, such as paying a sex worker to perform a specific act.
Under the new law, this is considered the equivalent of paying someone for sex offline.
What will change for Swedes?
In particular, it will no longer be legal to pay for certain content, such as “I want you to do X to Y,” but Swedes will still be allowed to subscribe to content from sex workers as long as their videos or messages are not tailored to a specific individual.
Member of the Swedish Parliament Teresa Carvalho said that the law is not directed against the OnlyFans models themselves, The New York Post writes .
Instead, she said it would protect young people and others vulnerable to exploitation.
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