If a person never meets her clients in real life, can it be called prostitution…? Attention, adult subject.

According to the US State Department, yes, and it is difficult to understand how this is considered so. A person not allowed into the country goes by the name Hex. She is a British sex worker who sells “erotic role-playing” experiences on a virtual reality social platform called VRChat. She applied for a tourist visa, was refused, and had to explain herself to an immigration officer, who eventually told her that the reasoning behind the refusal was “inadmissibility due to prostitution.”

Motherboard also spoke to an expert from The Sex Workers Project, who said that travelers often get questions about prostitution at the border simply because they are online. Hex has since taken her Twitter private. She highlighted that she did not even bring up her Fansly profile, where he sells pictures and videos of her 3D avatars, 1-on-1 VRChat… ahem, stimulation (using remote-controlled devices), and real-life pictures and videos. So the US authorities found him.

“The woman gave me a very dirty look when I explained everything. I told her it was a virtual game and I used a VR headset. She didn’t understand anything I said. All she said to me was, ‘So do you meet these people on this website?’ I said, ‘No, absolutely not.’ I want to clear my name and resolve this as it’s unfair and not true,” said Hex, who also received a letter denying her entry into the US.

The code handwritten on it was 2DI, which covers the visa prohibition clause for prostitution. The law states that a traveler may not enter the United States if they “enter the United States solely, principally, or incidentally for prostitution” or if they “have engaged in prostitution within ten years of the date of applying for a visa, entry, or adjustment of status.”

If someone sells pictures or videos of themselves on OnlyFan and they are alone, does that also qualify as prostitution?

Source: PCGamer