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Russian Authorities Vow to 'Protect Student Campuses From Internet Porn'

Moscow City Hall is planning to equip all the city’s universities and campuses with free Wi-Fi, with a damper of a catch — filters will be applied to strain out all pornographic material.

Q&A: Former HotMovies Staffer Creates Guide for Sex on the Internet

Former HotMovies.com employee Bill Turner took it upon himself to help those in search of perhaps the Internet’s greatest gift — porn — with the release of his new e-book, “The Cybersexual Bible: The True Consumer's Guide for Sexual Content,” a how-to guide for timid and/or clueless surfers looking to consume online adult content safely.

Microsoft Debuts Internet Explorer Developer Channel

Adult website developers will now get a head start on deploying the latest web technology, with Microsoft’s launch of the IE Developer Channel.

Study Shows Inconclusive Link Between Internet Porn, Low Brain Activity

A recent study published by JAMA Psychiatry showed a possible, but inconclusive, link between watching porn and lowered brain activity in neural structures associated with reward processing and motivated behavior.

Lovehoney Lands Nom for Internet Retailing Award

U.K. online adult retailer Lovehoney is nominated for the Customer Award and is up against household names ASOS, John Lewis and Ocado.

Infographic: Porn Accounts for 35% of All Internet Downloads

Porn is considered a major “data hog” according to data complied by WhoIsHostingThis.com, accounting for 35 percent of all Internet downloads.

LFP Internet Group Taps 'Stinger' as Management Consultant

LFP Internet Group announced today that industry veteran Jean-Sebastian Poirier Fournier, AKA Stinger, has been named management consultant.

Google Execs Pen ‘Future of Internet Freedom’ Op-Ed

Eric E. Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, and Jared Cohen, the director of Google Ideas, contributed an op-ed piece to the NY Times about (and titled) “The Future of Internet Freedom,” detailing technological means to overcome harsh online censorship in repressive communities.

Stoya Pens N.Y. Times Column on Internet Privacy

Opining over the recently outed Duke University student porn performer Belle Knox, adult star Stoya has penned a column on the issue of Internet privacy for the New York Times.

New Adult Internet Radio Station Set to Debut

RadioTemptation.com, a new Internet radio station that brings together adult stars and their fans plans to launch with live programming in March.

SKWEEZ Media Unveils Internet TV Network

SKWEEZ Media today unveiled its new Internet TV network.

Video: MSNBC Asks How the Internet Changed Porn

Painting a gloomy forecast for the porn industry, former performer Aurora Snow and LA Direct chief Derek Hay along with Pennsylvania Patriot News’ Richard Abowitz voiced their opinions on how the Internet has changed the adult economy in an MSNBC report.

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How Global Internet Growth Impacts Your Billing Strategy

You may be shocked to discover that 34 percent of the entire global population is already connected to the Internet. In real numbers that’s a staggering 2.4 billion people!

Ruth Blair ·

Ghostery Study: Internet Is for Porn, Tracking

Online-tracking firm Ghostery says nearly one-quarter of all searches on the web are for porn and that 891 million surfers were tracked by porn sites in three months this year.

£25M Internet Safety Awareness Campaign Announced in U.K.

Britain's four largest ISPs — BSkyB, TalkTalk, BT and Virgin Media — have pledged to form a new joint venture to lead a £25 million awareness campaign around child safety on the Internet.

Survey: 96% of Icelandic Internet Users Have Watched Porn

A survey conducted at the University of Iceland revealed that a vast majority — 96 percent — of the participants had viewed porn online, the News of Iceland reported today.

Akamai: Internet Speeds Go Up, Increase in Indonesia 'Attack Traffic'

Akamai Technologies Inc. recently released its "State of the Internet" report for the second quarter of 2013, highlighting the change in worldwide connection speeds and the huge increase of "attack traffic" originating in Indonesia.

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Internet Censorship Has Come to the U.K.

If you have been paying attention at all over the past several months you will be keenly aware that there is an attack under way against the online adult entertainment industry in the U.K. as well as the greater European Union. These attacks have come from different angles but have one common theme — the protection of children from viewing age-restricted content on the Internet and in the mobile application arena. The opening shots have already been fired in Iceland, the European Union and most recently — and vigorously — the U.K.

Tim Henning ·
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How 4G Internet Access is Changing the Mobile Market

The latest mobile technologies are breeding new services and customer expectations, with the rollout of Fourth Generation — Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) Internet access fueling much of the fire on this front.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Why Isn't Anyone Researching Internet Porn?

With the media awash with daily commentary on — and concerns about — Internet porn, the Independent asked: Why isn’t there research to lend weight to the (often conflicting) claims being made?