Porn
Massive Child Porn Sting Rocks Switzerland
In what officials are calling one of the largest child porn raids since 2002, ten people have so far been arrested in Switzerland for their involvement with website operations that allegedly distributed child porn. The raid was the result of a coordinated effort by police officials in more than 120 countries.
University Task Force Opposes Porn Filters
A University of Texas System task force submitted recommendations opposing the use of pornography filtering technology to the school system’s chancellor this week, according to a statement released on the UT System’s website.
'Porn Stars From Mars' Set for Debut
Gearing up for a Halloween debut, the latest campy release from Star Productions is "Porn Stars From Mars," directed and written by the company's namesake, Elizabeth Starr.
Judge Says Mich. Porn Law Is Constitutional
A federal court ruled Monday that Michigan’s state law barring pornographic material to minors is constitutional. The law, known as 2003 Michigan Public Act 192, imposes criminal liability on those who “knowingly disseminate or distribute sexually explicit material that is harmful to minors.”
PayPal Levies Fines Against Porn, Gambling
Online payment processor PayPal announced plans to levy steep fines against customers who use its services for transactions related to porn or Internet gambling.
Child-Porn Blocking Law Tossed by U.S. Court
A federal judge tossed a Pennsylvania law that required Internet service providers to block customers from viewing child porn. U.S. District Judge Jan E. DuBois said that today’s technology can’t be implemented “without excessive blocking of innocent speech in violation of the First Amendment."
Federal Court Tosses Child Porn Guilty Plea
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that a federal court erred in refusing to suppress evidence seized from a man's computer as an FBI affidavit failed to link his membership to a mixed child and adult porn website and his possession of child porn.
Pentagon Suspected of Porn Bombing
The Defense Department is suspected of bombarding a Wisconsin website with porn. As a result, KenoshaOnline has been forced to shut down its anonymous posting forum. The site's administrator, John Norquist, estimated that there have been up to 300 porn bomb attacks so far.
ASACP Sees Rise in Child Porn Reports
Adult Sites Against Child Pornography is receiving an increased number of reports regarding the online sexual exploitation of minors. However, while the volume of reporting on child porn sites has gone up, the actual number of the validated reports that ASACP has sent on to authorities and hotlines has decreased.
Porn Makes People Happy, Study Says
Porn makes people happier, is the latest determination by an esteemed Australian psychologist. Using taxpayer dollars, Professor Alan McKey conducted a survey on more than 1,000 Internet users who regularly surfed the web for porn sites.
Chinese Banks Fight Porn
XBiz has been reporting for several weeks now on the Chinese government's porn crackdown initiative; and with their latest attempt at cleaning up Cyberspace focused on the world of online banking transactions, China is definitely taking the matter seriously.
Porn Spam Up 350%
As the temperature rises, spam is also heating up according to Clearswift's latest spam index. Levels of pornographic emails have shot up by almost 350% since June, and in what appears to be an attempt to match supply with demand, healthcare spam (most of which was Viagra) has also risen significantly.
Sheriff Deputy Killed in Child Porn Raid
A child porn raid that went awry resulted in the death of a Broward County sheriff's deputy Thursday, police reported. Another officer was also wounded.
Tough Porn Restrictions Proposed in Australia
Australia’s Labor Party is considering draconian new restrictions on adult Internet. The proposal would require all Internet Service Providers to install filters that would block triple-X content from being transmitted to home computers.
Porn Veterans Launch Exotic Star Models Agency
Three female veterans of the adult industry have launched the Exotic Star Models agency in order to manage porn talent. The partners are combining their years of experience and contacts in the adult entertainment field with a woman’s sensibility.
China’s Anti-Porn Purge Spreads to Print
China’s national campaign against Internet pornography has moved offline to the print media. At a national literary conference the China Publishing Group called on Chinese publishers to adhere to the country’s anti-porn laws.
Porn Magazine Launched for British Mobile Phones
A mobile content provider of adult material is launching what is reportedly the first online mobile-based adult magazine. The popular British production company Bend Over is branding the weekly magazine for mobile phone end-users in the United Kingdom.
Chinese Porn Crackdown Continues
As XBiz reported last month, the Chinese government is taking an increasingly serious stance against online pornography, and other "poisons of Western society" delivered via the Internet.
New Magazine Gives Fresh Spin on Porn
The latest softcore skin magazine to hit the adult market in Europe in direct competition with Playboy and Penthouse is Hegre: The New Nude, slated for release sometime in August.
Playboy.com Pictorial Raises Ire Among Anti-Porn Activists
Playboy.com's nude pictorials of women from mainstream companies like Starbucks, Enron, Wal-Mart and Home Depot have finally caught the ire of a group of anti-porn activists who think that associating corporate identities with porn is in poor taste.