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German Regulators Are Trying to Block Porn Sites to Thwart Horny Teens
Porn won the porn war in the UK, but now the industry is fighting on a different front in Germany, where authorities are trying to force internet service providers to block major sites that don’t implement age verification systems. Currently, German law requires porn sites to restrict access to individuals 18 or older. What’s changed … Continued
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Chinese Ambassador’s Twitter Account Likes Porn Video, China Calls for Investigation
Two days from now, we’ll celebrate the second anniversary of that time Ted Cruz’s Twitter account liked porn and all he could say in his defense is that it was a “staffing issue.” But China’s leaders operate a little differently than our homegrown hucksters. On Tuesday, the Twitter account of China’s UK Ambassador liked a … Continued
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Pranksters Stream Porn During Zoom Hearing for Alleged 17-Year-Old Twitter Hacker
Pranksters disrupted judicial hearings on Wednesday for the 17-year-old Florida kid who allegedly hijacked the accounts of prominent Twitter users last month, according to multiple people on the teleconference call. There were several intrusions during the first attempt at the hearing, and it was finally stopped after pornography was streamed via Pornhub. The judge overseeing … Continued
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France’s Parliament Approves Age-Verification for Pornography Websites
The French Parliament this week approved legislation for requiring age-verification protocols for pornography websites, a system approved and later abandoned by the U.K. following technical setbacks and privacy concerns. The age verification in France was approved unanimously this week after being introduced as an amendment last month to a law on domestic violence, Politico reported … Continued
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Victims Win Nearly $13 Million in Lawsuit Against GirlsDoPorn
Twenty-two women have won $12.75 million in a years-long lawsuit alleging a predatory scheme by GirlsDoPorn, a site that hosts purportedly one-time pornographic videos featuring “amateur” college-age women and teen girls. The women provided evidence that the company lured them into shoots under false pretenses, intimidated and coerced them into performing, and shared the images … Continued
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The Quiet Joys of ASMR Porn
I am watching a video of the outward crevice of a human’s large intestine. The cavity, exposed in the cold light of day, is isolated from the owner’s body; it pulsates to what sounds like wet dog food squishing in the palm of a hand. It is, at turns, grotesque, then abstract, suggestive of the … Continued
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Have Some Porn for Your Ears
Horny audiophiles lusty for more sundry alternatives to raw-dog banging, here ya go: today Caroline Spiegel, the 22-year-old sister of Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, serves you an audio and text-only platform for erotic storytelling. In Bloomberg and Wired profiles, Spiegel–who launched “Quinn” as a website while a student at Stanford–announces that she’s taking the site … Continued
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Porn Wins Porn War
After several years and numerous delays, the UK government has quietly scrapped a scheme to make web users verify their ages and identities when visiting porn sites. For now, at least, horniness has prevailed in Britain. The plan “concerning age verification for online pornography” will not be enacted, the country’s digital secretary announced on Wednesday. … Continued
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So, About Your Internet Porn Habits
You might want some privacy when consuming porn online, whether that’s going in incognito mode, locking the door, putting in headphones, or all of the above. And while this certainly conceals your activity from a roommate or someone who might look at your search history, researchers have demonstrated that your intimate browsing time is an … Continued
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Virginia’s Anti-Revenge Porn Law Now Covers Deepfakes and Other ‘Falsely Created’ Content
A update to Virginia’s law against revenge porn banning the distribution of explicit videos and images that have been deepfaked—i.e., modified using machine learning algorithms to picture someone else—or otherwise created with the intent to “coerce, harass, or intimidate” a victim went into effect on Monday, per CNET. Revenge porn is a common neologism for … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
UK Reportedly Thwarted Yet Again in Quest Against Horny Teens
The UK government’s plan to implement a mandatory, nationwide age verification system for pornographic websites attracted ridicule from technical experts who pointed out it could easily be evaded by anyone with minimal technical know-how, but would likely require sweeping tracking of porn viewers’ identities and web histories. Now, according to Sky News, sources say the … Continued
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China Has Arrested 20 People For Running an Erotic Livestreaming Site
Porn is hard to come by in China, as the country’s dedicated anti-porn task force continues to push for a more sanitized web, free from even ASMR videos. There are still those taking the risk to maintain horny corners of the web, but Chinese authorities have arrested the last two main suspects who were running … Continued
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Of Course Someone Shot a Porn Video in a Tesla Driving on Autopilot
It was only a matter of time of course. There’s now a porn video of two people having sex in a Tesla while it was driving on Autopilot. In the video, a man driving a Tesla picks up adult actress Taylor Jackson for a “Tinder date” but about 45 seconds into the rendezvous, the pair … Continued
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Porn Regulators Powerless Against Horny British Teens
On Wednesday, the UK government announced that starting July 15, porn providers online would be required to roll out age verification systems on their websites, only allowing those 18 and older to access their content. But one should not underestimate the will of the horny—porn, uh, finds a way, and adult content providers have already … Continued
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The UK’s Extremely Dumb Plan to Force Porn Sites to Verify Users’ Ages May Come Next Month
The UK’s disastrous plan to implement a nationwide system blocking web users from viewing pornography unless their age and identities are confirmed by a verification service—an astonishingly ill-conceived idea being spearheaded by doddering Brexiteer Theresa May’s Tory government—is nearly a year behind schedule. But the clock is ticking, the Independent reported on Monday. According to … Continued
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Arizona Lawmaker Wants to Tax Internet Porn to Pay for Border Wall
Arizona state Senator Gail Griffin, a Republican, has introduced a new bill that would force computer and phone retailers to install porn-blocking software, which could only be removed for a fee of at least $20. The weirdest part? The money that was collected by the state would be used to help build President Donald Trump’s … Continued
By Matt Novak