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Google updates image search algorithm, makes it harder to find porn
- Google has implemented a new image search algorithm that now makes it much more difficult to find pornographic photos using the popular search engine, even with SafeSearch disabled. Google claims they are not censoring any adult content but there are…
Egypt state prosecutor issues order to ban Internet pornography
- Egypt state prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud has ordered a ban on Internet pornography according to an official statement from his office. The attempt isn’t the first of its kind though as a previous court order was never put into effect,…
Man fined $1.5 million in damages for sharing 10 porn movies
- A Virginia man, Kywan Fisher, who was accused of sharing 10 adult movies via BitTorrent is being asked by an Illinois Federal court to pony up a whopping $1,500,000 in damages. The stiff judgment is the largest amount ever awarded…
Pentagon's MDA employees caught surfing porn sites, told to stop
- The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently sent out a memo to employees telling them to stop engaging in behavior that was described as inappropriate use of the MDA network. The specific offenses, according to executive director John James, had…
Comcast refuses IP lookups, calls anti-piracy case a 'shake down'
- Comcast may be complicating the lives of copyright holders everywhere by rejecting recent requests made to link subscriber information to IP addresses. In an ongoing legal kerfuffle with AF Holdings, adult film publisher and plaintiff, Comcast requested an Illinois district…
UK government considers Internet porn filter, requires users to opt-out
- UK Prime Minster David Cameron will be consulting with major ISPs about devising a scheme which will block adult content for UK customers. If such a content filter does materialize from the talks, it is expected to be an optional…
Weekend tech reading: FBI seeks wiretappable sites, UK wants to filter porn
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The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance. In meetings with industry representatives, the White House, and U.S. senators...
.xxx domains go live, each site scanned daily by McAfee
- After much ado between the adult entertainment industry, ICM Registry and Internet domain governing body ICANN, .xxx domains finally started going live this Tuesday. Even early this morning, the number of live .xxx addresses had hit six digits and that…
Facebook identifies violence, porn imagery culprits
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Today, Facebook announced they have identified the unscrupulous individuals responsible for propagating objectionable material across their user's accounts. The questionable photos and videos included beastiality, excessive violence and pornography...
Facebook hacked, users seeing images of porn and violence
- Escalating numbers of Facebook users are reportedly being flooded with graphic images containing pornography, violence, self-mutilation and bestiality. The issue was first reported a couple of days ago, in a limited number of accounts, but reports are beginning to appear…
Registration begins for .xxx Internet porn domains
- Following their approval back in March, porn and adult entertainment sites can now officially register web addresses under the .xxx top-level domain. The ICM Registry, working with around 50 individual registrars around the world, is kicking off a 52-day "sunrise"…
Porn user list leaked from law firm that pursues pirates
- Tens of thousands of Internet porn users in the UK have had their emails containing personal information leaked online, along with which content they've downloaded and shared, according to BBC News. The list reportedly includes over 5,300 names and addresses…
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