Posted May 7, 2013, 5:00 PM by Jesse Schoff | Filed in Industry News
In a satisfying case of justice well served, US District Judge Otis Wright made it definitively clear what the Internet has for months decried in comment boxes everywhere: porn-trolling, litigation-happy copyright law firm Prenda Law are a bunch of crooks.…
Posted March 7, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
The European Parliament is mulling over a proposal brought forth by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality which, amongst other things, calls for a self-regulating ban on all forms of pornography in the "media". Parliamentary member Christian Engstrom…
Posted December 31, 2012, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
When YouTube refused to take down a controversial video called "Innocence of Muslims" this summer, a small number of violent protests were sparked. Pakistani officials reacted by imposing a country-wide block of YouTube. According to the New York Times, YouTube was made…
Posted December 13, 2012, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
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…
Posted November 8, 2012, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
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,…
Posted May 7, 2012, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
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…
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