August 22, 2018

Extortionist lawyer pleads guilty to creating porn honeypot

Prenda Law masterminds Paul Hansmeier and John Steele filmed and uploaded the videos, then sued the "John Does" who downloaded them.

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May 30, 2018

Facebook to be blocked in Papua New Guinea for one month

The plan: figure out how it affects people; ID users behind fake accounts, fake news & porn posts; and maybe cook up its own social network.

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April 20, 2018

How porn bots abuse government websites

Bots run by shady websites are creating thousands of phantom pages

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April 13, 2018

Fake Hillary porn just the tip of Russia’s Reddit penetration

How Russian trolls embraced rule 34 (but Redditors didn't buy it)

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November 28, 2017

Age verification legislation will lead to porn habit database

"Data collection creates an inherent risk of data loss through hack, breach, or other forms of intrusion."

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September 13, 2017

News in brief: Cruz’s Twitter blunder; Adobe patches Flash; Target ditches Apple

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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April 12, 2017

Court to force adult site to expose ‘pirating’ users

A porn company has found more than 1,000 copyright-infringing videos on Pornhub. Fair. But why isn't Pornhub itself being held accountable?

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February 06, 2017

Neural face recognition network tuned with 650,000 pornstar images

But did anyone ask the actors - all women - for consent to use their images?

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January 19, 2017

The trouble with online porn: it’s impossible to block

Finding ways to restrict access to harmful material while respecting the right of adults to watch consensual porn is proving more difficult than politicians around the world would like

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