Prosecutors drop ‘freedom threatening’ Girls Aloud obscenity blog case: “A blogger has been acquitted of obscenity offences in a court case that could have redefined UK citizens’ right to free speech on the internet. Prosecutors…
Landmark case? No, not really. This was a prosecution which should have never taken place in the first place. Text based publications should not be the focus of any obscenity prosecution. [Yaman Akdeniz] Girls Aloud…
Gerard Damiano’s 4,800-Page FBI File Unearthed: “A 4,800-page FBI file on ‘Deep Throat’ director Gerard Damiano released to the Associated Press following a Freedom of Information Act request shows the lengths agents nationwide went in…
China Orders Google to Cut All Online Adult Links: “Google has been ordered to put a halt allowing ‘pornographic and vulgar’ content from being accessed through its Chinese-language search engine, the official Xinhua news agency…
US raises China filter amid business concern: official: “(AFP) The United States raised concerns to China about its new rule requiring Internet filtering software in computers after US businesses voiced unease. Computer makers have been…
CN – Google to cut China porn results: “(BBC) Google says it will take ‘all necessary steps’ to remove pornography from its Chinese language portal, Google.cn. The firm was responded to criticism from China’s internet…
Google submits to Beijing porn drive: “ Thumbing nose at Tehran OK, but not at Beijing Google’s attempt to burnish its public image by helping anti-government demonstrators in Iran has been hobbled by its apparent…
Porn and Pedophilia: Cause and Effect?: “Recently, Morality in Media President Robert Peters called into question the efficacy and integrity of the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP).” (Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)
Iran Porn Site Owners Face Death Penalty: “Iranian operators of pornographic and anti-Islamic websites deserve to face the death penalty, a special prosecutor said in a newspaper report on Tuesday.” (Via XBIZ.com | News &…
How the government uses dirty data to legislate morality: “ So what’s a standard deviation? When it comes to sex and censorship, Government’s insistence that laws are ‘evidence-based’ is little more than hot air.… “…