LONDON – Whatever the merits of requiring adult websites to verify the age of visitors, the question about how to meet the condition is more difficult and fraught with pitfalls than its proponents realize — or are willing to acknowledge publicly, at least. Looking at the...

BARCELONA – As a generally cynical person, I’m prone to look for ulterior motives behind things like public service campaigns initiated by individuals and companies, particularly when the goal or rhetoric of the campaign is something that might appear contrary to the financial...

CYPRUS – In 2008, I had a remarkable conversation with a marketing director from a major adult entertainment studio about a porn parody planned by his creative team but derailed by the company’s owner over what seemed to me a very unusual and unlikely concern. John McCain, then a...

MONTREAL – Deep within a recent article about Pornhub’s new sexual education efforts — a possibly Quixotic effort that is a rich subject for an article all its own — lies an eyebrow-raising claim that says it all when it comes to the deep, fundamental cluelessness writers working...

DALLAS – One of the unfortunate facts of life for anyone who has performed in porn is the choice tends to follow the person through the rest of his or her life. It’s neither fair nor reasonable, in my view, but it is what it is: Having “porn performer” on one’s resume...

Nearly seven in 10 Americans (69 percent) now use social media, according to new fact sheets from the Pew Research Center. Almost three-quarters (73 percent) have a broadband internet connection at home, and more than three-quarters (77 percent) own a smartphone through which...

A while back, I read an article about a new song “composed by artificial intelligence.” Journalists and critics who have written about the tune (“Daddy’s Car”) often label it a harbinger of doom for human musicians and composers. It’s an interesting point of view, considering the...

By Richard Buss Perhaps one of the most consequential mistakes in email marketing is the failure to get proper permission from the people you plan to contact. That probably reads like a straightforward statement, but there are different levels to this crime. Here’s a look at some...

SALT LAKE CITY – As an apparent extension of the state’s resolution proclaiming porn to be a public health crisis, Utah State Sen. Todd Weiler has proposed a new measure to require public libraries to install porn-blocking content filters on their wireless networks. “As a parent...

LOS ANGELES – When you see someone out on the road driving like an idiot, do you immediately think to yourself: “God damn Vin Diesel and the approximately 400 Fast and Furious movies he’s been featured in. Clearly they’re to blame for this”? How about when you see a video of a...