SAN FRANCISCO – Twenty-five to 35 percent of the material on crowdfunding platform Patreon is adult content, according to figures released Friday by the Open Letter Working Group. The group is composed of adult content creators affected by Patreon’s recent decision to prohibit...

PAYSON, Utah – In the famous words of Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, “give me a fucking break.” Wait… No, not those words from Justice Stewart. These words: “I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday unanimously advanced a bill that would limit the safe harbor provisions in the Communications Decency Act of 1996, allowing states to prosecute and victims to sue social media networks and others that fail to keep...

ADA, Okla. – In adult entertainment circles, it’s been fashionable for some time now to consider printed adult publications “dead,” or at best increasingly irrelevant, just another hard-product casualty of the digital age. This may be so from the prospective of producers and...

PAYSON, Utah – There may be “a bright, golden haze on the meadow,” but the stench of pornography fouled the air for seven whole seconds during a junior-high screening of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma, at least according to some parents. Actually, only one parent of...

LONDON – I’ll be the first to admit I don’t much about the British military. I do know the Brits spell the word “defense” like their soldiers’ overarching mission is to eradicate fencing from the planet. And I know they recently appointed a new Defense Secretary named “Gavin,”...

SAN FRANCISCO – Everybody just settle down. Twitter has not banned porn. The microblogging network merely clarified its terms of service to address some safety issues that, frankly, should’ve been addressed long ago. To recap: In late October, Twitter began updating its rules to...

PHOENIX – When Sen. Jeff Flake announced he will not seek reelection at the end of his current term, many saw the news as an opportunity for other Arizona Republicans to swoop in and snare Flake’s seat. Prior to Flake’s announcement, some GOP strategists had begun to fear the...

Live cam site IsLive.com has tapped industry professional Mike de Jong to lead international expansion. De Jong, who will serve as managing director, formerly managed global business development for payment services provider Verotel. Previously, he headed the European sales team...

NEW YORK – When it comes to stretching and straining for reasons to insert the word “porn” into a headline, nobody can top the British tabloid press. When they’re not busy hanging on Mia Khalifa’s every word or updating tales of porn performers turned drug smugglers, they find...