If the results of a recent study are any indication, Tumblr users are horny. Researchers from two Italian universities and Bell Labs set out to study how the “community” of porn consumers and producers related to the larger community of social media users. Do consumers and...

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...

What does it mean to be “honest” about porn and the nature of the porn industry? Is it true that, over the history of porn production, some terrible things have happened on porn sets? There’s no question in my mind this is true, although not nearly as widespread and commonplace...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – In 1999, The Wachowski Brothers’ blockbuster The Matrix awakened moviegoers to a virtual reality/augmented reality in which nothing is what it seems. The movie spawned three sequels, at least one television series and several video games. More than that,...

LONDON – Despite harsh criticism from the United Nations’ free-speech representative and other opponents, the U.K.’s Digital Economy Bill is set to receive a second hearing in the House of Lords next week. The House of Commons has already approved the proposed legislation. Among...

ATLANTA – How many Americans now remember, or ever realized in the first place, there was an H1N1 flu outbreak in 2009 that reached a level where public health officials declared it a pandemic? How many would recall then-President Obama declaring this strain of “swine flu” a...

MOSCOW – The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Actually, with the volume of sex apps emerging from Russia these days, it appears the Russians want everyone to be cumming. From apps that help users find one-night stands to fetish dating to facial recognition and...

NASHVILLE – For the second time in recent months, Tennessee State Sen. Mae Beavers has proposed a joint resolution to “recognize pornography as a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms.” As you might expect, the...

NEW YORK – A new study indicates consumers prefer opt-in mobile advertising over traditional digital ads like pre-roll and display by a nearly 2-1 margin (54 percent versus 29 percent). A separate but related study found opt-in mobile advertising delivers a significant lift in...

LAS VEGAS – As is always the case following a transition of Presidential power in Washington, here at the dawn of 2017 the adult industry finds itself wondering what the years ahead might bring in terms of increased obscenity prosecution, new regulations, or yet another revision...