BEIJING, CHINA — Chinese website operators who include on their sites material classed by the government as “harmful” have been put on notice: Moving their sites to foreign servers will not protect them.In the latest round of arrests of people associated with online smut,...

DARWIN, AUSTRALIA — Anyone who’s ever watched women swarm over male strippers knows that they get away with all kinds of physical contact that men would be tossed out of the club for even considering. Someone on the Australian Territory Liquor Commission must be aware of...

NOVATO, CA — It reads like a sad sequel to the biblical story of Cain and Abel: Porn magnate’s son is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, echoing his late father’s conviction for fratricide nearly two decades years earlier.James Raphael Mitchell, the 27-year-old son...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Just because the bags are unpacked and sleep schedules back to their non-traveling “norm” doesn’t mean that this year’s June 25th – 27th Cybernet Expo is a thing of the past. For at least one attendee, the effects of that professional networking...

VANCOUVER, BC — Following accusations it was attempting undue suppression of a gay dating website’s rights to free speech and promotion, the Canadian Olympic Committee has withdrawn its objection to the company’s trademark application.The COC claimed Interactive Male’s logo...

GERMANY — Domenica Niehoff was German’s most famous prostitute. When she passed away in February, the outspoken advocate for sex worker rights was not forgotten. Indeed, one friend chose to honor her with a custom-designed tombstone. Unfortunately, the cemetery in question...

BERLIN, GERMANY — The “Amora Sex Academy,” a traveling interactive exhibit hosted by erotic retailer Beate Uhse, is different from most museums in a number of ways.For one thing, this is no hand-off, admire-from-a-distance collection. The show opened Thursday with the...

LONDON, ENGLAND — Calls from outraged citizens jammed Channel 4’s switchboard Thursday after a televised art class scandalized the public by presenting a nude model and encouraging viewers to draw her.The program, “Life Class: Today’s Nude” is part of a continuing lunchtime...

HOUSTON COUNTY, AL — Pity the impulse-control limited men of Alabama. Houston County, to be exact. According to the county’s commissioners, men in that region of the country simply can not be trusted around topless or bikini clad women if they have been indulging in...

ENGLAND — Perhaps it would have been a more welcome find had Kenneth Stewart been a horny 25-year-old shopping on his own, instead of a 60-year-old grandfather shopping with his two elementary school aged grandsons for a gift. As it was, when he discovered the pre-installed...