Hey, NY Post: Here’s a Real ‘Porn King’ for You
TOKYO – Given the American media’s penchant for terming any wealthy person remotely connected to the adult entertainment industry a “porn king,” any time I see the term used in ...
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How to Go to Jail for Revenge Porn: Target Celebs
LOS ANGELES – If you have followed the evolution of revenge porn as a legal issue, then you’ve probably heard attorneys, activists and victim’s advocates talk about the difficulty of ...
Nine Years In, Still Blocking Porn One Site at a Time
JAKARTA – A little less than nine years ago, the Indonesian Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (“People’s Representative Council”) passed a controversial piece of legislation called the Bill on Pornography, a somewhat ...
Copyright, Extortion and the Long Shadow of Prenda Law
LOS ANGELES – Eight or nine years ago, long before the names John Steele, Paul Hansmeier and Prenda Law had acquired internet infamy, I sat in the audience at a ...
Dutch ‘Church Porn’ Causes Furor but Breaks No Laws
TILBURG, Netherlands – Despite sharing a suffix in common, I’m sure there are many differences between Tilburg, Netherlands and Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Among these many differences: I’m confident if I were ...
A ‘Porn King?’ Only in the Media’s Imagination
NEW YORK – “‘Porn’s New King’ sentenced to over 14 years in prison,” the New York Post headline screamed. Any reader could be excused for expecting the article to be ...
For Pure Drama, Porn’s Got Nothing on the Scandal Sheets
LONDON – With the implementation of Britain’s Digital Economy Act 2017 looming (at some still-uncertain point in the future), privacy advocates and IT experts once again are warning the public about ...
Study: Boys Who View Porn Become ‘Playboys,’ Sexists
WASHINGTON – In the latest headline-grabbing study revolving around porn, a research team from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, presented to the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) ...
The Prez and the Porn Pledge, One Year Later
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A little over a year ago, then-candidate Donald Trump signed “The Children’s Internet Safety Presidential Pledge,” a document authored by the anti-porn organization Enough Is Enough (EIE). ...
Dear ‘Researchers’: Your Porn Premise is Flawed
MONTREAL – In my current state of mind, I don’t know quite how to make it sound more professional, journalistic or erudite, so I’m just going to say what I ...
