Neowin News Feed for: Porn

Bow-chicka-OH-MY: A look at the world's web porn searches

Andy Weir — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:48:54 +0000

The world's largest porn search engine has compiled a breakdown of the world's top searches for adult content by country. We take a look at some of the eyebrow-raising highlights. Read more...

EU to debate Europe-wide ban on pornography

Paul Ferson — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:22:02 +0000

A document, the "Report on Eliminating Gender Stereotypes" includes a little clause that wants to ban access to adult content in the European Union. Controversial, and it's being debated on Tuesday. Read more...

Apple yanks 500px off of App Store due to "pornography"

Christopher White — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:15:49 +0000

Without warning, Apple removed the popular photo-sharing app, 500px, from the App Store. Why? Because users could potentially search for pictures of naked people. Read more...

Washington, DC and Hawaii top the list for online porn viewing

Christopher White — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:56:36 +0000

A porn site recently studied who was viewing the raunchy material, from where, and when and compiled an interesting Infographic. The result? Washington, DC must sell a lot of tissues on December 27th. Read more...

Viewing pornography online reduces short term memory

Christopher White — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:53:08 +0000

New research shows that viewing pornography online negatively impacts our short term memories. While this is only one study, we... What were we going to say again? Read more...

UK rejects proposals to automatically block porn

Andy Weir — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:48:37 +0000

Proposals to block web access to adult content in the UK, and force users to register with their ISP to view such material, have been rejected by Government ministers, but not everyone is happy. Read more...

It will be harder to find porn via Google from now on

John Callaham — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:35:44 +0000

Google has now confirmed that it has changed its search algorithms today so that from now on it will be harder to bring up pornographic images in regular search results. Read more...

Man blackmailed after having a sex session on Skype

Christopher White — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:32:42 +0000

Never do anything on Skype that you wouldn't do in front of your parents. That's the lesson one Utah man learned the hard way after having a sex session on Skype. Read more...

Egypt's state prosecutor orders ban on Internet pornography

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:04:59 +0000

Egypt's state prosecutor has ordered a ban on internet pornography after a similar order was ignored by authorities. The ban would take away what some would argue is the raison d'etre of the web. Read more...

Bow-chicka-uh-oh: Man told to pay $1.5m for sharing ten porn movies

Andy Weir — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:45:04 +0000

A federal court in Illinois has ordered a man to pay $1.5m in damages - the largest award of its kind - after evidence proved that he had illegally shared ten adult movies via BitTorrent. Read more...

Adult material accessible on the Xbox 360, soon.

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:55:59 +0100

Depending on your lifestyle, you might view the odd piece of adult material. Now, thanks to Internet Explorer getting rolled out to the Xbox 360, that material will be accessible on the console too. Read more...

Microsoft's ban of nudity on SkyDrive questioned

John Callaham — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:22:18 +0100

Microsoft has stated flat out that its SkyDrive cloud service bans "nudity of any sort", which seems to be highly restrictive compared to what other cloud services allow. Read more...

Pentagon to staff: Stop watching porn at work

Tyler Holman — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 05:01:35 +0100

In an unusual turn of events, the Pentagon has ordered Missile Defense Agency staff to stop watching porn at work, amid fears that employees are focusing too much time on the wrong kind of explosions. Read more...

Religious websites have more malware than porn sites

Nathan Tsui — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:51:53 +0100

According to Symantec's annual Internet Security Threat Report, religious websites on average have a much higher risk of containing malware than other websites, including porn websites. Read more...

Google: Parents, not legislation, must protect kids online

Andy Weir — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:02:03 +0100

As the debate rages on over the protection of children online, Google suggests that parents must take more responsibility, and not rely solely on the "blunt tool" of legislation. Read more...

UK ISPs continue to resist calls to block online porn

Andy Weir — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:43:13 +0100

Months after plans emerged to force internet service providers to block 'inappropriate' content and force users to opt in to viewing that content if desired, ISPs continue to resist the proposals. Read more...

UK ISP forced to identify users suspected of downloading porn [Update]

Andy Weir — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:12:42 +0100

The UK High Court has ordered an ISP to provide personal details for over 9,000 customers to a porn production company, which claims those users' IP addresses unlawfully downloaded its content. Read more...

Egypt gets ready to ban online porn

Andy Weir — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:34:42 +0100

Ultra-conservative politicians in Egypt take steps towards attempting a total ban on internet pornography in the country, in an apparent move to extend the influence of Sharia law on its citizens. Read more...

Hackers slip into Digital Playground, steal credit card info

Christopher White — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:29:19 +0000

Digital Playground, one of the most popular pornography sites on the web, was hacked today. Over 40,000 credit card numbers and 72,000 usernames and passwords were stolen. Read more...

Iran to execute alleged porn site developer

Christopher White — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:25:00 +0000

A Canadian developer has been sentenced to death in Iran's Revolutionary Court on charges of "designing and moderating adult content websites." This is the second high-profile ruling this month. Read more...