Neowin News Feed for: Pornography

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...

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...

Facebook misinterprets picture of woman in bath as explicit

Paul Ferson — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:15:30 +0000

Facebook has removed an image seemingly showing a woman in rather, ahem, 'risque' positioning while proving someone's theory that the Terms of Service are somewhat flawed in their usage. 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...

Viewing on-line child porn ruled legal in New York

Alfonso Maruccia — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:45:33 +0100

A NY State Court ruled that merely viewing child porn on the web can't be considered as a crime. The defendant conviction still stands because of image file found on his computer's hard disk. 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...

Man suspected of child porn simply didn't secure wireless router

Christopher White — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:48:37 +0100

A Buffalo, NY man had a rude awakening one morning when federal officers broke down the door to his house, threw him down the stairs and aimed assault weapons at him while yelling, “Pedophile!” ... Read more...

Civil servant fired for googling 'knockers'

Michael Collado — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:27:27 +0000

A civil servant in Australia was fired last week when he took to Google and searched for "knockers" while using his work laptop at home. "Knockers" is vernacular for women's breasts in different parts of... Read more...

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales denies Fox News allegations

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:00:54 +0100

Neowin reported on Sunday that Wikipedia co-founder and chairman emeritus Jimmy Wales had relinquished his editing and content management roles at Wikimedia. This was because he came under unrelenting fire from the Wikimedia community... Read more...

Wikimedia "in chaos" after co-founder Jimmy Wales steps down

Tzvi Friedman — Sun, 16 May 2010 20:01:05 +0100

After Fox News broke a story in April about Wikimedia hosting pornographic images on its servers, company co-founder and president Jimmy Wales started single-handedly purging the Wikimedia databases of all things deemed pornographic. These actions... Read more...

Microsoft Hunts Child Pornography

malebolgia — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 22:03:56 +0100

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Microsoft launched a software program designed to help police worldwide hunt down child porn traffickers by enabling authorities for the first time to link information such as credit card purchases, internet chat room messages and... Read more...