Courts
Nearly 5 dozen felonies: Pennsylvania teens avoid jail in deepfake porn case involving classmatesTwo students who made and distributed deepfake porn of their female classmates at an upscale Pennsylvania private school have been sentenced to 60 hours of community service. The minors, who… Read More
Culture
Spycam pornography: Man discovers him and his girlfriend in video(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Hong Kong man discovered the pornographic video he was watching depicted himself and his girlfriend having sex — captured by a hidden camera from… Read More
Government
Senate takes further action against deepfake pornThe U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation last week to give victims of nonconsensual deepfake pornography a clearer path to hold creators and distributors accountable in court. “Deepfakes” refer to inauthentic but hyper-realistic… Read More
First Admendment, Politics, Porn
Federal judge strikes down Louisiana social media age-check law(The Center Square) – A federal judge in Baton Rouge has blocked a Louisiana age-verification law for social media, ruling that it violates the First Amendment and is too… Read More
Culture
Ohio man pleads guilty to crafting AI-generated child porn using images of real kidsAn Ohio man pleaded guilty Monday to two child pornography crimes, including using artificial intelligence to create sexually explicit content from images of real children, according to a… Read More
World
UK porn web traffic plummets after age verification lawPornography websites are seeing a sharp decline in traffic from the United Kingdom after the government required stricter age verification this summer. Visits to adult websites dropped by about one-third… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court upholds porn age-verification law(The Daily Signal) – Last Friday, the Supreme Court held in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton that states can require pornographic websites to verify that users… Read More
Government
Arizona governor signs porn age verification lawArizona Gov. Katie Hobbs recently signed a pornography age verification bill into law despite vetoing the measure last session. The law will require pornography sites to ensure Arizona users… Read More
Public Education
Former DC school teacher arrested on child pornography chargesA former Washington, D.C., charter-school teacher is behind bars after being arrested by the FBI and charged in connection with soliciting child pornography. Devonne Keith Brown, 56, is charged with… Read More
Culture
Pornhub staff worried about going to jail for child porn, docs show(Daily Caller News Foundation) – PornHub let child pornography sit untouched on its website for years, including content one employee admitted would put him behind bars “for a long time”… Read More
Government
Melania Trump-backed bill to ban revenge porn heads to presidentThe U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure on Monday to combat revenge porn, including AI-generated deepfakes, sending the bill to the president’s desk. The TAKE IT DOWN Act… Read More
Culture
Students renew petition for porn filter on Notre Dame Wi-FiA petition to block pornography websites on campus Wi-Fi at the University of Notre Dame has gathered more than 600 signatures, according to student publication The Irish Rover. The petition,… Read More
Government
Missouri AG establishes first-in-the-nation age verification rule for pornMissouri will become the first state to require dual age verification for internet users who access pornographic material online. The rule, instituted by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, requires users… Read More
Government
South Dakota enacts pornography age verification lawSouth Dakota has taken bipartisan action to prevent minors from accessing pornographic websites. Gov. Larry Rhoden recently signed HB 1053 into law, which requires internet users… Read More
Government
Melania Trump joins fight against internet ‘deepfakes’ and ‘revenge porn’First Lady Melania Trump joined lawmakers Monday in a roundtable discussion on the pervasive internet problem of nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) – also known as “revenge”… Read More
Courts
‘It stole my childhood’: Supreme Court urged to protect kids from online porn(The Daily Signal) – Taylor Muthoka was first exposed to pornography at the age of 7. A friend showed it to her online, and all the children had… Read More
Culture
New documentary exposes ‘dark underbelly’ of porn industry(Daily Caller News Foundatin) – We’ve now had the internet for three decades, meaning three generations have grown up with access to digital pornography. So how has the Porn Generation… Read More
Government
Age verification for porn among new laws in effect in North Carolina(The Center Square) – Separate pornography and election laws in North Carolina took effect at midnight on Monday. In all, 16 new laws went onto the books from the most… Read More
Courts
Age restriction laws on porn are sweeping the country, but there’s one crucial problem lawmakers will need to confront(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Pornographic websites now have to verify the age of their users in several states, yet some advocates are claiming that the laws not only invade… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma school board defends elementary school principal over drag queen side-gig, previous child porn chargesA school board in Oklahoma is defending an elementary school principal who moonlights as a drag queen and faced child pornography charges 20 years ago. The details of the child… Read More