Children watching YouTube are ‘three clicks’ away from explicit material (NEWS)

Posted on March 20, 2013, in Children, Internet, Internet Safety, News

Children who watch Peppa Pig and Rastamouse on YouTube are an average of three clicks away from videos with explicit content, according to a study. An examination of YouTube’s “suggested videos” – which sit alongside children’s favourites – found that it was easy to access clips including nudity and violence. The study highlights the risks [...]

Study: Porn Addiction Increasing as Technology Proliferates Access (NEWS)

Posted on March 20, 2013, in Addiction, Internet, News

San Francisco psychotherapist Michael Halyard, MFT describes a University of Sydney study showing an increase in porn addiction as technology explodes access. Problems related to porn are explored and solutions are offered. Recent study confirms what therapists already know–the Internet and other new technologies have been spurring an increase in pornography use. A University of Sydney [...]

Finance and Pornography at the SEC: A Media Studies Approach (Research)

Posted on January 16, 2013, in Internet, Pornography Laws, Societal

Abstract This short piece examines investigations into the use of workplace computers to access pornographic material at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States. Rather than focus on the individual or institutional morality of these activities, it examines what thinking about the role played by media in these violations of SEC policy tell us about the [...]

Child Addiction for Pornography Increases (News)

Posted on January 16, 2013, in Children, Internet, Teens

Annabel Tautou May 7, 2012 Find original article here: http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1211049-child-addiction-pornography-increases As per a recent Australian study, it has been revealed that 43% of regular pornography users are none other than children, who are between 11 and 13 years of age. The credit for making children addicted to pornography goes to smartphones as well as other hi-tech [...]

Jamie is 13 and hasn’t even kissed a girl. But he’s now on the Sex Offender Register after online porn warped his mind… (News)

Posted on January 16, 2013, in Addiction, Children, Internet

John Woods April 25, 2012 Find original article here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135203/Jamie-13-kissed-girl-But-hes-Sex-Offender-Register-online-porn-warped-mind-.html#ixzz2I9jLf24t Jamie was ten years old when he saw his first pornographic sex scene. During a sleepover, a classmate offered to show him ‘some funny pictures’ on his laptop. ‘At first I found it a bit scary and a bit yucky,’ Jamie told me as he shifted [...]

KIDS RAPED, SODOMIZED ON FACEBOOK PAGES (News)

Posted on January 16, 2013, in Children, Internet, Sexual Violence

Chelsea Schilling May 6, 2012 Find original article here: http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/kids-raped-sodomized-on-facebook-pages/#Scr8tmIEjGC07y0H.99 (EXPLICIT CONTENT: This report contains graphic details of sexual abuse of children as it has appeared in numerous locations on Facebook. WND immediately reported images of child pornography and child sexual abuse to the FBI. Censored screenshots published are among the mildest of those found.) She’s [...]

Viewing child porn on the Web ‘legal’ in New York, state appeals court finds (News)

Posted on January 16, 2013, in Children, Internet, Pornography Laws

By M. Alex Johnson, msnbc.com May 8, 2012 Find original article here: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/08/11602955-viewing-child-porn-on-the-web-legal-in-new-york-state-appeals-court-finds#.T6qApmWs3a8.email Viewing child pornography online isn’t a crime, the New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in the case of a college professor whose work computer was found to have stored more than a hundred illegal images in its Web cache. The court dismissed [...]

Net porn exposure linked to risky sex (News)

Posted on January 16, 2013, in Internet, News, Teens

NATASHA RUDRA May 05, 2012 Find original article here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/6958823/Net-porn-exposure-linked-to-risky-sex Studies are showing an increasing link between internet porn and risky sexual behaviour in young teens, researchers say. An editorial published in The Medical Journal of Australia today, says there is a growing body of evidence that shows a link between online porn, earlier and more varied sexual [...]

Pornography found in bin Laden hideout (News)

Posted on January 16, 2013, in Internet, Military, News

Mark Hosenball and Tabassum Zakaria May 13, 2011 Find original article here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bin-laden-porn-stash-found,0,7953140.story WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said Friday. The pornography recovered in bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, [...]

Study: Vast Majority Of Homemade Porn, Private Photos End Up Online (News)

Posted on January 16, 2013, in Internet, Internet Safety, Teens

By Benjamin Fearnow October 23, 2012 Find original article here: http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/10/23/study-vast-majority-of-homemade-porn-private-photos-end-up-online/ WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – The vast majority of homemade pornography and private images on personal computers ends up on public websites called “parasites.” Eighty-eight percent of homemade pornography, including videos and still images, finds its way onto porn sites, often without the owners’ knowledge, a new [...]