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A national non-profit organization that fights to uphold decency standards in the media is asking the voting public to make the lack of enforcement on pornography laws a campaign issue. Morality in Media, Inc. (MIM) president Bob Peters views the moral decline of the U.S., particularly “since the middle 90s, when the worldwide web was […]
I attended the Winona County Board meeting and watched the presentation on the Clean Hotels initiative by the Winona County Sexual and Domestic Violence Primary Prevention Project, of which I am a member. I was impressed with the reaction the county commissioners had on the need to pass a policy that sees pornography as harmful […]
That’s the question Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the independent agency this week, after new whistleblowers offered his office more “credible evidence” that the National Science Foundation has failed to crack down on employees viewing sites not suitable for work. It is the second missive the Iowa Republican has sent the agency in just two […]
The trial of two men and their corporation accused of promoting obscene material ended in a not guilty verdict late Friday night at the St. Francis County Courthouse. More at http://www.katv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13108334 Date published: 9/6/2010 Author: KATV
Pentagon Declined to Investigate Hundreds of Purchases of Child Pornography (News)
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A 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation into the purchase of child pornography online turned up more than 250 civilian and military employees of the Defense Department–including some with the highest available security clearance–who used credit cards or PayPal to purchase images of children in sexual situations. But the Pentagon only investigated a comparative handful […]
Tifatul Sembiring–Indonesia’s Communication and Information Minister–has just put more pressure on Research In Motion (RIM) and upped the rhetoric threatening to ban RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones. The spat between Indonesia and RIM is over pornography concerns. More here: http://blog.wirelessground.com/indonesia-blackberry-ban/ Author: WirelessGround.com Date of Publication: 9/1/2010
A Marshall company that distributes DVDs pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal obscenity count in U.S. District Court even though it claimed the offense occurred accidentally and was not intentional. Right Ascension Inc., doing business as Adult DVD Empire, pleaded guilty to mailing obscene matter from May 29, 2007, when federal prosecutors said the company […]
The Federal Communications Commission Thursday asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its recent decision to toss the government’s restrictions on indecent speech on TV and radio broadcasts. The agency asked the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York to rehear the case by the full court. Earlier, a three-judge panel at the […]
Sex Trafficking of Women for the Production of Pornography (Research)
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Title: Sex Trafficking of Women for the Production of Pornography
Publication: Citizens Against Trafficking
Author: Donna M. Hughes
Date: 07/01/2010
Women used in the production of commercial pornography in the U.S. are often subjected to violence and coercion during filming. Often they protest and try to stop the filming or back-out before filming begins. Their protests are ignored or they are pressured by their agent or the director to continue. Their experiences of coercion and […]
Janet M. LaRue, chief counsel to Concerned Women For America, lays out the history of obscenity cases challenging the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. She examines various cases and points out that the Supreme Court has almost always held that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. In 1957 the court said, “We […]