Californians Reject Condoms in Porn, Defeat Proposition 60
Proposition 60 was defeated 54 to 46 percent. Here's how the porn industry is reacting.
Proposition 60 was defeated 54 to 46 percent. Here's how the porn industry is reacting.
Condoms-in-porn measure pits adult-film industry and public-health groups against public hysteria and a would-be porn czar
CamSoda is offering voters free site credits if they snap a selfie at the polls and post it to social media.
Have you heard about California's initiative that would require condoms in all porn movies?
California propositions deal with cigarette taxes and condoms in pornos.
In the Wall Street Journal, the ex-Playboy model blames online-porn for Anthony Weiner's texting troubles & kids propelled "warp-speed into the dark side."
By its own logic, the government victimized children thousands of times.
Watching porn "may have negative effects on marital stability," said sociologist Samuel Perry.
"Some people like to paint. Some people like to dance. Some people like to express themselves in an erotic way," says Sharron Cooks.
This is probably the closest thing to a pro-sex-work stance that any major-party candidate has ever taken.
"I don't know that it's the government's part to regulate sins and all of that."
We asked Republicans about their party platform position.
Anti-porn positions remain while free trade support takes a hit.
Voters will have 16 other issues to consider Election Day.
URL the Labrador works with the Weber County Sheriff's Office to sniff out electronic storage devices.
The state's new "revenge porn" measure is "so breathtakingly broad...that it criminalizes activity that involves neither revenge nor porn."
The U.K. Office of Communications has ruled in favor of feminist pornographer Pandora Blake and her site DreamsOfSpanking.com.
Prison heads say it's humane and helps prisoners rehabilitate.
Drafted by the group formerly known as Morality in Media, the measure was passed unanimously by Utah lawmakers.
Lighter penalties are apt to encourage prosecution for behavior that shouldn't be a crime.
The prophylactic police reach a "stalemate" in the courts, but regulators aren't giving up yet.
The law of the last antecedent beats the law of lenity.
Yesterday was a win for adult entertainment, sure, but also for personal liberty and against an overreaching nanny state.
Not to worry: Prosecutors can use a backup law that also makes it a crime to look at cartoons.
A who's who of the porn biz joined public-health experts in condemning the proposed regulations Thursday.
Mayor says he doesn't care if the ban is unconstitutional and triggers a lawsuit because he is protecting the city's "brand."
At the industry's biggest gathering, fear and loathing for Republicans was high. But can porn trust Hillary?
Jack Weinstein concludes that the penalty recommended by federal sentencing guidelines is far too severe.
I spent four days at the AVN Adult-Entertainment Expo and Awards in Las Vegas. Here's what I saw....
But "somebody somewhere is always trying to find a way to censor speech," Fishbein cautioned colleagues at Saturday night's AVN Awards ceremony.
Why I'm still skeptical that VR porn will catch on any time soon.
But with the L.A. law unenforceable, anti-porn activists are pushing work-safety inspectors to punish film companies and gearing up for a state ballot fight.
Sum poosie energy drink, anyone?
The porn industry "will suffer greatly if a Republican is in the White House."
Nowhere do so many constitutional abuses converge as with government treatment of pornography and adult entertainment.
Italians are the only Pornhub consumers whose most frequent searches include "footjob." And other fun facts...
Why has Sunny Leone become a household name in chastity-worshiping India?
Sunny Leone has made a career out of sex and Modi out of his celibacy
As it stands, convicted child pornographers in the Bay State can still retire on the state's dime.
Plenty of people enjoy rough sex and even "rape" porn without ever committing real-world sex crimes.
Smut critics give ammunition to attackers who blame porn for their actions.
Initiative essentially creates a bounty for citizens (and lawyers) to sue producers.
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