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The son of the director has argued that Americans are still too squeamish about sex to fully appreciate the film. A porn scholar disagrees.
Voyeurism provides a glimpse into the private life of another person to give audiences a revealing and entertaining experience.
More people are getting involved in sex work, especially online – and it can be a lifeline for marginalized people.
Visits to ‘adult’ sites surged in March when coronavirus pandemic restrictions came in. While tastes vary around the country, a disproportionate share of traffic comes from our biggest cities.
Stephanie Clifford may be a ‘porn star,’ but her success is hardly typical of the vast majority of performers affected by the seismic changes in the industry.
While parents are growing more concerned about their children’s easy access to porn, they often don’t realize just how ‘hardcore’ and violent it has become and how early their kids are seeing it.
Blocking porn for under-18s will only make things worse for young people left without adequate sex education.
While the US is reeling from rampant fake online news, political movements in Europe are using the internet as a powerful democratic symbol to win elections. Will cyber-optimism or pessimism win?
The Digital Economy Bill would effectively create a hackable register of pornography users and block ‘unconventional’ material.
There’s no evidence that the increase in children committing sexual offences is because they watch online porn.
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield told Q&A that the Children’s eSafety Commissioner has investigated 11,000 cases of cyberbullying and can fine social media firms $17,000 a day. Is that true?
Online porn is big business and has plenty of adults viewing the content. But young children can also be exposed to porn, and much of that comes from accidental or unwanted exposure.
The debate around around children and online porn is more than just requiring sites ask their age.
Playboy’s decision to drop nude women from its pages represents just how mainstream hard-core pornography has become.
The Internet Watch foundation is to share its database of abusive image digital signatures in a drive to clean up the internet.
With the media once again full of stories of a celebrity facing accusations of committing historical child sexual abuse, it is important that we keep sight of the risks young people face today and of realistic…
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