Rigorous enforcement of content moderation policies and absolute insistence on direct and meaningful consent are critical in the era of porn as social media.
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Adults have blamed porn for many things recently, including harming teenagers. We asked teens what they thought and their opinions paint a complex picture.
An expert on adolescent sexuality weighs in on how technology has changed the amount and type of pornography that teens can consume – and what that means when it happens at school.
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has threatened legal action against Pornhub for use of its art in pornographic work.
Why are sex workers routinely excluded from debates on their own legal and human rights?
Some experts were concerned about the creation of unrealistic expectations, links with gender-based violence, and the potential for addiction. Others said education might help to offset these harms.
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.
Online pornography is one business that’s booming during the coronavirus pandemic. A psychology researcher explains its pull and whether there are likely to be longer-term effects of this surge in use.
According to Pornhub, the UK has a growing fascination with sex in public – and watching porn on mobile devices. But what does the law say?
A snapshot of what Australians are viewing around the country.
Many women find it easier to identify with different genders in sexual scenarios – for this, and many other reasons, gay porn can be a turn on.
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.
People can now use artificial intelligence to swap the faces of actors in pornographic videos with those of people they know, raising fears about a new form of revenge porn.
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.
Some 81m people visit the world’s most popular porn site every day. Here’s everything they need to know about the law.
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Director, UWA Public Policy Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Criminal Law, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies, CEO of Culture Reframed, Wheelock College
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Leicester
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Postdoctoral Fellow, SHaG Lab, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University
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Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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PhD Student, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate, Intellectual Property Law, Universidad de Alicante
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Division of Health Research and Social Work, Lancaster University; La Trobe University
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Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Calgary
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Professor Emeritus of Management, UMass Boston
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Chris Rissel is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Research Fellow, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University