Popular comedian Jon Reep was arrested Friday and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor in the second and third degree, according to multiple reports. The 53-year-old was arrested at his home in Hickory, North Carolina, WDHN Dothan reported on Friday. The station added that Reep was slated to perform in Dothan, Alabama on Sunday but that event has been …
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“Companies that profit from such conduct must be held accountable,” Gov. Spencer Cox said. (Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Attorney General Derek Brown speaks as state and federal officials announce a settlement in a lawsuit against Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, during a press conference at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. …
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Sextortion-based hacking, which hijacks a victim’s webcam or blackmails them with nudes they’re tricked or coerced into sharing, has long represented one of the most disturbing forms of cybercrime. Now one specimen of widely available spyware has turned that relatively manual crime into an automated feature, detecting when the user is browsing pornography on their PC, screenshotting it, and taking …
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The explosion of Tim Burton‘s Wednesday has seen merch and adverts for the spooky spin-off everywhere from Primark to buses and trains. But while this generation’s viewers may associate the legendary Addams Family character with 22-year-old Jenna Ortega, decades ago the role was originated by the exceptionally pouty gothic child star Lisa Loring. Born in 1958, the now late artist …
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U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, a Central Florida Republican, has been accused by a beauty pageant titleholder of threatening to release intimate videos and private images of her after she ended their romantic relationship, according to a report filed with law enforcement in July. Mills on Wednesday denied the allegations, which were first made by the woman in a July 14 …
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article Delta flight (File photo) (FOX 9) MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A Delta co-pilot arrested and dragged off a flight from Minneapolis to San Francisco was reportedly wanted on child porn charges, according to a Fox News report. Delta pilot arrested What we know: Passengers reported seeing multiple federal agents push into the cockpit and arrest a Delta co-pilot on-board …
Read More »As of Friday, anyone trying to watch porn online in the UK will need to subject themselves to an awkward selfie or get their photo ID ready. The UK government announced it will start checking compliance with its Online Safety Act, which requires any website that publishes or displays pornographic content to implement a system for “highly effective age checks.” …
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An investigation is underway in Oklahoma after a television screen in the MAGA state school superintendent’s office reportedly showed a video of nude women during an executive session of the State Board of Education on Thursday. The images reportedly appeared on a screen in the office of Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s far-right Superintendent of Public Instruction. Walters previously told schools to …
Read More »Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it’s a slippery slope Hacker News Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games from Steam PC Gamer Adult games are forcing the game industry into a spiritual crisis Polygon Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship WIRED Credit Card Companies Are Hurting …
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Late in the evening on July 23, developers with games tagged as NSFW on Itch.io, a digital marketplace, began to notice something strange. Their work—whether it was a game about navigating disordered eating as a teenager, or about dick pics—no longer appeared in search results. “No notification or anything,” says former NYU Game Center educator and developer Robert Yang, whose …
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