Microsoft’s Bing search engine reportedly still served up child porn, nearly a year after the tech giant said it was addressing the issue. The news comes as part of a Saturday report in The New York Times that looks at what the newspaper says is a failure by tech companies to adequately address child pornography …
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The UK government announced Wednesday that it ‘s scrapping the introduction of a nationwide porn block that would have required people to prove their age by submitting identification before viewing adult content online. The porn block was a key part of the 2017 Digital Economy Act, and was designed to protect minors from being able to access adult content. It …
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8chan, a site popular with extremists where at least three gunman have posted manifestos before shooting rampages this year, is no longer accessible on the internet. The site has been mostly offline since early Monday after a series of companies, starting with security platform Cloudflare, decided to stop working with the site. The catalyst was a mass shooting that killed 22 people …
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Porn sites serving UK users will soon be required to confirm the age of visitors before letting them access content, the British government said Wednesday. As of July 15, commercial providers of pornography will have to ensure that only those over the age of 18 are able to access adult content, to protect minors. It’ll be up to individual sites and services …
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Thinking about deepfakes tends to lead to philosophical head-scratchers. Here’s one: Should you worry about your face being grafted into hard-core pornography if deepfakes are bent on sabotaging global power? Deepfakes are video forgeries that make people appear to be doing or saying things they never did. Similar to the way Photoshop made doctoring images a breeze, deepfake software has …
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Facebook-owned WhatsApp is being criticized for failing to curb the spread of child pornography on the messaging app. A report by two Israeli online safety groups, Netivei Reshet and Screensaverz, concluded that it was easy to find WhatsApp groups in which people shared images and videos of children being sexually abused. Some third-party apps that provide links to join WhatsApp …
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Pornhub is giving you a way to browse in anonymity. The company said Thursday that it’s rolling out a free VPN called VPNhub. A VPN is a virtual private network. CNET’s Laura Hautala describes it like this: “A VPN redirects your internet traffic, disguising where your computer, phone or other device is when it makes contact with websites.” It also …
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Two years ago, Naughty America made waves at CES with its debut of VR porn — or, to be specific, 180-degree 3D videos viewable on VR headsets. Riding the coattails of upcoming VR hardware like HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, it was a return to the risque days when CES overlapped with the adult-themed AVN (Adult Video News) show, making …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Can Steve Bannon elevate Logan Paul’s image? SNL/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It all began with Logan Paul being Logan Paul. As he giggled and chuckled in a Japanese forest known for suicides — in front of a hanged body — perhaps the YouTube star …
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Facebook is asking people to share their nude photos. But this isn’t what it sounds like. The goal of the social network’s plan is make sure people’s nude photos aren’t used for revenge porn by a disgruntled ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Facebook already has a reporting system in place for when someone’s intimate photos are shared …
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