Getty Images One in eight porn videos promoted to first-time users of the UK’s leading adult sites are labelled with text describing sexually violent acts, according to a study. It analysed titles and descriptions of 131,738 videos on Pornhub, XVideos and XHamster’s launch pages. One researcher said the prevalence of descriptions of rape, physical abuse […]
Getty Images Cyber-security companies are warning about the rise of so-called ‘extortionware’ where hackers embarrass victims into paying a ransom. Experts say the trend towards ransoming sensitive private information could affect companies not just operationally but through reputation damage. It comes as hackers bragged after discovering an IT Director’s secret porn collection. The targeted US […]
Enlarge / Columnist and author Dan Savage spoke with Ars Technica about the first year that Hump!, his offline amateur-porn festival, has had an online component. The Stranger / Hump! / Aurich Lawson However cooped up you may feel after months of bingeing films and TV series in quarantine, it’s not entirely likely that you’d […]
California is cracking down on deepfakes in both porn and politics. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed two bills: One (AB 730) which makes it illegal to create or distribute altered video, audio or still photography of candidates, and the other (AB 602) which lets California residents take legal action against people who create pornographic […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device The owners of porn streaming site Pornhub are profiting from “revenge porn” and failing to remove videos once reported, BBC News has been told. One woman, “Sophie”, said she felt “violated” after a video featuring her was viewed hundreds of thousands of times when it was uploaded online. […]
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Virginia has updated its revenge porn law to make it an offense to share deepfake photos and videos of people without their consent. Such content uses machine learning to create fake videos that can sometimes look highly realistic. In other words, it can appear as if someone did something they didn’t do. The software used […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Initially, THQ Nordic was quick to defend hosting the AMA on the controversial site. But only a few hours later, the developer back tracked and offered an apology. ‘This blew up and I very much regret to have done it in the first place,’ said its PR director. PCMag.com Latest […]
Enlarge / Apps on an iPhone X. Samuel Axon Rival tech giants like Google and Facebook aren’t the only companies abusing Apple’s enterprise certifications to distribute unapproved apps in the Apple App Store on iOS, according to reports from Reuters and TechCrunch. Apple’s Enterprise Developer Program is intended to facilitate distribution of apps across devices […]
A state lawmaker in Arizona is proposing a tax on online porn to help fund President Trump’s border wall. The bill from Republican Rep. Gail Griffin seeks to collect the tax by first requiring device vendors in the state to install porn-blocking software on the hardware. To get the software de-activated, you’ll have to pay […]
Valve has apparently approved its first uncensored adult game on the Steam store. On Friday, Dharker Studios is slated to start selling an uncensored version of its game Negilgee: Love Stories, which features nudity and sex scenes. The adult title arrives as Valve has decided to no longer censor games that include controversial content. Instead, […]