News tagged with child pornography


Viewing child porn not a risk factor for future sex offenses: study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

For people without a prior conviction for a hands-on sex offense, the consumption of child pornography alone does not, in itself, seem to represent a risk factor for committing such an offense. Researchers writing in the ...





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UN expert: child porn on Internet increases

Technology / Internet

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The number of Web sites containing child pornography is increasing and more images show serious abuses, a U.N. expert said Wednesday.


Australia says Web blacklist combats child porn

Technology / Internet

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

(AP) -- Australia's communications minister has defended a proposed Internet blacklist as necessary to combat child pornography but admitted that at least one site had been wrongly blocked during trials.


Man pleads guilty in Vt. in border child porn case

Technology / Internet

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Vermont man pleaded guilty Friday to charges he had child pornography on his laptop computer when he entered the United States from Quebec nearly three years ago.


Are the effects of pornography negligible?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 5

A Université de Montréal researcher, funded by the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Family Violence and Violence Against Women, has launched a new study to examine the effects of pornography on men. "We ...


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Google eradicates pornography its own way

Technology / Internet

created Jun 28, 2006 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Google is showing signs of more resistance in complying with regulators even as rival providers are complying more with the federal government's guidelines.


'Sexting' no worse than spin-the-bottle: study

'Sexting' no worse than spin-the-bottle: study

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Youths exchanging nude photos of themselves over cellphones, known as "sexting," should not face child pornography charges, as some have in the United States, a humanities conference heard Tuesday.


China maintains strict censorship of the Internet

China issues new rules on Internet domain names

Technology / Internet

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China's Internet watchdog issued a new set of rules on domain name registration this week in a bid to curb pornography and illegal content.


Filtering truth?

Technology / Internet

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plans for mandatory internet filtering in Australia may see a wide range of material disappear from computer screens, according to research led by a UNSW academic.


Your computer could open door to cyberpredators

Technology / Internet

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

They're hacking into computers, secretly watching girls on webcams, and using sophisticated techniques to disguise child pornography and thwart law enforcement. Across the globe, men with advanced computer and Internet skills ...


Australian government to introduce Internet filter (AP)

Australian government to introduce Internet filter

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (19) | comments 9

(AP) -- Australia plans to introduce an Internet filtering system to block obscene and crime-linked Web sites despite concerns it will curtail freedoms and won't completely work.



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