Porn-surfing
by proxy
Steve Hunter wanted
to liberate a few oppressed Web users. So, like
thousands of other politically conscious technorati, he
turned his computer into a "proxy server," a back
channel that lets citizens of countries like Iran and
China connect with the Internet without running afoul of
censors. 2-7-2007
UK: Porn editor sacked for choosing too tame photos
The former editor of
an adult magazine has won an employment tribunal after
he was axed by Paul Raymond for failing to put
sufficiently sexy models on the cover. Pierre Perrone,
49, tried to target "discerning older gentlemen" while
at the helm of soft-porn magazine Men Only.
2-7-2007
Viper - King of pornography discovered
Joseph Stedul After numerous unsuccessful
attempts by the police to discover the identity of
Viper, which is one of the largest internet distributors
of pornography, Javno.hr succeeds in finding out. A
person close to him, has not only revealed his identity,
but shown Viper's way of doing business, often at the
edge of the law. 2-7-2007
Alcohol 'fuels sexual health crisis in UK'
Strong links between alcohol, drugs and
risky sexual behaviour are providing fuel for a "sexual
health crisis" in Britain, a government advisory body
report said this week.
2-7-2007
Swedish court approves porn magazines for convicted rapists, ruling against
prison system
Convicted sex offenders are free to read
pornography in their cells, a Swedish court ruled,
saying the country's prison system had no right to deny
an imprisoned rapist access to his porn magazines.
2-7-2007
Cypres: Parties join forces to protect children from internet porn
Parliament has
instructed the Education Ministry to collaborate with
the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) and other
internet providers to filter all computers used by
students to stop them from accessing pornographic
content. 2-7-2007
Legal wrangles over porn billing software
When Liz Humby allowed her two sons, aged
seven and nine, to use her new laptop, they did more
than she bargained for. Although she thought them
well-briefed about safe surfing, her eldest accidentally
installed the program developed by Micro Bill Systems
(MBS) of Leeds which provides a subscription to
sexxxpassport, a pornography site. Within days, that was
generating popups which stalled the machine for longer
and longer, and demanding payment of £19.99.
2-7-2007
UK: Chastity ring sparks British teenage sex debate
A high court battle
between a schoolgirl and her head teacher over the right
to wear a purity ring pledging her to virginity until
marriage has reignited debate in Britain about how to
make sex education effective.
2-7-2007
Czech Republic: Possession of child pornography to be criminal offence
Possession of child
pornography will probably be a new criminal offence
punishable with up to two years in prison in the Czech
Republic, according to an amendment to the penal law
that the Chamber of Deputies passed recently.
2-7-2007
Child prostitution decreasing in Bulgaria
"In 2005, 521 cases of underage girls who
prostitute were registered, while the number in 2006 was
308," the Ministry of the Interior's Rumen Petkov told
the National Assembly during the regular parliamentary
control. 2-7-2007
