JK Rowling hosted an anti-porn conference.

Women’s centre founded by JK Rowling to host conference on internet pornography

The event on Tuesday will examine the impact of internet pornography and social media influencers.

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BBC Science dispels the myth of porn addiction in this fine article.

Here’s what ‘porn addiction’ actually is (and how to manage it) | BBC Science Focus Magazine

While a source of shame for some, there’s little hard evidence that X-rated sites are harmful or even addictive to regular users.

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Conservatives across the US are proposing laws to ban ‘obscene’ books in libraries.

Rightwing groups across US push new bans to limit ‘obscene’ books in libraries

Critics say bans would hinder rights as proponents would impose their beliefs on others who don’t share their views

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Comedian Bill Maher said he doesn’t like the term “sex worker” for prostitutes.

Bill Maher Doesn’t Like That “Prostitutes” Are Referred to as the “Sex Worker Community”

On ‘Real Time,’ the host had some questions about the “sex worker community” after ‘Anora’ won five Oscars.

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Apple has sent emails to their app developers after it approved an iOS porn app.

Apple Updates Developer Language After Hot Tub App Controversy AVN

Apple updates email language sent to app developers after a controversy involving iOS native pornography application.

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Singer Gracie Abrams has called porn dangerous.

Gracie Abrams Called Porn “Dangerous,” And Her Reasons Make Sense

“It is dangerous, not real, and a performance.”

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An anti-sex work activist said in an interview that porn represents human rights violations.

UN Special Rapporteur: Porn Violates Human Rights

Fervent anti-sex work activist Reem Alsalem, a special rapporteur on violence against women and girls at the United Nations Human Rights Council, said in an interview this week that porn represents a serious human rights violation.

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Former University of Wisconsin Chancellor Joe Gow has sued the university system for violating his First Amendment rights.

Joe Gow Sues UW System for First Amendment Violations AVN

Joe Gow has sued UW System for violating his First Amendment rights.

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Adam Schwartz of EFF opines about face scans as a means of doing age verification.

Face Scans to Estimate Our Age: Harmful and Creepy AF

Government must stop restricting website access with laws requiring age verification.Some advocates of these censorship schemes argue we can nerd our way out of the many harms they cause to speech, equity, privacy, and infosec. Their silver bullet? “Age estimation” technology that scans our faces,…

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Michael McGrady with an exclusive on anti-porn and anti-trafficking charities.

Dirty laundry piles up at Utah’s anti-porn and anti-trafficking charities.

Moral Panic

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