The War on Porn

The federal government of Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa, has ordered all open-access online platforms to “remove, disable or block access” to all “pornographic” content.

A Japanese legislative proposal passed into law on Wednesday, allowing anyone who signs a contract to appear in “pornographic productions” to void that contract at any time for any reason.

The South Carolina House of Representatives on Friday quietly declined to support the so-called “library-porn proviso,” a budget mandate approved by the State Senate in March which would have blocked libraries from offering “any books or materials that appeal to the prurient interest.”

Spain’s Congress of Deputies moved forward Tuesday with a proposed new law backed by the ruling party, aiming to “prohibit pimping in all its forms” with the final aim to “abolish prostitution.”

A legislative debate about lowering the age of legal majority in Japan, which quickly devolved into a sensationalist campaign about adult performers aged 18-19, has now morphed into a proposed new law under which anyone who signs a contract to appear in “pornographic productions” could void that con…

The abrupt cancellation earlier this week of the Latin American adult industry conference, LALExpo, has been linked to a single press release from controversial, Mormon-led U.S. organization Operation Underground Railroad, which conservative members of the Colombian press used to pressure local offi…

New details surfaced today about a French media regulatory agency’s plan to block all major free adult sites in the country, in response to a controversial age verification law.

Lalexpo’s Barranquilla event has been cancelled. Show organizers say local politics and antipathy towards the adult industry are to blame.

Harish Chauhan (name changed), a 72-two-year-old insurance agent, was alarmed when a pop-up appeared on his phone when he was surfing a porn website.

India Business News: The government wants to arm itself with powers to overturn decisions of top social media companies such as Twitter, Facebook, Google and Instagram to