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Chinese Banks Fight Porn
XBiz has been reporting for several weeks now on the Chinese government's porn crackdown initiative; and with their latest attempt at cleaning up Cyberspace focused on the world of online banking transactions, China is definitely taking the matter seriously.
Porn Spam Up 350%
As the temperature rises, spam is also heating up according to Clearswift's latest spam index. Levels of pornographic emails have shot up by almost 350% since June, and in what appears to be an attempt to match supply with demand, healthcare spam (most of which was Viagra) has also risen significantly.
Sheriff Deputy Killed in Child Porn Raid
A child porn raid that went awry resulted in the death of a Broward County sheriff's deputy Thursday, police reported. Another officer was also wounded.
Tough Porn Restrictions Proposed in Australia
Australia’s Labor Party is considering draconian new restrictions on adult Internet. The proposal would require all Internet Service Providers to install filters that would block triple-X content from being transmitted to home computers.
Porn Veterans Launch Exotic Star Models Agency
Three female veterans of the adult industry have launched the Exotic Star Models agency in order to manage porn talent. The partners are combining their years of experience and contacts in the adult entertainment field with a woman’s sensibility.
China’s Anti-Porn Purge Spreads to Print
China’s national campaign against Internet pornography has moved offline to the print media. At a national literary conference the China Publishing Group called on Chinese publishers to adhere to the country’s anti-porn laws.
Porn Magazine Launched for British Mobile Phones
A mobile content provider of adult material is launching what is reportedly the first online mobile-based adult magazine. The popular British production company Bend Over is branding the weekly magazine for mobile phone end-users in the United Kingdom.
Chinese Porn Crackdown Continues
As XBiz reported last month, the Chinese government is taking an increasingly serious stance against online pornography, and other "poisons of Western society" delivered via the Internet.
New Magazine Gives Fresh Spin on Porn
The latest softcore skin magazine to hit the adult market in Europe in direct competition with Playboy and Penthouse is Hegre: The New Nude, slated for release sometime in August.
Playboy.com Pictorial Raises Ire Among Anti-Porn Activists
Playboy.com's nude pictorials of women from mainstream companies like Starbucks, Enron, Wal-Mart and Home Depot have finally caught the ire of a group of anti-porn activists who think that associating corporate identities with porn is in poor taste.
'How to Make Love Like a Porn Star' Debuts Aug. 17
Jenna Jameson's long-awaited porn industry tell-all is slated to hit bookstore shelves on Aug. 17, the porn star's publisher ReganBooks announced Wednesday. New York-based ReganBooks is a division of HarperCollins.
ChristiaNet Takes Aim at Porn
Christian marketing website, ChristiaNet, launched a suite of anti-pornography resources this week intended to spur fellow Christians into action against what the church considers the worst form of "vice and addiction."
Postal Inspectors Investigate Porn Mail Scheme
Up to 40 residents have received unsolicited porn along with a moneymaking scheme in their home mailboxes. Postal inspectors are investigating what appears to be a violation of federal laws.
Ukraine Police Bust Child Porn Ring
Police in the former Soviet republic of the Ukraine have closed down a so-called modeling agency that photographed up to 1,500 female minors. The images were then transmitted to North America over the Internet, said Vitaly Yarema deputy head of the Interior Ministry’s crime investigation unit.
Porn Stars to Compete in 'KSEXgames'
KSEXradio.com and Adultdvdempire.com are presenting an adult version of the Olympics where female porn stars from five adult video companies are competing in the First Annual “KSEXgames.”
Mobile Porn Surfing Gets Better With New iPaq
A new wireless device unveiled Monday by Hewlett Packard Co. and T-Mobile USA Inc. combines Wi-Fi and wide-area cellular data technology, allowing adult surfers a better experience watching porn.
FBI Fingers ‘John Doe’ Child Porn Suspect
A federal grand jury indicted an unidentified “John Doe” on Friday for transporting child pornography over the Internet. “We have photos of the defendant, and we are asking for the public’s assistance to identify this man,” the Justice Department’s Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray told XBiz.
Las Vegas Sex Club Sues County Over Internet Porn
A Las Vegas sex club is suing the Clark County Business License Department, which cited the Green Door twice last February for operating an adult theater without a license. The misdemeanor citations were based on the e-porn customers can view at booths inside of the swingers’ club.
Cyber Blackmail Scheme Uses Child Porn as Bait
A new cyber blackmail trend that security experts believe is generating from hackers in Russian and Eastern Europe is using child porn as a weapon to bilk users out of money.
U.K. Porn Festival Launches, Invites Amateur Submissions
The Brits are finally catching on to the porn craze and making a very public effort to involve as many sex fans as possible. This week in London, the Xplicit British Film Festival issued an invitation for amateur porn video submissions.