
Google and Facebook's tracking software reportedly being deployed on porn sites
Of the 22,484 porn sites that were analysed, researchers found that 93 percent of them leak data to third parties.

Britain’s Porn Pass threatens all our free speech rights
In a 2007 study, two criminal justice experts concluded it was time to debunk the hypothesis that porn contributes to increased sexual assault

Robotic sex toy stripped off CES 2019 Innovation Award for being 'immoral'
Lora DiCarlo won an award at CES 2019 and then the organisers took it away, calling it 'immoral.'

WhatsApp groups in India found sharing child pornography in an investigation
Last month, a group of Israeli researchers had found dozens of WhatsApp groups with Child Pornography.

Despite porn ban, India is the 3rd-largest porn watcher with 30 percent female users
India is pretty hungry for some free-to-access porn, with the third largest appetite in the world.

Pornhub VP says banning legit adult sites could lead people to access illegal content
The porn ban is seen to have an impact on the Pornhub site leading to a decline in traffic.

DoT asks Internet providers to block 827 website that host pornographic content
Meity asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to block 827 porn sites named in the list.

Uttarakhand HC asks Centre to strictly implement ban on pornographic websites after alleged rape of a minor in Dehradun
The court directed Internet service providers to strictly obey a notification issued by the Centre three years ago for a ban on porn sites.

China tightens controls over internet content to make it 'clean and righteous'
China maintains a strict censorship regime, banning social media including Google and Facebook.

Rethinking pornography: Cyber Sexy author Richa Kaul Padte makes the case for decriminalising porn in India
Author Richa Kaul Padte talks about her book Cyber Sexy: Rethinking Pornography and makes a case for decriminalising porn in India.

What Indians look for in desi porn: Homemade videos, 'bhabhis', and familiar settings
Richa Kaul Padte's Cyber Sexy offers views into online sexual cultures — camgirls, fanfiction writers, 'home-made' videos — while also exploring questions such as consent and its violation

Inside the problematic world of 'deepfakes', AI-made videos which morph celebrities' faces on porn stars
Although there needs to be a clampdown on deepfakes, their emergence may urge us to build tools that will make it easier to spot modified videos | #FirstCulture

CBI busts WhatsApp child porn racket; 20-year-old administrator arrested from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh
The CBI on Thursday claimed to have busted an international child porn racket operating on a WhatsApp group and arrested its alleged administrator, an unemployed youth from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh.

Portal for complaints on sexual abuse videos should be up by 10 January: SC to Centre
SC has directed the Centre to have a web portal ready by 10 January next year to enable citizens to register complaints of child sexual abuse.

Centre tells SC that 3,500 websites hosting child pornography have been blocked in one month
The government has asked CBSE to consider installation of jammers in schools to block access to child pornographic content.

Children are searching the internet for information on drugs and alcohol more than porn or games: Kaspersky
Children globally now communicate, play and access adult content via internet less than they did a year ago.

Four booked for raping minor girl in Rajasthan's Sikar district, sharing obscene video on social media
Four youths have been booked by police in Sikar district for circulating an obscene video of a teenage girl after allegedly abducting and raping her

Around 30,000 people use free Wi-Fi to browse porn websites everyday in Mumbai: Maharashtra State IT dept
This figure accounts for about 10 percent of the three lakh users that make use of the free Wi-Fi services in Mumbai every day.

Women who watch porn have been left out of the conversation: Deep Dives editor
How do gender, sex and technology interact in the modern world? Deep Dives editor Richa Kaul Padte publishes stories that aim to answer those questions.

Patna railway station blocks access to porn sites after reports of free Wi-Fi misuse
Authorities at Bihar's Patna Railway Station have blocked access to porn sites in its free Wi-Fi service at the station, officials said on Wednesday.