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Tech NewsUtah Lawmakers Pass Bill to Require ‘Porn Filters’ on All Tablets and Phones Sold in the State
Pour one out for all the horny folks in Utah, y’all. The state’s legislature has passed its baffling “porn filter” bill, which would mandate a default filter for “material that is harmful to minors” on all tablets and smartphones sold in the state beginning in 2022. House Bill 72—its official title—passed the state Senate this … Continued
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Tech NewsPornhub Just Removed Millions Of User-Uploaded Videos
Pornhub announced today that it’s removing all videos uploaded to the site by unverified users, purging millions of uploads in the process. Per a report by Motherboard, Pornhub originally hosted close to 13.5 million videos. As of this morning the number dipped to 4.7 million, then rebounded to 7.2 million a couple hours later. Some … Continued
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Tech NewsMastercard, Discover, and Visa Dump Pornhub [UPDATE]
Following an opinion piece in the New York Times which called out both Pornhub for hosting nonconsensual and often illegal material, and the credit card companies for enabling the site to profit from it, Mastercard has terminated its relationship with Pornhub. For now though, Mastercard will continue to do business with parent company Mindgeek, which … Continued
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Tech NewsPornhub’s Finally Verifying Uploaders
Pornhub is scrambling to clean up its act, it says, in the aftermath following New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof’s piece “The Children of Pornhub,” which is what it sounds like. In the days after publication, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) threatened to introduce legislation (as he does), and Visa and Mastercard have announced that … Continued
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Tech NewsPornhub Might Lose Visa and Mastercard After New York Times Exposé
Last week, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof detailed the easily-searchable horrors uploaded in plain view onto Pornhub, arguing that the site goes unpunished for profiting from child sex abuse material (CSAM), sexual assault, and nonconsensual pornography (sometimes called “revenge porn.”) Now, Visa and Mastercard claim that they’re reassessing their relationship with the site’s parent … Continued
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Tech NewsThat Viral Video of CNN Hiding Its Pornhub Tab Is Completely Fake
Have you seen that viral video of CNN host John King sheepishly hiding a Pornhub tab while announcing election results? The video has been seen by over 6.5 million people as of Friday morning. But it’s completely fake. Many people on Twitter noticed it was fake long before the original video was spotted by a … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaPranksters Stream Porn During Zoom Hearing for Alleged 17-Year-Old Twitter Hacker
Pranksters disrupted judicial hearings on Wednesday for the 17-year-old Florida kid who allegedly hijacked the accounts of prominent Twitter users last month, according to multiple people on the teleconference call. There were several intrusions during the first attempt at the hearing, and it was finally stopped after pornography was streamed via Pornhub. The judge overseeing … Continued
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