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Apr52021 by adminNo Comments
Online porn websites promote ‘sexually violent’ videos

Online porn websites promote ‘sexually violent’ videos

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Getty ImagesOne in eight porn videos promoted to first-time users of the UK's leading adult sites are labelled with text describing sexually violent acts, according to a study.It analysed titles and descriptions of 131,738 videos on Pornhub, XVideos and XHamster's launch pages.One researcher said the prevalence of descriptions of rape, physical abuse and incest was "shocking".The sites have challenged the study and said they remove illegal content.The findings are published in the latest issue of The British Journal of Criminology.The researchers involved took hourly screenshots of the homepages on the three most popular porn websites, over a six-month period between 2017 and 2018.Descriptions and titles - but not the content of the videos themselves - were searched-for keywords that corre...
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Mar302021 by adminNo Comments
‘We have your porn collection’: The rise of Extortionware

‘We have your porn collection’: The rise of Extortionware

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Getty ImagesCyber-security companies are warning about the rise of so-called 'extortionware' where hackers embarrass victims into paying a ransom.Experts say the trend towards ransoming sensitive private information could affect companies not just operationally but through reputation damage.It comes as hackers bragged after discovering an IT Director's secret porn collection.The targeted US firm has not publicly acknowledged that it was hacked.In its darknet blog post about the hack last month, the cyber-criminal gang named the IT director whose work computer allegedly contained the files.It also posted a screen grab of the computer's file library which included more than a dozen folders catalogued under the names of porn stars and porn websites.The infamous hacker group wrote: "Thanks God...
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Jul62020 by adminNo Comments
UK subscription site popular with amateur porn models may face huge unpaid tax bill

UK subscription site popular with amateur porn models may face huge unpaid tax bill

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OnlyFans, a content subscription service popular with amateur pornographic models, could face a VAT bill covering more than three years' worth of uncollected taxes, Sky News has learnt.The service, which has spiked in popularity during the coronavirus lockdown, functions like a social media platform where fans pay a monthly subscription fee to access content creators' protected posts. Last week, for the first time since it began operating in 2016, the service started charging VAT on fans' monthly subscriptions following discussions with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Image: HMRC is currently reviewing OnlyFans' tax arrangements Sky News understands HMRC is currently reviewing whether the company should have been collecting ...
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Oct162019 by adminNo Comments
Government scraps online ‘porn block’ plans after law hits kinks

Government scraps online ‘porn block’ plans after law hits kinks

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The government has dropped plans to block pornography websites in the UK unless they could effectively check the ages of visitors.Sky News first revealed that the age verification scheme was being indefinitely delayed back in June. Following our report, the government claimed the delay would only last six months, but today digital secretary Nicky Morgan confirmed that the plans "will not be commencing". Image: Digital Secretary Nicky Morgan confirmed the law was being dropped The controversial scheme had prompted campaigners to raise concerns that it would enable widespread tracking of porn watchers' identities and browsing habits, creating the potential for blackmail and online surveillance.In a written statement to parliament, Ms Mo...
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Sep62019 by adminNo Comments
Pornhub owners ‘profit from revenge porn’

Pornhub owners ‘profit from revenge porn’

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Media playback is unsupported on your device The owners of porn streaming site Pornhub are profiting from "revenge porn" and failing to remove videos once reported, BBC News has been told.One woman, "Sophie", said she felt "violated" after a video featuring her was viewed hundreds of thousands of times when it was uploaded online.Campaign group #NotYourPorn said such content allowed Pornhub owners MindGeek to make greater advertising revenues.Pornhub said it "strongly condemns" revenge porn.It added it had "the most progressive anti-revenge-porn policy in the industry".It said it could not find "any record of any email" from Sophie asking for the videos featuring her to be taken down, but was now in touch with her and "looking forward to solvi...
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