Could online porn be responsible for a decrease in rape cases?
A Clemson University study suggests it might.
Todd Kendall, an economics professor at Clemson University, published a study that found “the arrival of the internet was associated with a reduction in rape incidence.”
He notes that “association” is not causality, but he does point out that “it [...]

China said Friday that it has closed down 1,250 Web sites in a crackdown on pornography and vulgar content online.
Liu Zhengrong, deputy director of the Internet Affairs Bureau under the State Council Information Office, said Friday authorities have also arrested 41 people in the campaign that began Jan. 5.
“We’ve achieved obvious results,” he said, adding [...]

Call it iPorn. While Apple has tried to keep pornography far away from their iPhone application store – even pulling a program called Wallpaper Universe in November after discovering it contained racy images – the company apparently failed to properly screen at least one application currently available.
Early Thursday morning, Ustream, a brand new iPhone application [...]

The adult entertainment industry doesn’t make cars or loans, but porn mogul Larry Flynt thinks Congress should help it weather the economic crisis.
“The porn industry needs a bailout, people, with the economy as sad as it is, trying to make their mortage payments, they’re just bewildered at what confronts them, so they don’t even think [...]

Is the porn industry up next for a bailout?  If porn titans Joe Francis and Larry Flynt have anything to do with it, it will.
Yes, ladies and gentleman, the titans of pornography are begging for a bailout.
Joe Francis, creator of the “Girl’s Gone Wild” video series, and Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler, will ask Congress [...]