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Now that all the airlines are looking to add in-flight internet service, the biggest question on everyone's mind is, of course, who is going to be responsible for telling the guy in 18-B to turn down the volume on "Cum Fart Tsumani". Although it could give a whole new meaning to the concept of a "red eye" flight. (foxnews.com)

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Warning: Boobs Ahead. Do You Understand And Wish To Continue?

Those of you who have spent any time on the interweb searching for smut have surely run across the warning that accompanies any Blogspot blog that someone somewhere has deemed "objectionable." Of course, Google would never actually "censor" content on their free web hosting service—they just put up a giant sign post blocking you from the site you're trying to reach, and imply that you must be some sort of twisted perv for even wanting to see it. But if you're okay with that you can go ahead and click through, you big freak. We could write a book about the silliness of that system, but we much prefer this more subtle form of protest: the "I Understand And I Wish To Continue" Award. It's given out by one Blogspot blog to others that have been thrown behind that great beige wall because their erotic content is too hot for sensitive eyes. It almost makes us wish we were on Blogspot too so that we might be eligible to win one. (Almost, that is. We're sure you understand.)

· The "I Understand and I Wish to Continue" Award (gatochy.blogspot.com; image via finenudes.blogspot.com)
· See also: Google Ghettoizes Sex Blogs (Boinkology)

10:55 AM on Fri Aug 15 2008
By Dashiell Bennett
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Latest by AdrianKeys: I'm saddened to hear that blogs like Fine Nudes have been 'awarded' the objectionable flag and bewildered as to how more »

Some Congresspersons displaying a not very firm grasp of technology are pushing for an alternative internet that is completely free—and also devoid of porn. You might as well ask for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that is also free of peanut butter, because what would be the point? (xbiz.com)

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It was a bad weekend for fans of government intervention, as California's "porn tax" bill goes down in committee and Turkey gives up on their porn registration plan. You may continue to fap in peace. (xbiz.com + hurriyet.com.tr)

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Turkey's ruling party is planning a new law that requires everyone who buys porn to sign for and register their purchase with the government, as if they were buying a gun or a car. Also, anyone under 18 would not be allowed in an internet cafe or a night club. Of course, the party itself was this close to being declared illegal and disbanded by Turkey's courts, so it sounds like they have their own issues to deal with. (hurriyet.com + newstatesman.com)

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Sri Lanka has banned internet porn—which means we have had no choice but to put our Top Ten Sri Lankan Booty Babes post on hold indefinitely. Hey, we can play hardball too.(inquirer.net)

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Apparently even porn-hating conservative types have to admit that the Child Online Protection Act is pretty stupid: after all, it's never been enforced, it's never going to be enforced, and it's clearly unconstitutional. So maybe we should stop wasting everyone's time by arguing about it and (gasp!) police ourselves? That's just crazy enough to work! (heraldextra.com)

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The 3rd U.S. Circurt Court of Appeals has upheld last year's lower court ruling that declared the Child Online Protection Act unconstitutional. That doesn't mean they hate children, just that Congress isn't very good at censoring porn from the internet ... for now. (wired.com; Penny Flame's dramatization of what could have been, via AskJolene)

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web2.0

Vanishd: A New Way To Watch Porn At Work

Do you need a way to watch porn (or, hell, surf any non-work related website) in the office without getting caught? Do you enjoy watching your porn through a teeny peephole, for that added voyeuristic effect? Like all good Web 2.0 apps, Vanishd lacks a key vowel, but it is also a fancy website that hides your naughty browsing behind another web page, which just may be what you're looking for. We find the interface a little annoying, frankly—but you know what else is annoying? Listening to your boss complain about all the porn you watch at work. Check out a video demonstration of Vanishd after the jump. More »

3:45 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Lux Alptraum
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Latest by n/a: Useless--it's nothing more than a boss key. It still tracks cookies, sites visited, etc--that is, the browser's own caches and more »

How can we bring troops home from Iraq faster? Apparently, we just need to send them all porn, because that will get them kicked out of the country. Seems like an unusual strategy, but it's just crazy enough to work. (bostonmagazine.com)

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The obscenity trial of Ray Guhn Productions in Florida has ended in a plea deal—interestingly, the defendants pled guilty to financial and racketeering charges, not the obscenity ones—which means we won't get to see the "Google apple pie orgy" defense in action. That's too bad, because we really love pie. (pnj.com)

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Will Marriott Hotels get rid of hotel porn-on-demand in response to a decade's worth of complaints by religious conservative groups? How are we supposed to masturbate on vacation if that happens? Oh wait, they'll still have that internet thing available. Nevermind, then. (thesmartset.com, via The Frisky)

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The Sexiest "Toe Jam" You Will Ever See

Like you, we find few things more frustrating than those heavy black censorship bars more prudish media outlets than ours utilize to obscure even the merest hint of boob, pube, or peen. And like (most of) you, we find few things more sexually unappetizing than toe jam. Combine the two, however, and you have few things more delightful than this cheeky new video by Brighton Port Authority, a collaboration between Fat Boy Slim, David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal. Funny how these things work out, isn't it? (And if by chance you were bought here via a Google search for "toe jam porn" ... well, we guess we'll do our best to find you some of that too sometime. We aim to please everyone around here.) More »

11:50 AM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Fleshbot
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The Attorney General of New York admirably wants to put a stop to child porn online. His less-than-admirable solution? Order ISPs to effectively turn off all 100,000+ Usenet discussion groups, even though only a small handful of them ever engage in any illegal activity. Why not nuke the entire internet while you're at it? It's the only way to really be sure. (cnet.com, via Valleywag)

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Is porn still porn if it's not real? The FBI can't seem to decide if illegal porn can still be illegal if the images are computer generated. Well, we don't know about legal, but if you can jerk off to it then our standards have pretty much been met. (10zenmonkeys.com; image via)

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Breaking: Max Hardcore Too Hardcore For Florida

Following 14 hours of deliberation today, a Tampa jury found extreme pornographer Max Hardcore guilty on ten counts of distributing obscene material, the first time Hardcore has been found guilty in a career full of obscenity legislation. Hardcore said that he would appeal, and is free on bail until a September 5 sentencing. "I'm full of good spirits and they didn't get my house," Hardcore told AVN. More »

8:16 PM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Gram Ponante
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Latest by CloudCarrier: @indiepixels: The most ironic part of the whole situation is that sex will outlive us all as long as there's more »

In a welcome development to story we first heard about last year, the Dutch culture minister has decided that it's OK to show porn on Dutch public television since the films in question have been "characterized by connoisseurs as artistic" and thus don't merit any sort of censorship. We're still petitioning our local PBS affiliate to screen "Rim My Gape 3" based on what we consider to be its exceptional artistic value, but they're not returning our phone calls for some reason. (AVN)

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Max Hardcore Trial Update So far, most of the legal wrangling in the obscenity trial of Paul Little (a.k.a. Max Hardcore) has been a prolonged argument about just how much porn a jury needs to see in order to determine if it's obscene. Believe it or not, it's the defense team that is saying they need to see all of it, a strategy which could backfire. After watching eight hours of hardcore porn in a packed courtroom, even we might get the urge to convict someone. (avn.com + tampabay.com + foxnews.com)

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