LOS ANGELES – He both scandalized and entertained — often in the same breath. Some folks loved him for his big heart; others loathed him for his sometimes pugnacious nature … but nobody ignored him. William Margold — performer, director, producer, writer, activist, gadfly,...

NEW YORK – Age-verification amendments to the U.K.’s Digital Economy Bill would violate international human-rights accords by exposing internet users to breaches of privacy and curtailing free speech online, a United Nations official has warned. Furthermore, the bill’s...

BISMARK, N.D. – A nationwide trend to regulate what adults may access on the internet by requiring manufacturers to install filters on all new electronic devices reached a new low this week when legislators in North Dakota labeled all devices capable of connecting to the internet...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – International classified advertising site Backpage, whose owners are facing criminal charges in at least two states, shuttered its adult-services ads sections on Monday after a scathing congressional report accused the company of knowingly accepting advertising...

RICHMOND, Va. – A Republican state lawmaker wants the Virginia legislature to declare pornography a “public health hazard.” Del. Robert G. Marshall [R-Prince William] proposed a resolution condemning porn. Like the trendsetting original resolution adopted by the Utah legislature...

LONDON, Canada – What is and isn’t pornography? How can pornography be categorized in psychologically meaningful ways? How can we use a refined understanding of pornography to build a more nuanced understanding of its effects on consumers, both positive and negative? Those are...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Two South Carolina legislators want the state to require internet access providers to block residents from accessing online pornography unless the residents pay a fee to have filters removed. The bill, called the Human Trafficking Prevention Act, echoes the...

MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota on Friday charged Paul R. Hansmeier and John L. Steele, formerly the principal partners in now-infamous copyright-troll law firm Prenda Law, with conspiring to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars by deceiving...

WASHINGTON – Ruby Corp. (formerly Avid Life Media), the Toronto-based operator of AshleyMadison.com, has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission and state charges of consumer deception and failure to protect data in relation to a massive July 2015...

SALT LAKE CITY – Gary Herbert, the Republican governor of Utah, signed the first legislative document declaring pornography a “public health crisis.” His April 2016 action started a nationwide trend among conservative lawmakers. Now Herbert plans to put taxpayers’ money where his...