BEIJING, CHINA — Anyone who worried China might relax its draconian approach to free speech as a result of this summer’s Olympic Games can breathe a heavy sigh of relief. Chinese citizens are not in danger of experiencing the mind-warping realities of the internet anytime...

CANOGA PARK, CA — Joanne Cachapero, an adult industry writer since 2005 and most recently news manager for XBIZ has accepted the position of membership director for the Free Speech Coalition, according to a press release issued yesterday. With editorial experience ranging...

LOS ANGELES — Two high-profile adult entertainment companies this week announced staff cuts and restructuring. Both Playboy Enterprises and Zivity blamed a slumping U.S. economy for their budgetary crunches.Playboy said in an October 16th SEC filing that it will shutter its...

MALASIA — Regardless of how many times women assure men that it’s not the size that counts, it’s what they do with it, men the world over worry that their penises aren’t long enough, thick enough, or whatever enough to be satisfying or sufficiently masculine. Often, men...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Zack and Miri may have made a porno, but they’re not allowed to advertise it in many traditional movie advertising venues.Print and video advertising containing the title of the new Kevin Smith film Zack and Miri Make a Porno has been rejected by...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — One might think a continent that saw its national genesis in the ashes of a British penal colony might be reticent to trample citizens’ individual liberties.Apparently the Australian government doesn’t see digital liberty as one of the great freedoms to...

WASHINGTON, DC — The Federal Communications Commission appears poised to move ahead with a plan to auction a portion of the wireless spectrum to a broadband service provider that would be tasked with covering 50-percent of the U.S. within four years and 95-percent of the...

FORT WORTH, TX — Look — up in the sky! It’s a bird; it’s a plane. It’s … in-flight internet censorship!The two largest U.S.-based air carriers, American Airlines and Delta Airlines, will offer passengers in-flight WiFi service, but only of “approved-for-family-viewing”...

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Many a joke has been made at the expense of the computer nerd, the Dungeons & Dragons gamer, the book worm, and the science geek – yet a recent study concluded that these may be among some of the best sperm producers on the planet. How can that be?...

STAUNTON, VA — After Hours shop owner Rick Krial and his defense attorneys have decided that they’re not taking his recent obscenity convictions lying down. Citing a collection of what they deem to be “improper statements” made during the four-day trial, they have filed a...