WASHINGTON, DC — The House of Representatives refused to capitulate to the administration’s veiled threats about terrorism by declining on Thursday to incorporate telecom immunity into a replacement for an expiring surveillance law.The growing rift between the House and...

WASHINGTON, DC — Sixty-two percent of Generation Y — tech-loving adults aged 18 – 30 — visited a public library during 2007, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.Unlike previous generations, however, they weren’t there to...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — San Francisco is a city filled with many sensory delights ranging from incredible eateries to feminist peep shows to historic buildings with sometimes sensational histories. During the June Cybernet Expo, the city’s famed Armory building, purchased in...

WILLIAMSBURG, VA —General Assembly Delegate Brenda Pogge (R-York) may not have gotten her way when she demanded that the February 4th College of William & Mary performance of the traveling Sex Workers Art Show be cancelled on obscenity grounds – but she’s surely...

AUSTIN, TX — Alabama is the lone remaining bastion of the sex-toy morality police now that the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned Texas’ “obscene devices” law.The Texas law criminalized selling, advertising, giving, or lending any devices designed or...

AUSTRALIA — Although known for its rough and tumble outback as much as its innovative opera house, Australia has been working hard to earn a porn-unfriendly reputation. In addition to bans against certain kinds of content and the release of a porn filter that was...

BRITAIN — While many a luddite wonders what the words “operating system” and “sexy” have to do with one another, British sex toy retailer Lovehoney has been finding out – with potentially surprising results. After publishing its Google Analytics log, the sex toy shoppe...

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed the FISA Amendments Act, a bill that would engender sweeping changes in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and could negatively affect U.S. citizens.Chief among the items in the bill is one that provides...

PALM SPRINGS, CA — To bareback or not to bareback, that is the question that every gay adult studio must answer before it can begin producing erotic content. Until recently, most responses took a clear stand on latex or no latex – but few had much to say on the topic of STD...

DENMARK — One of Denmark’s largest internet service providers on Wednesday said it will challenge a Danish court’s injunction ordering it to block traffic to The Pirate Bay, possibly the most infamous file-sharing site on the Web.After meeting with representatives of other...