- “U.K. obscenity lawyer Myles Jackman and feminist pornographer Pandora Blake have organized a protest called the “Backlash Kink Olympixxx,” slated for Oct. 17 outside of Parliament. Jackman and Blake, along with members from the Open Rights Group, NO2ID and Big Brother Watch, will be campaigning against the risks posed to personal privacy and sexual freedom by the Digital Economy Bill that is currently before U.K. lawmakers.”
* ‘Backlash Kink Olympixxx’ Protest Slated for Oct. 17 in London (XBIZ)
- Since Yahoo handled this, I’m sure everything will be fine. “Yahoo has open-sourced its deep learning network, which can be used to classify pornographic content on the Web. A picture of a woman covered from the neck down and standing in a field of flowers, for instance, earns a score of 0.001—about as inoffensive as it gets. A shirtless man walking on the beach, however, might draw a score of 0.074, while two bikini-clad female lifeguards running in the sand scores 0.116.”
* Yahoo Open Sources Porn-Hunting Neural Network (PC Mag)
- “It started when CBC learned about a stealth marketing campaign involving a drug company, a well-known Canadian comedian, a doctor and a public relations firm. … But nowhere did it say this “mission” was initiated and sponsored by Novo Nordisk Canada Inc., which makes a vaginal hormone pill. Nor did GCI’s release specify that [comedian Cathy] Jones was paid to give media interviews about vaginal atrophy.”
* Ads disguised as news: A drug company’s stealth marketing campaign exposed (CBC)
- “McDonald’s ignored serious instances of sexual harassment ― including groping, propositioning and lewd comments ― endured by hourly workers in eight states, according to 15 separate complaints that restaurant cashiers and cooks filed with a federal agency over the past month.”
* McDonald’s Workers Detail Horrifying Sexual Harassment (Huffington Post)
AHF just poured another $1 Million into their Prop 60 campaign. No non-profit should be able to buy power with charitable contributions!!!
— Karen Tynan (@KarenAttorney) September 28, 2016
- “An Australian man recently won an unfair dismissal case after being fired for downloading and watching hardcore porn (including videos of himself) on his work-issued laptop.”
* Man who was fired for watching porn at work sues his employer and wins (Daily Dot)
- “An Indonesian man who hacked into an electronic billboard and streamed porn at a busy Jakarta intersection could face six years in prison. The stunt shocked people in the conservative, Muslim-majority country.”
* Indonesian hacker faces six years in jail for billboard porn screening (DW)
- “Since then, Dane does what he can to ensure that his clients are honest about their intentions. He previously used Rentboy.com, but federal regulators seized the site over a year ago, and its legal status today remains unclear. Once the most visible site for male escorts, Rentboy allowed them to check client reputations and block minors, providing a peek at what a regulated escorting marketplace might look like. Because their work is illegal, escorts face a near-total lack of access to the protections and professional services that other entrepreneurs take for granted, from marketing to legal advice to insurance and beyond. ”
* Sex Workers Explain the Struggles of Running an Illegal Business (Vice)
- Not clear how this is a news story, but here ya go. “ASCII art. Streaming video. VR. Smart refrigerators. Porn has been at the forefront of—wait, smart refrigerators?”
* Bet you can’t wait to watch porn on your smart refrigerator (Daily Dot)
