Sex News: Playboy nude again, Sandusky son charged, Uber notification privacy mess

• First Playboy’s CEO said he had no idea what to do with the brand. Then in very sex negative terms he said internet porn ruined Playboy’s stale business model. Now… “After a year of keeping its magazine models clad, Playboy has decided au naturel is the way to go, after all. The magazine announced on Monday nude women will grace its pages once again. The March/April issue cover boasts the appropriate headline, “Naked is the new normal.””
  * After only a year, Playboy is bringing back nude pictorials (NBC News)

• Warning for survivors of sexual assault, trauma, and abuse. “One of Jerry Sandusky’s sons was charged Monday with sex crimes involving two girls, more than five years after the former Penn State assistant coach was himself first arrested on child molestation charges. Sandusky was a stalwart supporter of his father …”
  * Jerry Sandusky’s son Jeffrey arrested on child sex charges (AP)

• Warning for sexual violence, graphic text. “They proceeded to the bedroom where, as per usual, Alex blindfolded himself, according to testimony. During sex, he asked his girlfriend to tie him to the bed. Then, Gabriele said, she grabbed the buzz saw and cut into Alex’s chest. It is after he died of his injuries that she is thought to have used the saw to cut off his head. After that, she allegedly covered the body with a blanket, left and didn’t enter the bedroom again for several months.”
  * Trial starts for gruesome Bavaria buzz saw sex killing (DW)

• “XR Brands has teamed with pop star Katy Perry for the promotion of her new single “Chained to the Rhythm,” shackling disco balls to landmarks across the country using Kink Industries’ heavy-duty cuffs and chains.”
  * Katy Perry Features XR Brands’ Cuffs in Nationwide Promo (XBIZ)

• He signed in on her device (never do that anyway), then she kept getting his notifications. Android is unaffected. “After using Uber to visit his mistress, a French businessman is suing the company after his wife received notifications of his trips and later filed for divorce.”
  * Uber is facing a lawsuit after a man’s wife learned of his affair from its app notifications (Verge)

• He forgot to renew it, technically not a hijack. “A federal lawsuit by an Orange County politician alleges that a website in his name was “hijacked” and repurposed to advertise pornography. The suit filed last week by Costa Mesa City Councilman Allan Mansoor claims an unknown party took control of a site bearing his name after the domain registration expired in 2015.”
  * Politician Claims Site In His Name Hijacked To Advertise Porn (CBS Sacramento)

• “A bill opening pornographers up to civil lawsuits was approved by a Senate panel Thursday. Members of the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee voted 3-0 in support of SB185, which establishes a cause of action for children who suffer “emotional or psychological harm” from viewing graphic, adult content.”
  * Pornography lawsuit bill approved by Utah Senate panel; bill would give immunity in certain cases (Salt Lake Tribune)

• “American businesswoman and philanthropist Melinda Gates has reiterated her pledge to provide access to contraceptives for 120 million women around the world by the year 2020, in an op-ed for National Geographic this month.”
  * Melinda Gates reiterates pledge to provide 120 million women with birth control (Daily Dot)

• HAPPY MONKEYS. “In the new report, published Monday in the journal Basic and Clinical Andrology, researchers tested a new contraceptive called Vasalgel in male monkeys, and found that it was effective at preventing pregnancy during the monkeys’ mating seasons. Vasalgel consists of a polymer gel injected into the vas deferens — the tube through which sperm swims — that blocks sperm from escaping. It’s long lasting and reversible.”
  * Male Birth Control Gel Works in Monkeys (TIME)

• “Last Monday, Utah lawmakers roundly rejected a bill that would have given parents the choice of opting their children into comprehensive sex education. Now, porn site xHamster is responding by sending traffic to the site from Utah to PG-13 sex education videos.”
  * Porn Site Reroutes All Utah Traffic To Sex Ed Videos (Voactiv)

• “[Lauren] Phillips was reasonably upset because she had a lot on the line. Her bet was for the fifth-ever Team BJ, a semi-regular event where porn stars choose a public competition and bet the house—the house being all a blowjob for everyone who follows the stars on Twitter. It’s been done for the World Cup, the NBA playoffs, and as a last-ditch effort to swing the vote for Hillary Clinton.”
  * Meet the 2 porn stars who owe America 500,000 blowjobs—and promise to pay up (Daily Dot)

• “Russia has blocked porn website Brazzers, issuing its third ban on an adult streaming site in recent months. The country’s internet and communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, announced Brazzers was on the so-called “blocklist” on Monday night, after a court in the Samara region deemed its content harmful. Shortly afterwards the site’s name rose to the top trends on Twitter in Russia.”
  * Russia bans third porn site in six months, social media users mourn its loss (Newsweek)

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