Off-beat: could Utah’s crusade against porn be another Apple v. FBI in the making?

Posted on by Jules Wang

The same lawmaker that had the state of Utah recognize that pornography is a public health crisis is back at it. This time, Senator Todd Weiler is working on three bills that would force Utahns to opt-in to access X-rated materials online. Some of them would require filters be installed onto smartphones and tablets.// 0&&(d-=1)}),s.on("internal-error",function(t){i("ierr",[t,(new Date).getTime(),!0])})},{}],3:[function(t,e,n){t("loader").features.ins=!0},{}],4:[function(t,e,n){function r(t){}if(window.performance&&window.performance.timing&&window.performance.getEntriesByType){var ...

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Off-beat: man dies in highway crash, drove while watching porn

Posted on by Jules Wang

Time and time again, we’re reminded of why we shouldn’t be driving while interacting with our phones. The carriers keep telling us not to. One automotive group in Canada is incentivizing people to keep it on the ten-and-two. After all, what’s so important on that little screen that should drive your attention away from driving?For one man,

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Off-beat: the internet is for mobile porn (but what’s new?)

Posted on by Jules Wang

Are we getting a little too comfortable with pornography these days? After all, we do have access to it with a few taps on glass. Furthermore, the instant socialization and crowdfunding of user-generated pornography has made nude selfie trading normal. But in terms of putting a number to all this triple-X, how much is there?One porn industry analyst estimates that there could be between one and five million porn sites on the web.A Juniper Research report from a few months ago says that by year’s end, more than 136 billion videos will have crossed eyeballs in 2015. It forecasts 193 ...

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