Arizona The Latest To Explore Dumb Porn Filter Law, This Time To Help Fund Trump's Fence

techdirt.com     4+ week ago

from the filtering-the-naughty-bits dept For some time now, a man by the name of Chris Sevier has been waging a fairly facts-optional war on ...

Augmented reality porn arrives on Android with animated human bodies

venturebeat.com     5+ mon ago

BLUEPRINT: Mar. 26 - 28 Porn has always pushed the edges of technology, from VHS videotapes to virtual reality. And now it may also push the envelope for augm...

UK Refreshes Stupid Porn Filter Law, Making It Fresher But No Less Stupid

techdirt.com     4+ mon ago

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The 'Men Of Notre Dame' Demand A Porn Filter That Won't Work To Keep Them From Watching Porn

techdirt.com     3+ mon ago

from the pron dept A brief review of the many, many stories we've posted on porn filters should leave you with two undeniable conclusions: po...

Europe advances copyright law that could filter the Internet

arstechnica.com     8+ mon ago

Share this story A European Parliament committee today approved a copyright law that could have wide-ranging effects on Internet platforms that host user-generated content. The Parliament's Committ...

Gmail for iOS will now use AI to filter push notifications

mashable.com     8+ mon ago

Google wants to use AI to help determine which emails you receive as notifications. The Gmail app on iOS (it's not yet available on the Android version) now offers users an option to only get notifica...

Hurricane Lane likely to skirt Hawaiian islands, but flooding probable [Update]

arstechnica.com     6+ mon ago

Share this story For Hawaii, the "big one" came in 1992 when Hurricane Iniki struck the island of Kauai as a Category-4 storm, causing $3.2 billion in damage and killing six peop...

Employee Watching Porn At Work Infected US Government Agency's Network

techdirt.com     3+ mon ago

from the inside-[hand]job dept Watching porn at work is a federal government tradition. Federal employees from agencies like the EPA, SEC, and...

Google Play apps with >4.3 million downloads stole pics and pushed porn ads

arstechnica.com     3+ week ago

Google has banned dozens of Android apps downloaded millions of times from the official Play Store after researchers discovered they were being used to display phishing and scam ...

The Bullshit Rewriting Of History To Claim FOSTA Took Down Backpage

techdirt.com     4+ mon ago

from the not-how-it-happened dept I was afraid that this was going to happen. If you don't recall, the official "reason" for why we needed FOSTA (originally SEST...

California's Quest For Tough Net Neutrality Not Dead Yet

techdirt.com     7+ mon ago

from the try-and-try-again dept Last week, AT&T won another major victory for itself by scuttling California's attempt to pass tough new net neutrality rules. The proposed law, pushed by State Senat...