Uncensored Playboy Is (Not) Coming to the iPad

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2011 According to a tweeting Hugh Hefner, Playboy magazine, "both old & new" is coming to the iPad, and it "will be uncensored." That's somewhat surprising, considering that Apple CEO Steve Jobs once claimed that the iPad was designed to offer "freedom from porn." (Update) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Porn, Politics and Soccer

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2010 Who says you can't mix politics and pleasure? The former chairman of Barcelona's football (soccer) team has created a new Catalonian separatist party. His strategy is to use the Barcelona team's fame and the support of the area's most popular porn star to win an upcoming regional election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-Editor of Playboy Indonesia Jailed

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2010 The former editor of Playboy Indonesia has begun a two-year prison stint for publishing images of scantily clad women. Playboy Indonesia began circulation in 2006, but Islamic hard-liners found issue with the magazine's ethos and started legal proceedings against its editor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Penthouse Offers to Buy Playboy

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2010 Is it media concentration if no one reads the articles? The owner of Penthouse magazine has offered to buy rival Playboy for $210 million in a move that would bring two of the largest men's magazines under the same ownership umbrella. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Freedom From Porn Edition

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2010 What Obama hasn't learned about offshore oil drilling, why Steve Jobs and Apple want to offer "freedom from porn," and how GM bamboozled the country into thinking it repaid its bailout money. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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SEC’s Dirty Little Secret

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2010 One wonders if there is a smutty equivalent to Nero's fiddling while Rome burns. If there is, it might be applicable to the senior staffers at the SEC who spent hours watching pornography on government computers instead of policing the nation's financial system. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iceland: ‘The World’s Most Feminist Country’?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2010 What does it mean to be a "female-friendly country"? According to the Guardian, banning prostitution and stripping, as Iceland has now done, makes it the clear winner in the global feminist sweepstakes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Flynt Peeking Into Presidents’ Bedrooms for New Book

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2010 If ever there was anyone cut out for the job of researching presidential peccadilloes -- while also looking into the flings of our nation's first ladies -- it quite possibly would be esteemed porn purveyor Larry Flynt The Hustler impresario is working on a book on America's sexed-up presidents (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Fat Line Between Free Speech and Defamation

Stuart Whatley / Truthdig Mar 6, 2010 When criticized, many followers of one faith or another mistakenly perceive a personal attack, and tend to elevate the sacredness of their own individual beliefs at the expense of universal free expression, thus sullying the discourse before it can even begin. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Pentagon Frees Troops to Poke, Tweet and Lip-Sync to Lady Gaga

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2010 The Department of Defense didn't have an official policy on what it calls "new/social media" -- until now. Starting immediately, DoD employees (including troops) are free to use most of the non-porn Web, from Facebook to YouTube, without worrying about a court-martial. The usual rules on national security still apply. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China’s Anti-Porn Crusade

Staff / Truthdig Jan 1, 2010 A highly publicized campaign against Internet pornography swept China in 2009, with 5,394 people arrested and 4,186 criminal investigations conducted against the circulation of "smutty and lewd pictures" -- a fourfold increase in smut cases compared with 2008. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )