The Victims of Pornography

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 12, 2009 Pornography does not promote sex It promotes masturbation It promotes the solitary auto-arousal that precludes intimacy and love Pornography is about getting yourself off at someone else's expensePornography is an assault on intimacy and love. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Prancing With Tom DeLay

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2009 As "The Daily Show" recounts, some conservatives, at least the type who attended last weekend's Values Voter Summit, officially have an issue with homosexuality (paging former Miss California Carrie Prejean). So Jon Stewart finds former GOP ringleader Tom "The Hammer" DeLay's sassy cha-cha number on Monday's "Dancing With the Stars" a bit puzzling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

50 Casualties of the Internet

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2009 The Internet has introduced a whole host of new marvels to the world, but as this list compiled by the U.K.’s Telegraph demonstrates, the Web giveth and the Web taketh away. And it has taken away a few things from users' lives that we might miss (see: "The art of polite disagreement") -- others, not so much (cf. "Sarah Palin"). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China’s Porn Filter on Hold

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2009 After facing loads of criticism at home and abroad, China is delaying a rule on the mandatory installation of anti-porn and anti-violence software on all new computers sold. Many have found problems with the software, claiming it blocks sensitive political sites and opens computers to government surveillance and hackers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Caves to Porn-Weary China

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2009 Is China experiencing a pornography epidemic? Beijing's obsession with porn blocking now rivals its attempts to stifle political dissent. On top of censorship software soon to be packaged with every computer sold in the country, China has told Google to limit its search functionality for fear of accidentally helping Chinese users find the good stuff. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sanctity

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China to Censor Online Porn, Possibly Basketball

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2009 Starting July 1, every computer sold in China will come bundled with software designed to block access to pornographic sites and whatever else parents -- and, critics fear, the government -- want to keep at bay. As one of the software's developers explains, "If a father doesn't want his son to be exposed to content related to basketball or drugs, he can block all Web sites related to those things." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Craigslist Bites Back in S.C.

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2009 Craigslist is seeking legal action against South Carolina's Attorney General Henry McMaster after McMaster criticized the online classifieds site despite the removal of its erotic ads section. Craigslist is, amazingly, looking for "declaratory relief and a restraining order" from the vigilantly moralizing Southerner. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Utah Shows Big Love for Porn

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2009 Where in this great nation would you think the per capita consumption of pornography would be at its highest? Perhaps a decadent coastal blue state such as California or New York? Guess again, people -- the answer is Utah. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Addicted to Fake Outrage

David Sirota / Truthdig Feb 13, 2009 One thing is obvious after Michael Phelps' marijuana "scandal": Our society is addicted to fake outrage -- and to break our dependence, we’re going to need far more potent medicine than the herb Phelps was smoking. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cable Provider Apologizes for Porn Invasion of Super Bowl

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2009 Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction was nothing compared to this: Super Bowl viewers in the Tucson, Ariz., region were treated to an unexpected 30-second pornographic interlude on Sunday, for which the Comcast cable company was obliged to apologize on Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Moore May Face Lawsuit Over Iraq Photo

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2009 A photograph of an American soldier cradling a mortally wounded Iraqi girl in his arms has become the source of potential trouble for Michael Moore. Apparently without photographer Michael Yon's permission to use the picture, the filmmaker featured the image on his Web site in a way that Yon found objectionable. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )