Indonesia blocks 1 mn porn websites before Ramadan
July 18th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, July 18 (IANS/AKI) Indonesia's communications and information ministry has shut down more than one million pornographic websites ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.Minister Tifatul Sembiring said Wednesday ... Read more...
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Indian-origin court clerk caught watching porn during trial
May 1st, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 1 (IANS) A 54-year-old Indian-origin court clerk in in Britain was caught watching porn by a judge during a rape trial. The man said he did so ... Read more...
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Pakistan wants website filtering system
March 16th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 16 (IANS) Pakistan is looking at having a website filtering system, a move that has come in for criticism from bloggers.Information Communication Technology Research and Development Fund has ... Read more...
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Chinese man forced sex slaves to act in pornography shows
September 24th, 2011 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 24 (IANS) A Chinese man who kept six "sex slaves" in his basement prison, forced the women into prostitution and to feature in pornographic videos posted on the ... Read more...
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Chain of Chinese porn websites shut
August 25th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) China and the US have jointly shut a chain of membership-based pornographic websites targeting Chinese-speaking audiences in China, the US and other countries.Wang Yong, the websites' ... Read more...
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Over one mn websites closed in China in 2010
July 13th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 13 (IANS) Over one million websites were closed down in China in 2010, BBC reported.The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said there were 41 percent fewer websites ... Read more...
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China bans 43 online pornographic novels
June 7th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 7 (IANS) In an anti-pornography move, China has banned 43 risque novels published online, Xinhua quoted a notice issued by the National Office against Pornographic and Illegal ... Read more...
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China shuts down porn sites
April 1st, 2011 - 3:54 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 1 (IANS) China has shut down more than 60 pornographic websites that also facilitated prostitution and nude video talks, officials said.The targeted 62 websites were registered in 15 ... Read more...
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China shuts down 60,000 porn sites in censorship crackdown
December 31st, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 31 (ANI): In a campaign against obscene material, China has shut down more than 60,000 pornographic websites and arrested 5,000 people.Beijing has run a highly publicised drive against lewd ... Read more...
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China shut down 60,000 porn sites in 2010
December 31st, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Dec. 31 (ANI): A Chinese government spokesman has said that 5000 suspects were taken into police custody for running and managing pornographic sites across the country.He said the government is tightening ... Read more...
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Chinese porn sites now shift to English content
December 20th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 20 (IANS) Pornographic websites in China have now changed their content from Chinese to English in a bid to avoid being spotted by the country's internet watchdogs, who "usually focus" ... Read more...
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China shuts down 60,000 websites in porn crackdown
November 24th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Nov 24 (ANI): The Chinese National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications has said that the country's authorities have shut down over 60,000 pornographic websites since launching a crackdown in December ... Read more...
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‘Google killer’ search engine to ‘clean up web searches’
November 6th, 2010 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 6 (ANI): A new Internet search engine called Blekko, which relies on recommendations from other users, has been launched and hailed as a 'Google killer'.It filters out poor quality ... Read more...
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Malaysian youngsters ‘most frequent visitors to porn sites’
July 22nd, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, July 22 (ANI): A new study has found that young Malaysians aged 13 to 19 are the most frequent visitors to pornography websites.According to Kosmo!, the study by Universiti Putra ... Read more...
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Justin Bieber YouTube Videos Under Attack
July 9th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
July 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Justin Bieber the sweet faced teen singer always manages to stay in news and if things go this way, he will set a record for having ... Read more...
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Porn Sites Can Use .XXX As Domain Names
June 28th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 28, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The ICANN meeting on Thursday decided on the use of .xxx for websites containing sexually graphic elements. The meeting was held in Brussels and ... Read more...
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Senator caught watching porn on Senate floor
May 6th, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 6 (IANS) A senator, caught looking at pornographic images while sitting on the US Senate floor, says he was looking at an email as he was "just sitting there, bored".
Senator ... Read more...
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Varsity clerk held for morphing pictures of faculty
August 13th, 2009 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 13 (IANS) A junior clerk of the Guru Nank Dev University (GNDU) in Punjab's holy city Amritsar has been arrested for allegedly posting morphed nude photographs of faculty members on ... Read more...
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Brit school, govt websites hacked to sell Viagra, pornography
June 15th, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 15 (ANI): Hackers have taken over hundreds of government, school and university websites in Britain, which direct users to pornographic websites, revealed a new research.The researchers pointed out more than ... Read more...
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80% of Indonesian teens watch porn at the cost of their studies
April 12th, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by admin
London , Apr 12 (ANI): Teenagers in Indonesia , worlds most populous Muslim country, are increasingly visiting porn-sites usually at the cost of their studies, the countrys womens minister has said. ... Read more...
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China closed 44,000 pornographic websites in 2007
January 23rd, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Jan.23 (ANI): Authorities in China shut down 44,000 domestic websites and homepages and arrested 868 people while investigating 524 criminal cases in a campaign against Internet pornography last year, a ... Read more...
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