Pornography gets a pandemic boost, India reports 95 per cent rise in viewing
4 years, 8 months ago

Pornography gets a pandemic boost, India reports 95 per cent rise in viewing

India Today  

Indians seem to be leading the world in porn consumption, reporting a 95 per cent spike in traffic to adult sites during the three-week lockdown. Data show the country, the fastest-growing smartphone market, registered a 20 per cent jump in consuming porn content even before the official restrictions kicked in late March. Pornhub statistics show an immediate jump of 40 per cent in France when the country had its official lockdown period set in on March 17. A similar picture played out in Germany where the official lockdown date of March 22 coincided with a 25 per cent increase in traffic to adult sites.

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AI to strip people naked: India among top countries to use artificial intelligence tool, 2.5 crore visits in one year
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AI to strip people naked: India among top countries to use artificial intelligence tool, 2.5 crore visits in one year

Live Mint  

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1 week, 2 days ago

18 million visitors from this country use AI websites to unclothe people virtually

Hindustan Times  

A recent survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun revealed that websites allowing users to create sexually explicit deepfake images using generative AI received more than 18 million visits from Japan over the span of a year. Millions flock to 'Deepfake Porn' sites The survey identified 41 websites that allow users to produce fake sexual images. The survey also found that more …

Dutch PornHub audience misses 1st place for most time on adult site, losing to Mexico
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Dutch PornHub audience misses 1st place for most time on adult site, losing to Mexico

NL Times  

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EU Commission asks 3 major porn sites to give details on kids’ protection measures under digital law
6 months, 3 weeks ago

EU Commission asks 3 major porn sites to give details on kids’ protection measures under digital law

Associated Press  

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Centre blocks 18 OTT platforms, 19 websites for 'obscene, vulgar, pornographic content': Details here
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre blocks 18 OTT platforms, 19 websites for 'obscene, vulgar, pornographic content': Details here

India TV News  

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How safe is the online space for children in India? | In Focus podcast
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How safe is the online space for children in India? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The National Human Rights Commission released a set of guidelines last month for the Central and State governments to tackle the problem of Child Sexual Abuse Material or CSAM on the internet. The NHRC says, that according to the Cyber Tipline 2022 statistics, of the 32 million reports received about child sexual abuse material, 5.6 million reports were uploaded by …

Did India’s porn ban reduce traffic to popular adult sites like Pornhub?
1 year, 4 months ago

Did India’s porn ban reduce traffic to popular adult sites like Pornhub?

The Hindu  

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1 year, 8 months ago

'Child porn content in UK doubled in two years, children below 2 most affected'

Firstpost  

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India to have around 900 million internet users by 2025: Report

Live Mint  

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COVID-19 pandemic fuelled rise in child sexual abuse online: report
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic fuelled rise in child sexual abuse online: report

The Hindu  

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Why is porn such a big deal in India?
3 years, 4 months ago

Why is porn such a big deal in India?

Deccan Chronicle  

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Students caught in a Web of dating apps, porn sites
3 years, 6 months ago

Students caught in a Web of dating apps, porn sites

The Hindu  

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Pornography consumption has become widespread among young netizens, study
3 years, 7 months ago

Pornography consumption has become widespread among young netizens, study

Hindustan Times  

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Rising Internet Users, Next Big Thing to Rake in Money for Social Media Platforms
3 years, 10 months ago

Rising Internet Users, Next Big Thing to Rake in Money for Social Media Platforms

News 18  

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, while unveiling the social media guidelines last month, put forward some interesting figures. A 2019 estimate by the World Bank and the United States Census Bureau put Indian population at 136.64 crore while the data statistics platform Statista put the number of internet users in India in 2020 at 69.7 million. Likewise, YouTube is used …

Hosting companies face large fines for failing to remove child porn
3 years, 10 months ago

Hosting companies face large fines for failing to remove child porn

Dutch News  

Internet hosting companies which fail to remove pornographic material involving children from their servers within 24 hours of report will face a fine of up to 4% of their annual turnover, if new legislation drawn up by justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus becomes law. Researchers at Delft University found last year that 84% of reported child porn is taken off line …

India continues to be among top requester for Facebook’s user data
4 years, 1 month ago

India continues to be among top requester for Facebook’s user data

The Hindu  

Facebook received 35,560 requests from the Government of India for user data during the first half of 2020 -- the second highest globally, according to the latest Transparency Report published by the United States-headquartered firm. As per available data, in Q3, 2020 2020, the company took action on 22.1 million pieces of content on Facebook for hate speech, of which …

Save Pornhub! Online porn ban sparks backlash in Thailand
4 years, 2 months ago

Save Pornhub! Online porn ban sparks backlash in Thailand

The Independent  

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Child Pornography In India During The Lockdown: Are Our Children Safe?
4 years, 6 months ago

Child Pornography In India During The Lockdown: Are Our Children Safe?

Live Law  

During the global pandemic hour and countries being in lockdown, people including both children and adults are spending more time online and excessively using the internet. Resultantly, causing increase in production and distribution of child sexual abuse material due to excessive use by perpetrators, adversely targeting children using the internet. They may be prone to various online child sex abuse …

India’s request for Facebook user data second only to U.S.
4 years, 7 months ago

India’s request for Facebook user data second only to U.S.

The Hindu  

The number of user data requests from the Indian government to Facebook increased 28% during the six month period from July-December 2019 at 26,698 queries — the second highest globally, according to the latest Transparency Report by the U.S.-based social media network. Of the total volume, the U.S. with 51,121 requests continues to submit the largest number of requests, followed …

India’s active internet user base to hit 639 mn by year-end
4 years, 8 months ago

India’s active internet user base to hit 639 mn by year-end

Live Mint  

India’s monthly active internet user base is estimated to touch 639 million by the end of December, thanks to the covid-19-induced lockdown that has forced people to stay indoors. Currently estimated at 574 million, the number of monthly active internet users has grown 24% over that of 2019, indicating an overall penetration of 41% last year. The report said India’s …

Rise in cyber extortionists targeting porn site visitors: Maharashtra Police
4 years, 8 months ago

Rise in cyber extortionists targeting porn site visitors: Maharashtra Police

India Today  

The Maharashtra Police said that they have observed an increasing trend of cyber fraudsters sending extortion e-mails to those visiting porn sites. The cyber wing of the state police said that the fraudsters are sending e-mails to those viewing porn content on such websites, asking them to make payment in bitcoins, failing which they would make public their video of …

Demand for child porn has risen during lockdown: study
4 years, 8 months ago

Demand for child porn has risen during lockdown: study

India Today  

The Indian Child Protection Fund on Monday said the demand for child pornographic material has been rising during the lockdown period. The ICPF reported that since the lockdown, online data monitoring websites are showing an increase in demand for searches like child porn, sexy child and teen sex videos. ICPF has warned that this indicates that millions of paedophiles, child …

Pornhub sees 95 per cent spike in Indian viewership during coronavirus lockdown: Report
4 years, 9 months ago

Pornhub sees 95 per cent spike in Indian viewership during coronavirus lockdown: Report

Firstpost  

While the rest of the world has It seems that India has taken quite fondly to adult website Pornhub while being stuck at home over the coronavirus lockdown, and this despite the site being officially banned in India. March saw a continues increase in traffic from India, the report said, adding, that on 24 March, there was 23 per cent …

Delhi uploaded maximum child pornography material on internet in 5 months; over 25,000 cases reported
4 years, 11 months ago

Delhi uploaded maximum child pornography material on internet in 5 months; over 25,000 cases reported

India TV News  

Reports submitted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the US have revealed shocking facts in connection with child pornography material on the internet in India. According to the said reports submitted to the National Crime Records Bureau, more than 25,000 cases of suspected child pornography material have been put across various social media platforms in the …

Google, Facebook secretly tracking your porn-viewing habits
5 years, 5 months ago

Google, Facebook secretly tracking your porn-viewing habits

Hindustan Times  

If you think watching pornographic material in the “incognito” mode will not let anyone know, you are mistaken. Google, Facebook and even Oracle cloud are secretly tracking the porn you watch even when you switch on the “incognito” mode on your laptop or smartphone. A new joint study from Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pennsylvania that investigated 22,484 …

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