It's already illegal to sell pornography in India. But the country's Supreme Court is contemplating an all-out ban on the stuff, and police in the city of Patna are preparing to crack down on cyber cafés and so-called "CD parlors" — all because they believe it could help curb India's rape epidemic.
The problems with watching porn while you're supposed to be manning the nation's missile defense are obvious, but the insidious thing about Missile Defense Agency's warning to its employees to lay off the smut is that employees were apparently not practicing safe cybersex.
The Players: Noel Biderman, CEO of Ashley Madison, a dating web site (12.2 million members and counting) whose slogan is: "Life is short. Have an affair."; "Jacqueline", a plus-sized model and porn entrepreneur who unknowingly appeared as the punchline of two of Ashley Madison's ads
State's ban on X-rated magazines and movies is unconstitutional, according to some in lockup
Benedict Garrett can return to the classroom after being suspended for his X-rated resume
Years of increasingly salacious ads were bound to lead to erotica
In a counterterroism first, a conservative think tank links porn to terror
Webcams, Youtube, and Chatroulette are taking the place of cable's "adult" channels
Porn has always been a problem for user-generated websites
A California high school just had a child pornography problem, for example
Stop laughing: there are a lot of good uses for this
Judicial Watch's lawsuit may unearth the terrorist's porn collection
U.S. officials told Reuters they found a "stash of pornography"
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