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Thursday, January 3
Snapchat: Sexting tool, or the next Instagram?
 

(CNN) -- You may not have heard of Snapchat. But if there are teenagers or 20-somethings in your life, it's a safe bet that they have.

Snapchat is a mobile app which lets users share images or videos that disappear after a few seconds. That's right -- they vanish forever in the time it takes you to read a tweet. 




Thursday, December 20
Bar owner paid underage stripper with booze
 
TRENTON (Trentonian) - Memo to bar owners: Don’t pay underage girls to strip for you with alcohol.

On Thursday, The Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control announced that Park Place Bar and Grill in National Park will have its license suspended for 50 days after an investigation revealed the bar owner hired a 17-year-old girl to strip for customers and paid her with alcohol while on the job. 




Tuesday, October 23
'Fantasy Slut League' exposed at California high school
 
(Good Morning America) - A top-tier California high school informed parents of a "Fantasy Slut League" in which male students "drafted" female students and earned points for sexual encounters.  



Tuesday, October 23
Private porn pics aren't private for long
 
(NBCNews) - Eighty-eight percent of homemade pornography, including videos and still images, finds its way onto porn sites, often without the owners' knowledge, a new study concluded.



Monday, October 22
Documentary Sexy Baby connects the dots between pornography and mainstream society
 
Huffington Post - One of the scariest movies at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival had nothing to do with ghosts or goblins. Rather, Sexy Baby is a documentary that examines how our hyper-sexualized society is affecting girls and women of all ages.



Friday, October 19
For teens online, hundreds of 'friends' and no one to turn to
 

(Pacific Standard) - Amanda Todd is an Internet sensation. Last week, her name was a trending Twitter #hashtag. A Facebook page honoring her has 590,000 “Likes.” A YouTube message she recorded to the world— “I’m not doing this for attention,” she wrote in an accompanying note, “I’m doing this to be an inspiration and to show that I can be strong”—has been watched more than four million times. 




Wednesday, October 10
Man accused of using library computer to view child pornography
 
CLAY, W. Va. (WSAZ) - A Clay County man is behind bars after state police say he was looking up child pornography on a computer at the library. "I was totally shocked because it is so secure," said Sheila Thorne, Clay County Public LIbrary Director.



Monday, September 24
Washington high school pulls book with 'pornography'
 

NAMPA, WA (The Spokesman-Review) - A novel one Nampa parent said had "an immense amount of pornography" has been removed from a sophomore English class at the school.




Friday, September 21
A pastor's struggle with sex and porn
 
(Huffington Post) - On a cold winter night in 1994, in the grip of a decades-long addiction to porn and illicit sex, I began my typical ritual of acting out sexually. I sat in a familiar parking lot of a XXX bookstore, unusually troubled by the routine I was about to perform even though I had carried it out too many times to count. I had a beautiful wife at home, but she was the last thing on my mind. 



Friday, September 21
NH judge says child pornography is as serious as actual assault
 
BRENTWOOD, NH (Union Leader Correspondent) - When a Salem man argued he should receive a suspended sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, the judge responded by explaining why he views the crime more seriously than he once did. 



Wednesday, September 19
13 arrested in Indianapolis massage parlor investigation
 
INDIANAPOLIS (Indy Star) - It wasn't a happy ending for 13 people arrested by area police departments that joined in a prostitution investigation.



Monday, September 17
Ind. community passes regulations on sexually oriented businesses
 
ANGOLA, Ind. (Indiana NewsCenter) - Controversy is brewing in Angola as the community fears a strip club could open up in their town. 



Monday, September 17
Teen sexting associated with actual sex
 

(LA Times) - Hopeful parents, a new study has bad news for you: According to a study of Los Angeles area youth ages 12 to 18, kids who "sext" are not using it as a replacement for actual sex. In fact, the study shows that those who admit to sexting are significantly more likely to also say they engage in sexual intercourse. 




Monday, September 17
Teens who 'sext' more likely to have sex, study suggests
 
(LA Times) - A new study has found a link between teenage sexual activity and "sexting" -- using cellphone devices to send sexually suggestive or explicit messages and photos. 



Monday, September 17
Children exposed to porn during Disney movie
 
ASHEVILLE, NC (FOX Carolina) - It started out as any typical morning inside Georgie Brown's Fairview, NC, home. 



Wednesday, September 12
Woman, 73, raped in Central Park in broad daylight
 

NEW YORK, NY (nytimes.com) - A 73-year-old woman was raped and beaten in Central Park just before noon on Wednesday, the police said, and the attacker’s assault was preceded by a chilling question: “Do you remember me?” 




Wednesday, September 12
FBI: New Albany, Ind., man had pornographic images of babies, toddlers
 
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (WLKY.com) — Federal agents said it was a discovery that has kept them up at night -- hundreds of illicit and pornographic pictures of babies and toddlers were found in a New Albany home.
 



Monday, September 10
Reno man accused of watching porn, committing sex act on Southwest Airlines flight
 
(The Denver Post) - A Nevada man was arrested at Denver International Airport over the weekend for allegedly viewing Internet porn on his laptop and committing a sexual act on a commercial airline flight.  



Friday, September 7
Father and son operators of sex business sentenced to prison terms
 
Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- The father and son operators of an adult entertainment club in Elgin were sentenced today to serve federal prison terms for conspiracy to impede the Internal Revenue Service in the collection of federal taxes, as well as separately operating an illegal Internet gambling business, in connection with diverting more than $4.6 million in unreported income to themselves from the two businesses. The cash diversion caused a federal tax loss of more than $1.3 million.  



Thursday, August 30
Jeffrey McCall: The bare facts on TV nudity
 

(www.Indystar.com) - Unless you attend Prince Harry parties in Vegas or belong to a nudist colony, odds are you seldom see naked bodies parading around as you go through your daily activities. That's why a study released by the Parents Television Council should concern people who think television should adhere to basic standards of cultural decency.




Monday, August 13
Illinois' Operation Glass House focuses attention on child pornography
 

The State Journal-Register - Michael Brown was not on the Jacksonville Police Department’s radar before he was arrested last month. According to Morgan County court records, his most serious previous criminal offense might have been screeching his tires. 




Saturday, August 11
Feds try to rescue 2 children seen in porn videos
 

(CNN) -- Federal authorities say they are trying to find and arrest a woman who is posting videos of herself and a man having sexual contact with two children online. 




Wednesday, August 8
Denver teacher on trial for child porn kept journal of hugs
 

NYDaily - David Moe wrote in his journal that he held a preschool girl “by the waist briefly, and she didn't flinch.” 




Sunday, August 5
Rise in children being charged with sex attacks
 
Scotsman - The number of children facing sexual assault charges brought by prosecutors has doubled in the last year, new figures reveal. The Crown Office has also revealed that the figure for boys charged with rape has reached a five-year high. 



Monday, July 30
Sexting is common in young adult relationships, University of Michigan study says
 
(Huffington Post) - New research shows that sexting is a common facet in young adult relationships today. A study conducted by the University of Michigan looked at the sexting behavior of 3,447 men and women between the ages of 18-24 and found that sexting -- defined as "sending explicit messages or images by phone" -- is not only practiced, but common.  



Sunday, July 29
Florida sex shop paid $300,000 to go away
 
Alachua County Today - The Alachua City Commission voted at the Monday, July 23 meeting to pay $300,000 to the Lion’s Den Adult Boutique to settle the company’s lawsuit against the City and to keep the would-be sex shop from opening in the city. 



Saturday, July 21
He's watching that, in public? Pornography takes next seat
 

SAN FRANCISCO (NY Times) — On a recent morning at the main public library here, dozens of people sat and stood at computers, searching job-hunting sites, playing games, watching music videos. And some looked at naked pictures of men and women in full view of passers-by.  




Wednesday, July 18
Man arrested for posting ad seeking rapist for wife
 
(CNN) -- A 32-year-old man from Twin Falls, Idaho, has been charged with solicitation of rape and burglary after posting an advertisement on Craigslist seeking a man to enter his home and rape his wife, according to a Twin Falls County Court affidavit. 



Wednesday, July 11
Florida teacher resigns after sexting with student
 

MIRAMAR (CBSMiami) – “If you wanted it bad enough, you would get here.”

It sounds like a typical conversation between two high school students.

In this case, the late-night Facebook exchange involved an Everglades High School teacher inviting a student to his Jacuzzi. 




Monday, June 25
FBI saves 79 held as sex slaves in US
 

(FOXNews) - The FBI, working alongside state and local authorities across the U.S., rescued 79 minors being held as sex slaves, the agency announced Monday.

The minors – two of whom were boys, the rest girls – were taken from 57 different cities during “Operation Cross Country” raids on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

 



Friday, June 1
Porn & Relationships: Men's pornography use tied to low-esteem in female partners
 
(HUFFINGTON POST) - Young women who report that their romantic partners look at porn frequently are less happy in their relationships than women partnered with guys who more often abstain, new research finds. 



Friday, March 2
Kentucky House passes human trafficking bill
 
Frankfort, KY (www.courier-journal.com) - A bill that would strengthen penalties and aid law enforcement in cases of human trafficking cleared the House Friday and now heads back to the Senate. 



Thursday, March 1
Arrest on child pornography charges was 'a relief', man says
 
(www.thechronicleherald.com) - Darren Robert Lundrigan says he was relieved when police showed up at his Halifax apartment last October with a warrant to search his computer. 



Thursday, March 1
Prisoners at Texas jail had access to cable porn for months
 
Liberty, Texas (www.huffingtonpost.com) - A scrambling device has been installed on the cable television system at a county jail in Liberty, Texas, after a probe revealed that inmates had gained access to pornographic television channels and had been watching it for months, the Houston Chronicle reports.



Wednesday, February 29
Youth using sexting app to bypass parents
 
Chesterfield, VA (www.wtvr.com) - Mikayah Sherman, 13, said she knows sexting happens at her school and also knows that there's an app to help kids hide it.



Tuesday, February 28
Woman pleads guilty to recruiting teen to be an escort
 
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. (www.torontosun.com) - A stripper who recruited a 16-year-old girl to work as an escort in Niagara Falls because it was an easy way to make money has been convicted of unlawful confinement and uttering death threats. 



Monday, February 27
Outside US bases, former bar workers fight sex trafficking
 
PYEONGTAEK, Gyeonggi Province (www.koreatimes.com) ― When Klarys (an alias), a 27-year-old from the Philippines, applied to come to Korea on an entertainment visa, she envisioned herself doing what she always wanted ― singing onstage.  



Wednesday, February 22
Best Buy faces complaint after hacked TV displays porn
 

(www.huffingtonpost.com) - TVs at electronic retailers may provide customers with a bit of entertainment while they shop, but the images on the screens at one Best Buy had a customer far from amused.




Monday, February 20
Border town brothels cohabit with military
 
PAJU, Gyeonggi Province (www.koreatimes.com) - Lee Eun-ju, a loan officer at a savings bank, was shocked to see a huge red light district, known as Yongjugol, right next to a police station and military base at this border town when she came here to check the appraisal of a house.   



Tuesday, February 14
17 Mass. HS students' Facebook pictures on porn site
 
Charlton, Mass (www.necn.com) - More than a dozen Massachusetts high school students were shocked to learn their Facebook pictures had ended up on a porn website. The students go to Bay Path Technical Vocational Regional High School in Charlton, Ma. Now police and the FBI are investigating.



Friday, July 22
Denver Post Editorial: Library no place for pornography
 
(www.denverpost.com) - There is a time and place for everything, and that old saw is particularly true for those who insist on watching Internet pornography.



Wednesday, June 1
She's 10 and Now May Be Sold to a Brothel
 

Kalkata, India (www.newyorktimes.com) - M. is an ebullient girl, age 10, who ranks near the top of her fourth-grade class and dreams of being a doctor. Yet she, like all of India, is at a turning point, and it looks as if her family may instead sell her to a brothel.  




Tuesday, May 31
3 More SEC Employees Investigated for Viewing Porn on the Job
 

The inspector general of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday his office has investigated three more SEC employees, including two staff attorneys, and an agency contractor for using their government computers to view pornography.



Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/05/31/3-sec-employees-investigated-viewing-porn-job/#ixzz1OE4p23aQ 



Tuesday, May 31
ACL wants porn to be allowed for South Carolina inmates
 

The American Civil Liberties Union is pushing for porn at a detention center in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.  




Monday, April 11
ROCK part of successful national campaign to protect families and children from obscenity
 
More than 100 members of Congress sign letters urging attorney general to enforce federal obscenity laws: Violence against women, harm to children and sex trafficking cited as harms of pornography. 



Monday, April 4
Clarksville approves new adult business zoning guidelines
 

CLARKSVILLE, IN (WAVE) – The Clarksville Town Council takes action, but it's not the end of the battle over adult businesses in that town. 




Monday, April 4
Clarksville council passes new zoning ordinance
 
CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (News and Tribune) — The Clarksville Town Council passed a new zoning ordinance Monday which will create adult business zones and open the door for Theatair X to face new citations.

 

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