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Reddit released its 2022 transparency report Wednesday, showing how the site has been laying on the “ban” button hard after the company started a crackdown on non-consensual intimate media (NCIM) after a rules change in March of last year. These instances of NCIM include any kind of intimate image posted without consent or a person’s awareness, such as revenge porn, voyeurism, or an “accidental nip-slip moment.”Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AIReddit had previously banned any kind of porn…

Illustration: LuckyStep (Shutterstock)You have just returned home after a long day at work and are about to sit down for dinner when suddenly your phone starts buzzing. On the other end is a loved one, perhaps a parent, a child or a childhood friend, begging you to send them money immediately.You ask them questions, attempting to understand. There is something off about their answers, which are either vague or out of character, and sometimes there is a peculiar delay, almost as though they were thinking a little too…

Neatly aligned glass spice jars tagged with printed white labels. Wicker baskets filled with packages of pasta, crackers and snacks. Rows of flavored seltzer water stacked in double-decker plastic bins.In today’s consumer culture, “a place for everything and everything in its place” isn’t just a mantra; it’s big business. Nowhere is this more evident than the kitchen pantry.Most people can relate to finding half-empty cereal boxes squirreled away in the cupboard or letting produce sit just a bit too long in a refrigerator…

If there’s one thing aging nu-metal rap-rockers Limp Bizkit are not, it’s subtle. Naturally, that applies to their recent foray into deep fake videos as well. Last month, the band responsible “Nookie,” “Break Stuff,” and the popularization of Dickies shorts released a video for their song song “Out of Style,” where each of the band members’ faces are replaced with a powerful world leader. Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kin Jung Un, Joe Biden, and Volodymyr Zelensky are, and a hot-dog-wielding Tom Cruise all featured in the…

A BYU study found that pornography use by men or women at any level negatively impacted romantic relationships, with a pronounced negative impact on relationship stability. Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo Avoiding pornography is vital to developing a healthy and long-term romantic relationship, says a new study from BYU. The…

Twitch is taking a strong stance against deepfake pornography. In a blog post, the live-streaming website stated that “synthetic non-consensual exploitative images” (NCEI) will no longer be tolerated on the platform. Twitch has updated its Adult Sexual Violence and Exploitation policy, making it clear that intentionally creating, sharing, or promoting non-consensual deepfake porn can lead to a ban on the first offence. Even if the image/ videos are shown briefly/ unintentionally — regardless of whether the streamer is…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Three out of four teenagers have seen online pornography—often before they even became a teenager. That's according to a new report from Common Sense Media that examines the role pornography plays in the lives of today's youth. Some teens do more than just watch pornography. By way of "sexting," teenagers…

R&B singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison for child sex crimes by a Chicago federal court.The 56-year-old singer, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty of six of the 13 charges brought against him (all were filed in 2019), including three counts of coercing minors into sexual activity and three of producing sex tapes involving a minor, reports Variety.The jury found that Kelly had produced three videos of himself sexually abusing his then 14-year-old goddaughter.He was…

Maybe we’ll get more Big-era Hanks, or perhaps Hanks from his first real “hit”, the 1982 anti-D&D flick Mazes and Monsters.Photo: Dia Dipasupil (Getty Images)Not to be left behind in any trend-chasing, Hollywood is scrambling after the promise of artificial intelligence. In this case, one movie is banking its premise on the promise of AI-driven deepfake tech.In a Tuesday release, the AI-centric VFX company Metaphysic said it was partnering with production company Miramax for the upcoming movie Here, directed by Robert…

Mehul Reuben DasJan 04, 2023 12:57:41 ISTAlthough we know that most governments have an idea of what exactly do we use the internet for, imagine what would it feel like to have your government issues ID associated with the fact that you watch porn online. The state of Louisiana has enacted a new law that would require all users who want to consume porn over the internet, to verify their age by submitting government-issued such as a driving licence, etc. A new Louisiana law mandates users to submit govt-issued IDs to…