sex | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Thu, 02 Feb 2017 12:33:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png sex | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 PornHub has launched its own sex-education site https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-news/jon-martindale/pornhub-has-launched-its-own-sex-education-site/ https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-tech-news/jon-martindale/pornhub-has-launched-its-own-sex-education-site/#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2017 09:37:36 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=320502 PornHub is looking to combat the idea that pornography harms the minds of the impressionable, by offering an educational resource of its own. Launched as a small, sub-site within the main Pornhub domain, the Sexual Wellness Center is filling up with articles, videos and Q&A resources, all in the aid of improving sexual knowledge and …

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PornHub is looking to combat the idea that pornography harms the minds of the impressionable, by offering an educational resource of its own. Launched as a small, sub-site within the main Pornhub domain, the Sexual Wellness Center is filling up with articles, videos and Q&A resources, all in the aid of improving sexual knowledge and reducing stigmas surrounding it.

With many governments continuing to make a lot of noise about the dangers of pornography – despite studies like OfCom's own countering those claims – and an ever increasing number of sexual education websites being caught up in filters, PornHub is looking to create a new hub for information on sex. Headed by therapist and author, Dr. Laurie Betito, the site looks to offer in-depth advice for individuals, and broader topics that cover everything from STDs, to relationships and mutual pleasure.

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As it stands, the site doesn't have a whole lot of content, as it's still relatively fresh. However it's already kicked things off with a broad range of topics. Some of the articles already available on the site include: Achieving enduring love and intimacy, what is consent?, Trans 101 and how to have safer sex. While the latter topic is more common place in schools and other educational mediums, the others are far less so and show PornHub's interest in promoting healthy sexual contact, rather than just how to avoid pregnancy and disease.

The site is also accepting questions for Sexual Wellness Center head, Dr. Betito, so if you have any questions yourself, feel free to fire them off to see what she says.

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KitGuru Says: I hope more schools and parents can see how sexual education beyond the basics is important. The only “dangers,” of porn come from a lack of real education. Teaching young adults about the importance of consent, of mutual enjoyment is just as important in explaining about pregnancy and disease. 

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Porn filter champions accused of money grubbing by campaigner https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/porn-filter-champions-accused-of-money-grubbing-by-campaigner/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/porn-filter-champions-accused-of-money-grubbing-by-campaigner/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:01:29 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=185105 There's a big anti-pornography campaign going on in the UK at the moment, with David Cameron using it as a way to curry favour with Chinese investors, media lobbies as a way to get more proxies and pirate sites blocked and the cries of “think of the children,” being used once again to censor the internet. …

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There's a big anti-pornography campaign going on in the UK at the moment, with David Cameron using it as a way to curry favour with Chinese investors, media lobbies as a way to get more proxies and pirate sites blocked and the cries of “think of the children,” being used once again to censor the internet. But campaigner Jerry Barnett, who runs Sex and Censorship, thinks that lobby/regulatory groups like ATVOD, are also hoping to make money out of the whole situation.

“I know ATVOD very well and it is first and foremost a money making venture,” Barnett told Wired. “It's quite a clever setup that has tax rating powers to regulate video on demand and they've decided to extend the definition of that far beyond other European countries. Its job should be to look at TV-on-demand services, like 4OD, but ATVOD has decided to massively stretch the definition to cover any site with video on.”

Indeed ATVOD's responsibilities aren't really supposed to extend beyond television, though technically it's played with that to the point it can apply it to ‘TV-like' platforms. It also has powers to crack down on hate speech or content that could be considered a corrupting influence, though seemingly as with all British up-tight law making, it's vaguely worded, as corruption on a moral scale is far harder to measure.

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Sex and Censorship promotes online freedom of information and sexual freedom in the UK

However Barnett still believes that ATVOD is simply using these extended definitions of its powers to curry more of it, with hopes it'll be given extra regulatory powers and therefore funding.

“ATVOD has turned itself into lobbying organisation,” said Barnett. “It's lobbying for laws that will empower them and stop them being irrelevant, to put it bluntly. It has already chased UK companies.”

Barnett believes that as well as encouraging parents to take a stand in regulating what their children view online – parental filters having been available for years from third parties – education is the way forward, suggesting that you can mitigate a lot of the issues pornography can cause if you can at least explain to your child what it's about. Better yet, talk to them about it before they watch it.

However CEO at ATVOD disagrees that his organisation is taking the wrong tack, insisting that it isn't trying to build a power base and is simply wanting to protect the British public's children.

“We haven't called for ourselves to be given any more powers at all,”  he said. “All we're interested in is protecting children [… ] We're not pitching for new work — I don't actually get up in the morning and think about money, whatever Barnett thinks. I get up in the morning and think about protecting consumers.”

Moving forward, ATVOD wants to see credit card information to be used to identify the age of porn viewers with any sites that don't comply added to a blacklist that is then removed from payment providers like Paypal.

KitGuru Says: Ignoring the fact that most of the big porn sites don't have payment systems at all, but operate because of ad revenue, people tend to forget that the internet, like unfiltered TV and movies, is not for children. You have to take an active role in what they watch on TV, so should you online. 

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Should Facebook protect sex offender’s identity? https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/jules/should-facebook-protect-sex-offenders-identity/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/jules/should-facebook-protect-sex-offenders-identity/#respond Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:25:43 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=116925 A case has moved to the High Court which could impact how social networking sites deal with information sharing in the future. Facebook Ireland Limited finds itself at the centre of a mini-storm that could have far reaching consequences. KitGuru takes a high altitude balloon to see how the front is building. Various groups around …

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A case has moved to the High Court which could impact how social networking sites deal with information sharing in the future. Facebook Ireland Limited finds itself at the centre of a mini-storm that could have far reaching consequences. KitGuru takes a high altitude balloon to see how the front is building.

Various groups around the world has use media (in general) to broadcast the name/address/appearance of people they consider to be anywhere from undesirable to downright dangerous. As with all things in life, it's rarely black and white – but the subject matter is inflammatory enough to cause the Courts to pause when passing judgement.

The crux of the problem lies in the balance between the legal system of a developed/civilised people and the common sense/gut reaction of most humans to a certain set of circumstances.

Groups warning each other of (potential) danger is not only popular among prairie dogs, but it also forms the basis of our daily news reports. When Hurricane Sandy was approaching the East Coast of the United States, media warned of the danger and suggested courses of action. That kind of warning CAN be carried by Facebook and other social media.

So what if a murderer was release from prison and came to live near you? When they move in, they are 65 years old, their sentence is over and, according to the Courts, they have served their time. Should they be left free to live the remainder of their lives?   What if the original charge was manslaughter?  What if the person had used too much force to repel home invaders and ended up serving several years in jail – how threatened would you feel then?  Probably, most people would feel the same: Keep away from the murders, but ask the ‘home invasion person' for their side of the story. The layers of grey, from black to white, seem quite easy to distinguish here.

It gets more complex if the killings had happened while the person moving next door to you was in uniform when the deaths occurred. We might even have a parade for them.

Same situation, but this time you have a young family and the 35 year old man moving in next door to you has been released after serving 5 years for sex-offences. Or, increasing the tension levels again, what if they had been jailed for child-based sex offences.

Now no one wants to live in that street, right?

Justice McCloskey is, presently, considering how much of an onus there should be on Facebook – following threats made against one particular sex offender. Once identified, a Facebook page was set up that identified him and warned people about what might happen. Comments, that included threats of violence, followed and Facebook removed all of the photos/comments.

The sex offender in question claims to be in poor health and, according to his lawyer, is in ‘serious danger of attack' as a result of these Facebook posts. The lawyer is demanding that any Facebook user who posts photos of his client – or makes threats – should have their accounts removed by Facebook and the police should investigate.

Justice McCloskey has been quoted as saying, “The court, in consideration and determination of a case of this kind, will obviously have at the forefront of its mind the operation of well-established laws including the law of defamation and the provisions of the Human Rights Act” – while the future of Facebook paedophile monitoring/warning pages is now in doubt, because they would infringe on the human rights of the sex offenders.

How likely is it that the courts will rule, “Facebook isn't stupid and knows that if photos and locations of sex offenders are published on its site – alongside comments calling for violence – then the company is facilitating an attack and would therefore be liable for part of the damages/pain that follow”?  In the past, Facebook's response has been consistent.

For Facebook, this has to be one of the hottest political potatoes ever.  Justin Beiber pages are everywhere and serve little purpose other than to entertainment his fans.

Warning pages might prevent future attacks on children – but can the courts balance that risk against the kind of human rights embedded in Brussels etc? The human instinct to warn others is incredibly strong, we can't see it being suppressed by a court order.

Would a warning help?  In recent Australian Government studies that mapped 2,165 cases, re-offence rates ran as high as 16% for repeating a sex attack.

Facebook is likely to be asked to do much more to protect the identity of paedophiles following the court ruling, is there a choice?

KitGuru says: We expect Facebook's default position to be ‘ block attempts to identify paedophiles and warn against their presence in your community'. Where should the offenders rights balance society's right to know? Will the judge rule differently? How would you rule?

Comment below or in the KitGuru forums.

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