iCensorship: Apple deletes iCloud emails with the phrase ‘barely legal teen’

Apple is deleting emails sent from iCloud accounts containing the phrase “barely legal teen,” a sign the company is still strictly distancing itself from pornography and adult material.

Twitter raises Vine’s age rating to 17+ following porn problems

Twitter-owned video sharing application Vine has raised its age rating from 12+ to 17+ following controversy surrounding pornographic clips shared widely on the service.

After controversy, Vine makes porn harder to find

Vine is taking steps to curb access to porn after it attracted a lot of unwanted criticism this morning for placing a hardcore porn video at the top of every user's feed.

Oops: Hot video app Vine places porn at the top of every user’s feed (updated)

Users of the popular video-sharing app Vine got a surprise this morning when a short clip of hardcore pornography was selected as an "editor's pick" and placed at the top of every user's feed.

7 top sex-related tech stories of 2012

Often times in the world of technology and innovation we stumble upon news that's a bit out of our comfort zone, but still worth covering. This is never more true that when technology intersects with sex.

Google’s decision to block explicit images is a huge win for Bing & Search.xxx

Google has modified its popular image search to block many explicit pictures, a move that could be a huge win for competing search engines.

Come4.org is a cause-driven, ethically inspired, non-profit porn site

Your self-pleasure could save the pandas, bring clean water to a rural village in Asia, or give needy kids access to schoolbooks. What could be sexier than that?

Search.xxx launches to make your porn browsing ‘easier’ & ‘safer’

ICM Registry, the company behind the .xxx domain, has launched a new search engine called Search.xxx that intends to make looking for online adult entertainment safer and easier to access.

Why won’t Microsoft let you store porn in the cloud?

Cloud storage services such as Dropbox and Google Drive are quickly changing how consumers deal with content on a day-to-day basis. But each company has its own set of restrictions, with Microsoft's SkyDrive as the most restrictive player by far. It might shock you how much so.

PETA’s new .XXX site is really, really, not that sexy

Animal rights organization PETA launched its .XXX domain website Tuesday. The site combines traditional porn and shocking images of animal cruelty, ready to turn you on and then make you feel guilty (so, really no different than any other porn …

U.K. Prime Minister wants Internet service that blocks porn

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and several other government officials will soon begin discussions with Internet Service Providers to create service plans that entirely block pornography, according to The Telegraph.

The government’s decision to look into widespread porn blocking comes …

Sex.com plays it safe, slips on a Pinterest-like UI

Sex.com, the most expensive public domain ever purchased, has just re-launched as yet another Pinterest for porn, joining sites like Snatchly and Pornterest in curating the web’s randiest material. (NSFW links)

While lurid, Sex.com is interesting because in the early …

Snatchly, the Pinterest for porn, signs up 15K users in less than 2 months

Social media darling Pinterest is dominated by female users. Men, for the most part, haven’t yet been attracted to the concept of “pinning” pictures they like and sharing them. But Snatchly, a recently launched Pinterest imitator, might have found a …

Porn today, gone tomorrow: Egypt bans porn websites

Looks like the Internet’s oldest profession is putting some clothes on in Egypt. Courts in the country have ruled that porn websites are illegal.

The decision is based on a similar 2009 ruling against online smut that has not yet …

Reddit tries to crack down on child pornography with new rules banning suggestive subreddits

Running a massive online community is a tricky business. The administrators who police the site are trying to strike a balance between encouraging users to contribute and keeping unsavory and illegal behavior to a minimum.

Reddit, a news aggregator and …

PETA launching its own porn site, peta.xxx

No animals were harmed in the making of this pornographic website. In the wake of new top-level domain option .xxx’s release, animal-rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) announced today it is launching its own .xxx site …