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# Pornography

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* ![U.K. Porn Age Verification](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt344b61301a9fe283/698879eaa988ca0df66b6344/biztech-illos-data-security2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 20, 2018  
## [The U.K. Is About To Regulate Online Porn, and Free Speech Advocates Are Terrified](https://time.com/5352875/uk-porn-block-age-verification/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![Adult film actress/director Stormy Daniels attends the 2017 Adult Video News Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcd4d081f0670af9/6988f85dab6d7719766b15b9/gettyimages-632377774.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 16, 2018  
## [Why Another Porn Star Story Won't Hurt Donald Trump Politically](https://time.com/5104242/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-porn-star/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Ryan Teague Beckwith
* ![A countdown clock for the RNC is seen in a law office downtown in Cleveland, Ohio on Friday June 03, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab0e802ad32f5e21/69889b70524fc03092df8ad8/convention.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 11, 2016  
## [GOP Platform Contemplates Anti-Porn Provision](https://time.com/4401600/gop-platform-contemplates-anti-porn-provision-embrace-of-conversion-therapy/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Zeke J Miller
* ![US-ENTERTAINMENT-SEX-PLAYBOY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf43bc60a158ecf42/69886829ab6d7781a36a6aa5/gettyimages-492472476.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 13, 2015  
## [Playboy Won't Feature Nude Women. This Is Not a Victory for Feminism](https://time.com/4071710/playboy-nude-women-feminism/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Oct 10, 2015  
## [L.A. School District Nixes Film Shoots After Porn Discovery](https://time.com/4069105/l-a-school-district-porn-shoot-filming-break-the-rules/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Charlotte Alter  
* ![August 28, 1970 issue of LIFE magazine](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81c71a62dbf959fe/69885bc9cd1bba3c946fc5c2/150721-porn-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 28, 2015  
## [A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Porn Industry in 1970](https://time.com/3966147/pornography-industry-1970/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![A sign is posted on the exterior of Google headquarters on Jan. 30, 2014 in Mountain View, California.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55fe7e3fd3b15964/69878164524fc0232cdecae9/google-headquarters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 27, 2015  
## [Google Isn't Banning Porn Blogging After All](https://time.com/3725938/google-porn-ban/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Victor Luckerson
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 13, 2015  
## [Study: _Fifty Shades_ Gets Women Into Porn](https://time.com/3708659/fifty-shades-of-grey-women-porn/)  
by Sabrina Toppa
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte33f34b6dc398bb5/69877cb9a988ca2b516ac2f4/xinhua-image.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 30, 2015  
## [Is China’s Official News Agency Following Porn on Twitter?](https://time.com/3688912/xinhua-japanese-porn-china-news-agency/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by David Stout
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 16, 2014  
## [Court Rules Porn Actors in L.A. Must Wear Condoms](https://time.com/3635237/porn-condoms-los-angeles-court/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Justin Worland  
* ![June 15, 1998, cover](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte55f59d9968cdaec/6987682b428a9ed7d3cc5519/1101980615_400.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 12, 2014  
## [Sex Education, From 'Social Hygiene' to 'The Porn Factor'](https://time.com/3578664/sex-education-history/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Lily Rothman
* ![The US Department of Health and Human Se](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8c2c87b70a51d92/6986a100d0b6f25967305d63/department-health-human-services.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 26, 2014  
## [Former Government Head Convicted on Child-Porn Charges](https://time.com/3183177/child-porn-health-human-services/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Noah Rayman
* ![Teen Computer](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc36be351c0f493eb/6986a041169ab037ed27acdc/teens-computer-porn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 20, 2014  
## [Poll: British Teenagers Extremely Skeptical of Porn's Value](https://time.com/3148215/poll-teenagers-pornography-damaging/)  
by Megan Gibson
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jul 2, 2014  
## [Google Strips Porn Ads From Search Results](https://time.com/2951447/google-bans-porn-ads/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Victor Luckerson
* ![Dov Charney American Apparel](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3704aea0bb91016/6986988835ba6f4d8bc02b0e/dov-charney-american-apparel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 20, 2014  
## [The Smut Shaming of Dov Charney and Terry Richardson](https://time.com/2900893/the-smut-shaming-of-dov-charney-and-terry-richardson/)  
by Charlotte Alter

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