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| UpdatedA woman who became the victim of an online sex scam at the hands of a former lover tells a Brisbane court she felt humiliated and "a prisoner in her own home".
Topics: pornography, sexual-offences, domestic-violence, courts-and-trials, prisons-and-punishment, brisbane-4000
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A former Western Australian priest will appear in court next month charged with child pornography offences.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, pornography, armadale-6112, maddington-6109, wa
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| UpdatedShould doctors who perform labiaplasty be charged under anti-Female Genital Mutilation laws? And would you live broadcast your own genital cosmetic surgery as one pop star is doing?
Topics: womens-health, pornography, women, parenting, relationships, laws
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A new Australian study hopes to gain better insight into the "unspeakable brutality" of sextortion, reports of which have skyrocketed in the past two years.
Topics: pornography, relationships, laws, social-media, wireless-communication, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is considering a new range of civil penalties to try to help victims of so-called "revenge porn" get justice more quickly.
Topics: pornography, community-and-society, federal-government, government-and-politics, alp, liberals, women, australia
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| UpdatedNRL star Jarryd Hayne is left red-faced after pornographic images are displayed on a screen in front of hundreds of students watching a school presentation on cyber security.
Topics: pornography, nrl, rugby-league, computers-and-technology, sport, robina-4226, qld, southport-4215, australia
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| UpdatedPlayboy cover model and accidental sex tape star Pamela Anderson is speaking out against the "numbing effects" of pornography, Jo Fox writes.
Topics: feminism, pornography, women, schools, offbeat, laws, united-states, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedWhen Noelle Martin was 17, predators stole a selfie she posted on her Facebook feed and posted it on porn websites around the world. Now she is calling on regulators to crack down on an emerging practice known as "parasite" or "morph" porn.
Topics: internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, internet-culture, information-and-communication, pornography, community-and-society, australia, nsw
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The mayor of a Queensland city leads a rally of men pledging to create a city free from porn.
Topics: pornography, women, toowoomba-4350
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Topics: pornography, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedMore and more young women in Japan are being forced against their will to appear in pornographic videos every year, a new report finds.
Topics: women, pornography, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, japan
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| UpdatedA 60-year-old man who produced child exploitation material while serving time in Hobart's Risdon Prison avoids more time in jail.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, pornography, tas
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A Canberra man faces the ACT Magistrates Court accused of accessing child pornography and trafficking in illegal drugs.
Topics: courts-and-trials, pornography, crime, drugs-and-substance-abuse, police, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The ACT Greens will push for new laws against so-called revenge porn in the next Legislative Assembly.
Topics: states-and-territories, pornography, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Government moves to criminalise "revenge porn", making it an offence to create and distribute sexually explicit images without consent.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, pornography, relationships, nsw
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| UpdatedAn online pornography ring targeting thousands of Australian schoolgirls re-emerges after police had closed it down earlier this month.
Topics: pornography, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedWe need men to talk to their sons about the mob-shaming and exploitation of women, writes Sarah Macdonald.
Topics: family-and-children, parenting, pornography, men, women, sexuality, schools, social-media, mobile-phones, australia
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| UpdatedHundreds of teen boys have responded to anonymous interviews and surveys about pornography to give a fascinating insight into what they think about sex and relationships.
Topics: pornography, education, theatre, australia
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Clare Watson has surveyed teen boys about pornography and will turn the results into a new play called Gonzo.
Topics: pornography, education-industry, australia
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| UpdatedA nude photo scandal has led to a mass suspension of students on the Gold Coast.
Topics: pornography, children, public-schools, crime, family-and-children, community-and-society, information-and-communication, internet-culture, palm-beach-4221
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A mother has hit out at at a "slut-shaming and victim-blaming" talk given to girls at her daughter's school after it was among those targeted by a pornography ring.
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, law-crime-and-justice, pornography, schools, australia
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| UpdatedNews of a website containing sexual images of Australian school girls will prompt plenty of awkward dinner table conversations this week, writes Sarah Macdonald. But how do we talk to our sons and daughters about online pornography so the right messages stick?
Topics: crime, police, internet-culture, schools, pornography, youth, sexuality, australia
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| UpdatedStudents from St Mary MacKillop College in Canberra condemn the actions of men and boys who posted and encouraged the posting of explicit photos of teenage girls online.
Topics: pornography, community-and-society, secondary-schools, schools, education, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedPolice have launched investigations into an online message forum featuring images of Australian school girls.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, education, schools, secondary-schools, public-schools, police, pornography, community-and-society, australia, act, nsw, qld, vic, brisbane-4000, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedThe principal of a Canberra school whose students may be linked to the sharing of explicit images of schoolgirls says the school community is shocked and saddened by the revelations.
Topics: secondary-schools, pornography, community-and-society, education, laws, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia