After initially claiming it would not restrict internet access offered through its Gogo in-flight broadband offering, American Airlines has caved to pressure from community groups to restrict access to porn sites.

The iPhone has certainly been labeled as a boost for the adult industry which is continuously looking for more ways of selling content to consumers, though one issue that is likely to emerge for content providers is how they monitor the age of users.

In an unprecedented move even by strict Chinese security standards, the Chinese government re-established the Great Firewall of China, or operation 'Golden Shield', immediately after the international press went home after the Olympic games. Furthermore, they have made it a requirement for anyone entering an internet cafe in Beijing to create photographic documentation of their identity.

Google's Chrome browser has received critical acclaim for its nifty GUI and high tech features. However, one feature that has consumer and privacy groups worried is a unique identifier that broadcasts information back to Google when activated, so as to allow Google to learn more about particular users browsing and usage patterns.

Though somewhat of a gimmick tied to the mainstream movie "Zach and Miri Make a Porno", the idea of a porn star identification widget seems to be a popular viral marketing technique for promoting the movie on social networks such as MySpace and Facebook. You can also upload your ID to the Zach and Miri website, and share your pornstar status with other fans of the movie.

Two former federal officers have come forward to announce that while in Iraq monitoring phone calls made between US citizens and their friends and family back home, they often shared the details of conversations that included phone sex.

Violet Blue made headlines earlier this year when she launched a personal crusade against a pornstar operating under the same moniker, and attracted quite a bit of negative sentiment from the pornstars fans for her bullying use of the legal system.

While Google, MSN, and Time Warner Cable all justify their habits of tracking user statistics as being in the best interest of providing better service, Verizon and AT&T announced this week that they will not track user's online behavior unless mandated by the government.

An Arizona man was eating at some fast-food restaurant, and was inexplicably watching porn on his laptop, when police entered an arrested the man for this public transgression. He was arrested on accounts of obscenity and disorderly conduct.

Due to public outcry against unwarranted laptop searches performed during routine airline baggage checks, a new bill has been introduced to congress to limit these unfounded searches. The bill has been proposed by Loretta Sanchez, a Democratic civil liberties lawyer from California who feels that unwarranted laptop searches constitute a breach of our fourth amendment protections.