DATING, ROMANCE, PORNOGRAPHY, AND PREDATION

INTERNET PREDATORS
• Janis Wolak, et al. "Internet Predators and Their 'Victims': Myths, Realities, and Implications for Prevention and Treatment" [downloadable PDF article LINK].

• An overview of Internet (Child) Pornography "Statistics Laundering" - a brilliant study of the sources and perpetuators of incorrect information regarding predators and child pornography on the Internet [LINK].

• Bruce Schneier "Fear of Internet Predators Largely Unfounded" [LINK].

• Seth Lubove (Forbes.com) "Sex, Lies and Statistics" [LINK].

• SF Gate's Violet Blue "The Child Porn Lie (and Other Hits)" [LINK].

PORNOGRAPHY AND THE INTERNET
• From the Journal of Adolescent Research: Jason Carroll, et al. "Generation XXX: Pornography Acceptance and Use Among Emerging Adults" (2007) [JSTOR article - must be on Berkeley campus to download] [LINK].

• The Business Insider "Google: Louisville, KY Is the Most Obscene City in the U.S." (2008) [LINK].

• Interview with (in)famous SIMS cyber-brothel prostitute/madam Evangeline (language and content may be offensive) [LINK].

• "Using Video Games as Avatar Systems for Cybersex" (language and content may be offensive) [LINK].

• Margaret Talbot (The New Yorker) article "Red Sex, Blue Sex" - about the correlation between religion, income, education and sexual conduct [LINK].

CENSORSHIP, PERSECUTION, AND SCAMS
• No Clean Feed - Stop Internet censorship in Australia [LINK].

• "Extreme Pornography" Laws in the United Kingdom - "When Does Kinky Porn Become Illegal?" [BBC News LINK].

• The Davenport Lyons/DigiProtect "Witch Hunt" involving threatened prosecution of people illegally downloading (gay pornographic) films from (media piracy) file-sharing websites [LINK], and LINK].

• The State of Connecticut vs. Julie Amero [LINK]; and Julie Amero's blog chronicling the fiasco [LINK].

• Lawsuits against Jason Fortuny for his "Craigslist Experiment" involving posting a fake singles ad, then publishing online the nude photographs and personal information about the men who responded [LINK, LINK, and LINK]

• The Consumerist sting operation that caught employees of the "Geek Squad" stealing personal/pornographic materials from customers' computers [LINK].

ONLINE ROMANCE AND DATING
• Current statistics on dating websites [LINK]

• A study of female online daters [LINK]