A judge has rejected claims that Craigslist is both a public nuisance and a pimp. The verdict threw out a civil complaint by an Illinois sheriff.

In what could be called “The War of the Valleys”, the porn industry is starting to feel major heat from the growth of free porn on the Internet.

Remember when virtual worlds were in the press what seemed like every day? Well, that day has long since passed, but it appears that has had absolutely no impact on their ability to continue to recruit new members.

China has ordered Google to disable several key functions on the local edition of the search engine after accusing it of failing to control access to pornographic sites. But it appears Google is only partially complying with the demands.

China has long been known to block access to any Web site deemed objectionable by officials. Now the Chinese government has decreed that all new PCs sold in the country will include a firewall to block certain sites to maintain a more harmonious Internet experience.

South Carolina’s Attorney General has been told he must halt threatened plans to prosecute the owners of Craigslist over prostitution adverts. The site has been granted a temporary restraining order against Henry McMaster.

Craigslist is to take its own legal action over a dispute with South Carolina’s attorney general. The site says Henry McMaster should not be continuing with his legal threats now that Craigslist has agreed to changes to its adult service listings.

Even after agreeing to totally revamp its erotic services section, Craigslist is still in trouble with the law, especially in Greenville, SC where the DA is threatening criminal charges.

Craigslist, a popular online classifieds service, has been forced to clean up the ‘Erotic Services’ section of its site after months of pressure from law enforcement agencies and several other groups. There will still be a section dedicated to the subject, but it will be re-branded as ‘Adult Services’ and will be 100 percent manually moderated.

Craigslist is coming under increasing pressure from state officials over its carrying of ‘erotic services’ ads. Management from the site have met with attorneys general of three states, while another has demanded it close the relevant section.

Last Thursday Philip Markoff was arrested for killing a woman he met through the popular classifieds site Craigslist. Boston police suspect Markoff was meeting women through the site in order to rob them and collect money to pay off a large gambling debt. In the wake of the arrest, the founders of Craigslist, Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster, were interviewed by ABC’s Nightline on their thoughts on the entire situation and how it will affect Craigslist.

Several travel firms make a good living from selling island holidays which guarantee no children anywhere to be seen. But Second Life is going one step beyond: it’s launching an adults-only continent.

Amazon says its removal from sales charts of books by gay and lesbian authors was a blunder rather than a policy decision. Meanwhile a blogger claims he got the books removed through an automated complaints process.

When shopping on Amazon, many people use a particular books ranking to determine whether or not to purchase it. A book’s ranking is determined by how many overall copies it has sold, and the more popular a book is, the more likely it will be to sell more copies. Recently, Amazon has decided to stop ranking titles that are categorized as “adult” titles, which includes a substantial amount of gay and lesbian books that are not adult in nature.

In one certain category, depending upon who you talk to, Craigslist is either the best thing since sliced bread or the worst thing since Al Capone. What is it about Craigslist and sex?

A Vermont judge has ruled that a man detained at the border for possible child pornography possession should be required to type in his PGP encryption key so that his computer can be examined.

We have several updates to recent stories on our TECH channel. First up, it’s now looking as if Facebook’s change of heart over planned changes to its terms and conditions had less to do with user outrage and more to do with the threat of legal problems.