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Offers news, legislative updates, court decisions, statutes relating to pornography and obscenity. A subscription is required.
http://www.sexbizlaw.com

New York University Professor Irving Kristol argues for a certain level of censorship.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7ewbutler/kristol.html

Creating Social Justice, concerned about the links between pornography and violence against women and child abuse, has launched a boycott campaign against 10 companies they feel have contributed to the mainstreaming of pornography.
http://www.endhomelessnessnow.org/Pornography/corporate.htm

Enables people to make reports about possible violations of internet obscenity laws to U.S. Attorneys.
http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/

Essay by Laurie Hall on how porn can ruin families.
http://www.bauercom.net/pornography_whats_the_big_deal.htm

A feminist anti-porn monthly zine. Articles and essays look at the images of women in porn and in the media and how these images help create and support an atmosphere where violence against women, especially rape, is a common occurance.
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/1073/

An evangelical religious advocacy organization that opposes alleged pornographic and vulgar content in the media.
http://www.americandecency.org/

Helps to bring awareness, openness, accountability, and recovery to the church, society, and individuals in the issues of pornography and to begin to provide solutions through non-judgmental and creative means.
http://www.xxxchurch.com/default.asp?ck=1

Documenting the pornography industry's multibillion-dollar rise into mainstream American life.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn/

Explores the legal and social issues of Internet pornography in the US.
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/...presentations/c_hogg/default.htm

A questionnaire project that aims to examine links between cyberporn use, childhood abuse, family functioning, and the emotional well being of Internet porn viewers.
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/research/index.html

An analysis of the peculiarities of pornography on the Internet.
http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/websoc/pornography.html

An article discussing just what is pornography.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography

Long article tries to answer the question, "What does porn do to men?"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1079016,00.html

Self regulation and external regulation of pornography on the internet. Author: Albert Benschop (University of Amsterdam).
http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/websoc/regulation_porno.html

Novelist Antonella Gambotto's controversial essay on the impact of porn.
http://www.antonellagambotto.com/PornographyEffects.htm