Porn Lovers Win: Blogger Ban on Adult Content Reversed

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Google has given in to porn enthusiasts who were less than thrilled about a recent ban on adult content within Blogger

• BY ANGELA MOSCARITOLO
• FEBRUARY 27, 2015 09:45AM EST

Not even Google can erase porn from the Internet.

Just three days after banning explicit sexual content on Blogger, Google has given in to pressure from porn fans who were less than thrilled about the new policy. The Web giant on Friday announced that it has changed its mind and will not crack down on adult content on its blogging platform, after all.

The turnaround comes after Google on Tuesday said it would no longer allow "images and video that are sexually explicit or show graphic nudity" on Blogger, as of March 23. Any existing blogs containing porn would be made private, unless the admin deleted the offending content.

Now, Google says that porn will be allowed on Blogger, but asked people to tag pages with nudity, so that Blogger can display an "adult content" warning page before that content is served up.

"This week, we announced a change to Blogger's porn policy," Google's Social Product Support Manager, Jessica Pelegio, wrote in a post on the Blogger Help Forum. "We've had a ton of feedback, in particular about the introduction of a retroactive change (some people have had accounts for 10+ years), but also about the negative impact on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities. So rather than implement this change, we've decided to step up enforcement around our existing policy prohibiting commercial porn."

That commercial porn ban, instated in 2013, strictly prohibits adult ads on Blogger and the monetization of adult content, meaning you can't start a blog on the site to make money off porn.

So, in other words, long live porn on the Internet.

Warren Sapp arrested on suspicion of soliciting prostitute, assault Staff report, USA TODAY Sports

from usatoday

Staff report, USA TODAY Sports4:48 p.m. EST February 2, 2015

Phoenix police arrested Sapp, 42, at 7 a.m. MT Monday at a downtown Phoenix hotel on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute and assault allegations, said Lt. Brandon Jones, a sheriff's spokesman.

Police were originally called to the hotel on a noise disturbance and when officers arrived a woman said she had been assaulted, said Sgt. Trent Crump, a Phoenix police spokesman.

The woman told police that she and another woman were working as escorts and that an argument about money in a guest's room turned physical and spilled out into the hallway, Crump said.

Investigators said they determined that an act of prostitution had occurred in the guest's room, and Sapp was arrested, Crump said.

Sapp told investigators that he had paid one of the women for sex but he denied any assault, according to police.

Investigators said they observed minor injuries on both of the women involved which were consistent with assault, Crump said.

One of the women was later cited for engaging in prostitution and released, Crump said.

The second woman left the scene before officers arrived and was later located at a Peoria hotel where she was cited for violating escort-related ordinances, Crump said.

Sapp is an NFL Network analyst and played professionally with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders after a collegiate career at the University of Miami (Fla.)

Sapp was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2013.