Expert: Child traffickers target runaways, “throwaways”
“Polaris Project, a nonprofit organization that studies human trafficking, has more frequently seen cases in which children were sold by family members ‘out of desperation in developing countries’ such as Cambodia or sub-Saharan African nations, said executive director and CEO Mark Lagon . . . More common in the United States are traffickers who exploit abused runaways or so-called ‘throwaways’ — children abandoned by their parents and living on the streets, Lagon said.”
NH Supreme Court rules that evidence of child pornography discovered after defendant abandoned his apartment is admissible
New Hampshire v. Howe, No. No. 2008-445 (N.H. Nov. 17, 2009)
No Surprise: Coed Dorms Fuel Sex and Drinking
“A new study finds university students in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink every week. And no surprise, they’re also likely to have more sexual partners, the study found. Also, pornography use was higher among students in coed dorms. Some 90 percent of U.S. college dorms are now coed . . . The findings are detailed in the Journal of American College Health.”
D. Hawaii: TSA cannot search based on child porn content
U.S. v. McCarty, No. CRIM 08-00513 JMS, 2009 WL 3923097 (D. Hawii, Nov. 17, 2009)
Detroit: Vote on strip club ordinance may be delayed
“A lack of a quorum at a Detroit City Council meeting this morning may derail a scheduled vote next week on a licensing ordinance to govern strip clubs in the city.”
SafeSearch on Google
Locking SafeSearch
Official Google Blog, 11.11.2009
“When you’re searching on Google, we think you should have the choice to keep adult content out of your search results . . . Today we’re launching a feature that lets you lock your SafeSearch setting to the Strict level of filtering.”
9th Circuit: Cell phones, internet, condoms implicate interstate commerce in enticement of minor to prostitution
U.S. v. Santos, No. 08-10406, 2009 WL 3748191 (9th Cir., Nov. 10, 2009)
E.D. Mo.: Connection between IP and physical address sufficient for probable cause
U.S. v. Massey, No. 4:09CR506-DJS, 2009 WL 3762322 (E.D. Mo. Nov. 10, 2009)
Courts divide over constitutionality of sex toy bans
FindLaw: “The Supreme Court of Alabama recently upheld a state obscenity law banning the sale or promotion of sex toys. In so holding, the Court agreed with one of the two federal appellate courts to consider the same question in recent cases”
Idaho: Citizens for Decency plans lecture on pornography and the brain
“A local anti-pornography group wants to help people avoid pornography addiction and recover if they are already involved with it. The nonprofit Citizens for Decency group has planned a three city series of events on Saturday that features Dr. Donald L. Hilton Jr., who will make a presentation called “Visual Addiction: Pornography and the Brain.’”
