Last week we provided the BBC with some interesting data illustrating how UK Internet visits to Social Networks and Forums have overtaken Adult websites. As the chart below illustrates, social networks overtook last October and have remained ahead since.

Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear an appeal of a ruling that struck down as unconstitutional the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), which was designed to protect children from sexual and other harmful content on the Internet. Originally passed back in 1998, COPA has never been enforced, as opponents sued to block it soon after it passed.

Beijing - Following through with a campaign launched earlier this month to "clean up a vulgar current on the Internet," the Chinese government has shut down 91 websites, citing their display of pornography, vulgarity and other offensive content, Reuters reported, citing the state-run China.com.cn.

Los Angeles - CrushedPlanet.com, a pre-bubble Web video site from the creators of HBO's "Taxicab Confessions" that focused on adult-oriented content, has re-launched as a paid video site with 15 channels, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The site initially launched in 1999, but shuttered two years later due to insufficient broadband penetration. It will feature videos related to sex, relationships and other topics, charging subscription fees of $9.95/month and $99.95/year, or between $0.99 and $3.99 for a la carte videos.

San Francisco - Zivity, a subscription-based social network where models and photographers can post "professional-quality photography promoting female beauty and expression" for members, said on Monday that it has raised $7 million in its second round of financing, from BlueRun Ventures and Founders Fund.

Agoura Hills, Calif. - THQ Wireless (NASD: THQI) announced on Monday that it has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA), to exclusively develop and publish Playboy-branded mobile games. The first of the non-nude mobile games featuring bikini-clad models, "Playboy Games: Pool Party," is scheduled for release this summer.

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Las Vegas - A Miami-based company has developed a set-top box that will deliver over 20,000 DVD-quality adult films over a broadband connection to consumers' home televisions, the Associated Press reports.

Today’s Science Daily tidbit is that advertising during television programs with sexy content is less effective than during programs with no sexy content. This is the research finding of Ellie Parker and Adrian Furnham of the Department of Psychology of the University College London.

Chicago - Some 42% of U.S. youth (ages 10-17) have seen online pornography, with two-thirds saying they were not looking for porn when they encountered it, according to a new study from the University of New Hampshire in Durham published in the medical journal Pediatrics.

Barcelona - Private Media Group, a distributor of adult entertainment content, on Friday announced that it projects its mobile business will grow by 130 million handsets to 674 million in the first quarter of 2007. The company said its adult mobile content is expected to go live with twelve new wireless carriers in Japan, Argentina, Canada, Hong Kong, Columbia, Ecuador, Sweden and Finland. "Private is aggressively developing the global distribution of its mobile content," said Tim Clausen, Private's director of mobile operations. "The focus in 2007 will be on developing incremental distribution in the Asia Pacific region and Latin America."