MiM Releases 2014 ‘Dirty Dozen’ List of Leading Porn Facilitators

LOS ANGELES—Lucky world. Morality in Media’s 2014 Dirty Dozen list of entities most responsible for the spread of pornography has just been released. It’s a compilation you could in all honesty make with your eyes closed, but there do remain a few surprises, including one left over from last year, the rather forced addition of the American Library Association. And considering the proximity of the Academy Awards, we thought there might be mention of evil Hollywood, but being limited to just twelve evildoers MiM probably had a hard time picking which to include. In an indication of how hard the task is, the cash-starved group mentioned in a press release issued today, “Those companies from the 2013 List, which have been excluded from the current List, have not necessarily ceased profiting from pornography but made improvements. They included the Pentagon for halting sales of porn in the Army and Air Force exchanges, and Comcast for improving parental controls.” So, just to be clear, Comcast and Army and Air Force exchange still bad. MiM also listed the entities it deems porn-facilitators of the worst degree along with a brief explanation of why each is included on the list: Attorney General Eric Holder – Mr. Holder refuses to enforce existing federal obscenity laws against hardcore adult pornography, despite the fact that these laws have been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court and effectively enforced by previous attorneys general. Verizon – Verizon pushes porn into our homes now through hardcore pay-per-view movies on FIOS, smartphones, and tablets and as an Internet Service Provider with insufficient filtering options. Sex Week – Yale and other colleges and universities repeatedly offer Sex Week on campus. Porn stars are routinely invited to lecture and pornography that glamourizes “fantasy rape” is screened. Playstation – PlayStation’s live-streaming abilities are filling thousands of homes with live porn and the PlayStation Store sells hundreds of pornographic and sexually violent games. Facebook – Facebook has become a top place to trade pornography, child pornography and for sexual exploitation. Facebook’s guidelines prohibit such behavior, but the company is doing little to enforce them. Barnes & Noble – This Fortune 500 Company is a major supplier of adult pornography and child erotica.  They regularly put pornography near the children's sections in their stores and provide free, unfiltered porn publications on their Nook e-reader. Hilton – This hotel chain, like Hyatt, Starwood and many other top hotel chains, provides hardcore pornography movie choices. Porn channels are often the first advertisement on their in-room TVs. American Library Association – The ALA encourages public libraries to keep their computers unfiltered and allow patrons, including children, to access pornography. Google – Google’s empire thrives on porn. Porn is easily available, even to children, through YouTube, GooglePlay, Google Images and Google Ads. Tumblr – This popular social media blogging site bombards users with porn. Users must only be 13 and the filters do not work. 50 Shades of Gray – This bestselling book series and upcoming movie are normalizing sexual violence, domination, and torture of women. Oprah Winfrey Network, Broadway and other mainstream outlets have even promoted this abusive lifestyle. Cosmopolitan Magazine – The magazine is a full-on pornographic, “how-to” sex guide, encouraging women to accept the pornified culture around them. They specifically market this content to teen girls. MiM’s executive director, the flight-phobic Dawn Hawkins, commented, “These Dirty Dozen companies profit daily from the sexual exploitation of others and our campaign against them will not stop until their exploitation stops. Many of them may be in violation of current, enforceable U.S. obscenity laws that prohibit the distribution of obscene or hardcore pornography.” You can also enjoy the MiM Dirty Dozen here. Image: Oh shit, wrong Dirty Dozen.