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• Azov Films Prosecutions Starting in 2012, some US customers of Azov Films have been arrested and charged with receipt and possession of child pornography: some of the nude visual material has been construed as illegal by US Law Enforcement Officers ("LEO's"), including agents of the United States Postal Inspection Service.

• BoyWiki Annual Report (december 2012) Since the English BoyWiki's reopening, the Recent Changes pages has been very active, listing new entries and updates. It documents a wide-ranging effort of sorting out, categorizing, tagging entries, updating, adapting and new creating templates.

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• Age of consent should be 13, says barrister (BBC News, UK) - Barbara Hewson told online magazine Spiked that the move was necessary in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal to end the "persecution of old men".

• Yewtree is destroying the rule of law (Barbara Hewson - spiked, UK) With its emphasis on outcomes over process, the post-Savile witch-hunting of ageing celebs echoes the Soviet Union.

• Dutch Court Says Pedophilia Advocacy Group Martijn Can Continue (The Daily Beast) Judges in the Netherlands have ruled that an organization that wants to legalize pedophilia can continue to exist. Cintia Taylor speaks with the group’s most recent leader.

• ‘If you question the Savile crusade, you're seen as evil’(spiked UK) Frank Furedi on his new book about Jimmy Savile, and why it's so hard, but so important, to challenge the moral crusade on child abuse.

• Are Some Men Born Pedophiles? New Science Says Yes, But Sexologists Say Not So Fast (AlterNet) New discoveries are upending the nurture versus nature debate.

• Using children as a moral shield (spiked, UK) Officials and charities that use children to front their moralistic campaigns are trying to shut down criticism and opposition.

• Paedophilia: bringing dark desires to light (The Guardian UK) In 1976 the National Council for Civil Liberties, the respectable (and responsible) pressure group now known as Liberty, made a submission to parliament's criminal law revision committee. It caused barely a ripple. "Childhood sexual experiences, willingly engaged in with an adult," it read, "result in no identifiable damage …

In Other News

• Porn’s negative effect on teen sexuality exaggerated, study says (The Globe and Mail) - In spite of widespread warnings that pornography is warping young people’s sex lives, new research suggests parents have no need to panic: It may not be as influential on teens’ sexual behaviour as we may think.

• Graham Ovenden convicted of child sex offences (the Guardian UK) Artist found guilty at Truro crown court of six charges of indecency with a child and one count of indecent assault.

• Man sent to jail for watching 'pixie sex' - A man has been jailed for watching cartoon videos of elves, pixies and other fantasy creatures having sex. (New Zealand)

• Crown to seek jail term for cartoon porn importer (Christchurch Court News) - The Crown will seek a jail term for a German visitor who arrived at Christchurch Airport with thousands of cartoon-style Japanese “Manga” images depicting male children aged about seven to 13 years involved in sexual acts including anal sex, oral sex, and masturbation. (New Zealand)

Art and Entertainment

New on DVD

• North Sea Texas (2011) (IMDb) A teenage boy's search for love finds him infatuated with an older boy who lives nearby.

• The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) (IMDb) A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.

• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) (IMBd) A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

• Wrath of the Titans (IMDb) Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.

• Hugo (2011) (IMDb) Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

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Michael Jackson’s Dangerous Liaisons is a book by the writer/novelist Tom O'Carroll under the pen name “Carl Toms” in which he comprehensively reviews the controversially intimate relationships of the late American singer Michael Jackson with young boys