Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 2: Internet Porn

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Stoya and fellow performer James Deen at the 70th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2013 in Venice, Italy. Bruce Johnson, Clare Toeniskoetter
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Stoya and fellow performer James Deen at the 70th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2013 in Venice, Italy. Bruce Johnson, Clare Toeniskoetter

Codebreaker - Is It Evil? Ep 2: Internet Porn

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A man whose job is scrubbing porn from the web; adult film star Stoya’s battle against free, pirated porn; and the dirty history of tagging. Listen, decode and decide: Is internet porn evil?

Produced by Marketplace in partnership with Tech Insider, Codebreaker is a new podcast that dares to ask – and answer – the fundamental questions about technology that consume us every day. In season one, we’re starting with three deceptively simple words: Is it evil? In each episode, host Ben Johnson will apply this question to a different technology. 

Codebreaker isn’t just the name of our podcast, it’s also a way to listen. Each episode contains a hint to to help you immediately unlock the next installment and ultimately the entire season. Think you’ve cracked a code? Head over to Codebreaker.codes and enter it. If decoding isn’t your thing, listen along with your favorite audio app, as we publish a new episode every Wednesday.