Study on What Pornography Users Pay Attention to Provides Evidence for Addiction
January 7, 2026
Research has shown that pornography usage can disrupt one’s attention span, similar to the behavior of substance addicts.
Research has shown that pornography usage can disrupt one’s attention span, similar to the behavior of substance addicts.
WASHINGTON, DC (January 2, 2026) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has called out X (formerly Twitter) for normalizing the sexual exploitation of
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Pornhub and xHamster encouraged and profited from nonconsensual voyeur videos. Yet a judge said they are not liable.
Research shows pornography usage can escalate over time to more extreme content. For some people, this includes viewing child sexual abuse material.
At a Senate hearing in September, former Meta researchers testified that the tech giant erased safety research on its virtual reality tool.
WASHINGTON, DC (October 15, 2025) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is calling on OpenAI to reverse its plan to allow “erotica” (a.k.a.
WASHINGTON, DC (October 7, 2025) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is calling on X (formerly Twitter) to add safeguards and stringent age
Study shows pornography usage alters the brain in the same way substance addictions do.
Neural Substrates of Sexual Desire in Individuals with Problematic Hypersexual Behavior Ji-Woo Seok and Jin-Hun Sohn Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9, no. 321 (2015): 1–11