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article, Bleckner's "age, 33-inch waistline and youthful photo" were questioned, but ultimately accepted by the magazine as true since "overall (for
Internet personals), he's a pretty honest, bland dude. Like his art." Bleckner laughed off the incident, saying "For them, that's high praise!"
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men represented in member profiles is higher than the percentage of non-White people in the United States population, though the degree to which this is true varies by city/region. For instance, research into demographic representation in
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Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr. also said the Child Online
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It’s just a series of land mines designed to trap the unwary if you file it wrong, if you put it in wrong alphabetical order you’re facing federal prosecution on a first offense with a maximum of five years, a secondary offense a minimum of two years. It’s just
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of my own ID and a list in my home ready for federal inspection, a paper with my legal name, or any name I have ever used under any circumstances the form of ID I provided to myself, the serial number of that ID and signed under penalty of
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Resource" page as well as a page devoted to "Online Safety Tips". The site encourages health organizations to create "Health Counselor" accounts. All these measures encourage good health practices such as
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entitled "Morbid Web Site Makes
Amusement of Online Profiles Left Behind by the Dead" discusses a site that highlights the user profiles on various social networking websites. Adam4Adam is mentioned several times and it is noted that
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The same police officer also noted that these criminals are often technologically savvy and create profiles using fake information and other people's photos from cyber cafés or public libraries, making them difficult to trace.
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anyone with a sexually explicit picture on a site like Adam4Adam.com could be considered a secondary producer if the new regulations go into effect, and would be subject to the same type of requirements that the
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evidences a trend of higher representations of men of color among younger age cohorts, with decreasing diversity in profiles as age increase. This is also true of Adam4Adam membership in the United
Kingdom.
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Internet, a federal judge ruled Thursday in striking down the measure on free-speech grounds.
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door. Gay male social networking sites like Manhunt, Adam4Adam and the recently launched DList, for "edgy gay men," provide just as easy an opportunity for men to find a coffee date as easy as a
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online to rob. A number of men in New York City used the site to lure a Brooklyn man to a remote area where he was robbed and murdered. The men were found when one user was identified via his
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are over the age of 18. They would also have to "categorize those documents in a meticulous manner", with failure to comply resulting in possible felony charges and prison time.
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was an avid user of adam4adam.com, a popular gay chat and hook-up Web site. Instincts told us that the victim may have met his killer online and invited him into his
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