LINKS

ADULTS

Links to adult websites and sections, or not suitable for under-aged people or mentally-handicapped persons.

The adult websites have become an important sector in the Internet, introducing a very varied offer of subjects and services in a process that has meant its worldwide popularization based on elements of anonymity and confidentiality in the access and use of their contents.

In return, adult websites have also contributed to the development of the Internet by giving a boost to new technologies needed for the development and introduction their different offers to the market: transmission of video and audio elements, online payment systems, automatic user validation processes, geographical location of users and servers, webcam systems, etc.

What were formerly mere online versions of traditional emporiums dedicated to the erotic and porn industry, such as Playboy or Private, have given place to the development of an exclusively online large-scale production of contents that includes innovative interactive features in constant evolution.

In addition, and together with the development of professional services intended for an adult clientele, there have been emerging private offers from people interested in expressing their sexuality and exchanging experiences through a medium that provides more and more means for the creation and worldwide distribution of amateur content.

Nevertheless, the popularization of websites with adult content has also given rise certain undesirable consequences and diverse problems derived from abusive practices relating to children, publication of private information and images, online scams to defraud people looking for a relationship, and a long etcetera of abuses, many of them categorized as a criminal offence under the law of many countries, and which are been addressed by the different authorities and organisms in charge of watching over the rights of Internet users.

In this way, the computer industry has developed a whole series of software systems to filter and block adult contents from web browsing, both in relating to specific contents, or regarding possible users of this websites (parental filters, restricted access for children, etc.) .

Moreover, diverse countries and international organizations have already promulgated new legislative bodies and embarked on projects to address problems that, in many cases, negatively affect the fundamental rights of individual and groups around the world.

In this section, we accept reciprocal links to adult websites, as an option to developers interested in link exchange operations.