Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Larry Flynt's daughter calls for DoJ porn crackdown, *yawn*


Larry Flynt's estranged daughter Tonya Flynt-Vega is demanding that the Justice Department take tougher action against porn sites, particularly those depicting incest or pedophilia. Note: the Hustler mag mastermind has more than one daughter. Ms. Flynt-Vega is not to be confused with Theresa Flynt-Gaerke, who is credited with having developed the popular chain of Hustler retail stores.

I'm not sure what exactly is news here, if anything -- it seems that the specific variety of rogue sites she's complaining about are already defined as illegal under existing law, and already the target of ongoing Justice enforcement efforts. Perhaps her publicist was just having a slow day.

Tonya Flynt-Vega, whose recent autobiography called porn the greatest menace in America today, was reported by the Agape Press as saying that - with Adult Internet purveyors “always look(ing) for new ways to stretch norms and push the cultural envelope” - she believed a Justice crackdown would not come until citizens become outraged enough, especially over adult-child and incest sex sites she thinks proliferate far more than the general public realizes.

“For me and my family, there is no turning back. Larry Flynt is my father, and his empire is the enemy. I am fighting what may be the greatest menace in America today, one that threatens women, children, and ultimately, the soul of our society. My journey has been long, and it has not been easy. I have been threatened. My faith has been challenged. But I have persevered…”

Link (via Warren), and link to previous BB posts about Xeni's interviews with Larry Flynt: one, two. Also, more in this story: Link (via Fleshbot).



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