Senator nostalgic for ‘Playboy’ and ‘Hustler’

A senator has warned that the easy availability of internet porn makes her “nostalgic” for the days when magazines like Playboy and Hustler dominated the adult market.

Senator nostalgic for ‘Playboy’ and ‘Hustler’

Mary Ann O’Brien said she was concerned that web porn is now “poisoning our children’s minds”.

As David Cameron, the British prime minister, announced plans to clamp down on illegal internet pornography, Ms O’Brien told the Seanad that Ireland also needed to face up to the problem: “We are allowing our children to see material that a decade ago would have been accessible only in an extreme fetish club.

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