Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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Analysis ‘Individual websites will not save us’: SubscribeStar Adult joins the list of NSFW platforms reshaped by financial pressure
SubscribeStar Adult has updated its terms of service to ban certain sexual content categories, prompting backlash from users who accuse the platform of capitulating to payment processor demands. The article contextualizes this within a
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Major porn sites lose nearly half their UK traffic after new age verification laws (but smaller sites grow)
Major porn platforms including Pornhub, XVideos, and xHamster lost nearly half their UK traffic within two weeks of the UK's Online Safety Act age verification requirements taking effect on July 25, 2025. The drop
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News Games platform GOG says it’s fighting the ‘quiet erasure’ of legal NSFW games
GOG launched a campaign called 'Freedomtobuy.games' protesting the removal of legal NSFW adult games from platforms like Steam and Itch.io, which acted under pressure from credit card companies policing explicit content. The platform briefly
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Bellesa blocks UK users, says age verification law threatens artistic expression and creator livelihoods
Bellesa has blocked UK users following the toughening of age verification laws on July 25, 2025, arguing the current site-level approach is flawed and harms creators' artistic expression and livelihoods. The site advocates for
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News Pornhub 2024 in Review: Female users up, animated porn dominates, and an increase in ‘mormon’ searches
Pornhub's 2024 Year in Review data reveals that female users grew to 38% of the site's audience, hentai topped searches for the fourth consecutive year, and animated content continued its dominance with a 28%
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News Porn subreddits ‘go dark’ in protest of incoming third-party porn ban (and other changes)
Thousands of Reddit subreddits, including major adult content communities, went private for 48 hours to protest Reddit's new policies charging third-party app developers and restricting explicit content from third-party apps starting July 5. The
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Analysis Pornhub owner MindGeek acquired by ‘ethics-first’ investment firm
Ethical Capital Partners (ECP), a self-described 'ethics-first' private equity firm, acquired MindGeek on March 16, 2023, taking ownership of Pornhub and its network of adult sites. The article examines what the acquisition means for
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News Slinky Winky lets porn creators sell content to fans through Telegram
Slinky Winky is a new creator-to-fan monetization platform that operates entirely within Telegram, allowing adult content creators to sell sexts, videos, and voice/video calls to fans while bypassing Apple App Store restrictions on adult
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News Google SafeSearch will blur NSFW image results by default
Google announced it will blur sexually explicit and graphically violent images by default in search results, even for users without SafeSearch enabled, as part of its Safer Internet Day initiative. Users can opt out
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News ‘Real amateur homemade’: Pornhub’s 2022 year in review
Pornhub's 2022 year-in-review data reveals a sharp rise in demand for reality and amateur homemade porn, with searches for 'real amateur homemade' up 310% in the US. The data also highlights continued growth in
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News ‘The last frontier’: Sex worker survey highlights creator reliance on Twitter
A survey by Sex Work CEO of over 200 online sex workers reveals that 97.3% rely on Twitter to find new fans, underscoring the platform's unique and critical role as the only major social
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News RealGirlsNow passthrough for Quest 2 and Pro brings AR virtual strippers into your home (or anywhere else)
Naughty America's relaunched virtual strip club platform Real Girls Now has added passthrough AR functionality for Meta Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets, significantly enhancing the mixed reality experience. The platform allows users to
