Pornhub, Chaturbate and OnlyFans on Italy’s new porn age verification list
Italy has become the latest country to toughen porn access laws, publishing a list of 45 sites that must introduce robust age verification from November 12….
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Character.AI bans open-ended chats for under-18s as tech giants split on erotic AI
Character.AI will ban under-18s from having open-ended conversations with its AI chatbots by November 25, 2025, following lawsuits over teen deaths. The move comes as the…
Pornhub says UK traffic dropped 77% after age verification laws as users flock to non-compliant sites
Pornhub has seen its UK traffic plummet by 77 percent since age verification requirements took effect in July 2025 under the Online Safety Act. The site's…
California’s AI chatbot law is ‘first-of-its-kind’ – will other states and countries follow?
California has signed groundbreaking legislation requiring AI companion chatbot companies to implement safety measures including artificial identity reminders, minor protection from sexual content, and suicide prevention…
Inevitable? Discord data breach exposes 70,000 government IDs through age verification hack
Discord says 70,000 government IDs may have been exposed after hackers breached Zendesk, a third-party vendor used for age verification appeals.
Man hit with record AUD $343,000 fine for posting deepfake porn in Australia
Australia just sent a powerful message to deepfake criminals. Anthony Rotondo copped a massive AUD $343,000 fine – the country's first major penalty for posting AI-generated…
ChatGPT will guess your age to block sexual content and ‘flirtatious talk’
OpenAI is rolling out a clever new feature where ChatGPT will guess your age based on how you chat, then automatically adjust what content it's willing…
Australia will require age checks for online porn from March 2026
Starting March 9, 2026, Australians will need to prove they're adults before accessing online pornography, as the country implements sweeping new digital safety measures that could…
UK watchdog investigates 22 porn sites over age verification failures
The UK’s communications regulation authority has launched age verification investigations into 22 porn sites, that collectively have over eight million unique monthly UK visitors. Ofcom said…
Sex robots should be designed to give consent, says law researcher
A Dutch legal researcher is proposing that AI-powered sex robots should be designed with explicit consent features—not because the robots need protection, but to reinforce healthy…
Roblox to introduce age estimation for anyone using its chat functions by end of 2025
Roblox has announced that it will introduce age estimation for anyone who uses the games platform’s communications features by the end of 2025. The move follows…
Meta retrains AI chatbots to prevent ‘sensual’ conversations with children
Meta is training its AI assistant and chatbots to not have inappropriate conversations with children, following the exposure of an internal document showing that the company…
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Coverage thread Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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