‘Ofcom’s model is robust’: Pornhub launching tougher age verification for UK users
Aylo has said that its porn sites will introduce more robust age verification checks in the UK, to ensure that its sites’ users are aged 18…
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Pornhub-owner Aylo calls for ‘global’ device-level age verification for porn, after unblocking French access
Pornhub’s parent company Aylo has called for device-level age verification for accessing online porn to be implemented on a “global level”, after the company reinstated access…
Social platforms face backlash over flawed AI adult content moderation
Social media users are becoming increasingly concerned about content being falsely flagged as ‘adult’, and sometimes banned, amid an increase in some platforms’ use of AI…
Ofcom targets ‘smaller’ porn sites in UK age check crackdown
UK regulator warns even niche adult sites must comply with age verification law.
Meta sues over AI ‘nudify’ app adverts flooding Instagram
Meta is suing an AI ‘nudify’ app company, as part of a crackdown the media giant says it is undertaking on such apps being advertised on…
Pornhub blocks France: ‘There will always be a way’ around blocks, Minister admits
Following Aylo blocking access to its porn sites in France, the French digital minister has admitted that there will “always be a way” to get around…
Australia seeks record fine in first deepfake porn case as global crackdown intensifies
Is the global crackdown on nonconsensual deepfake porn starting to properly bite? It seems so. Following tough new rules regarding creating and sharing nonconsensual deepfake porn…
Pornhub among porn sites investigated by EU authorities over age verification
The European Commission has launched an investigation into Pornhub and three other porn sites and platforms, with the organization suspecting that they are not complying with…
Sweden criminalizes paying for online sex acts, putting live cam and OnlyFans users at risk of prison
Sweden’s parliament has passed a law amendment criminalizing buying and commissioning sex acts remotely, raising the prospect of live porn cam and OnlyFans users facing prison…
Navigating online erotic hypnosis safely and ethically
Once confined to obscure parts of the internet, erotic hypnosis has made its way into mainstream digital kink spaces. As a growing number of people seek…
Undress.cc and US porn site investigated by Ofcom over new age verification rules
Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulation authority, is investigating a porn site company and a company behind AI ‘nudify’ web apps, that the authority believes may not…
Legal scholars advocate criminalizing VR ‘rape’
If you use a female-presenting avatar when entering a metaverse space, it’s usually not long before a penguin or elf or… whatever avatar begins groping, humping,…
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