Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers and YouPorn are now all blocking US users in two more states
Pornhub has kicked off 2024 by blocking the site in Montana and North Carolina due to new age verification rules, following the introduction of blocks in…
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Aylo to pay millions of dollars in yet another Pornhub legal case
Pornhub’s owner Aylo has agreed to pay the US government $1.8 million, plus payments to women harmed by trafficking, after admitting to profiting from sex trafficking…
Age verification process for watching porn in the UK could include being forced to let AI scan your face to assess your age
Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulatory authority, is considering using AI facial age assessments as part of verification processes to access online porn in the country. The…
New Mexico claims there’s 10x more ‘child exploitative content’ on Instagram and Facebook than Pornhub or OnlyFans
The state of New Mexico’s attorney general has claimed in a lawsuit against Meta that Facebook and Instagram feature more “certain child exploitative content” on their…
European porn crackdown: Italian phones registered to minors have default content blocker enabled from today
Italy is set to begin enforcing a new rule compelling all phone providers in the country to install porn-blocking filters on phones registered to minors. It’s…
AI image generator PromptAI is somehow now available on Apple’s App Store
22/11/2023 – Update The company behind PromptAI has now added filters to the app which attempt to prevent the creation of NSFW AI images. The company…
‘Like destroying the universe because it contains evil’: Video chat site Omegle shut down
Omegle, the social video site that paired you for chats with a random stranger ala Chatroulette-style, has been shut down following the site being branded a…
US plans to introduce watermark rules for AI images and videos
The US government has introduced new AI regulation that will give guidance on watermarking AI-generated content, that could theoretically lead to deepfake videos and images, including…
TikTok’s reported LGBTQ+ Kenya censorship plan shows its hypocrisy
TikTok chiefs and Kenyan authorities are reportedly in talks about censoring LGBTQ+ content on the platform in the country, after a Kenyan petitioner called for the…
Pornhub owner Aylo sued for alleged sex and human trafficking weeks after ‘ethical’ rebrand
Aylo, the company that owns porn sites including Pornhub and that recently changed its name from MindGeek, has been sued by a new wave of women…
Nissan and Kia can collect and potentially sell data about drivers’ sex lives
A damning new report about car manufacturers’ customer privacy and data collection has highlighted how Nissan and Kia say they can potentially collect data about drivers’…
‘A positive step’: Pornhub’s ethical drive continues with revenge porn crackdown
Aylo, the Canadian firm formerly known as MindGeek and owner of Pornhub, has partnered with a platform dedicated to combating revenge porn. This collaboration aims to…
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Coverage thread Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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