The march of AI into the heart of the dating app world continues apace. A new Japanese dating app eschews humans to allow you to ‘date’ AI characters, while Bumble is attempting to crack down further on fake, AI-generated profiles. Elsewhere, there’s a new dating app safety code being introduced in Australia, although there is […]

Spain is set to roll out an app-based age verification process allowing adults to access porn in the country, as the authorities prepare for an EU law regarding porn and age verification that currently looks likely to come into force in 2027. The new ‘porn passport’ process, as it has been dubbed in parts of […]

Etsy is banning the sale of genital-contact sex toys on its US e-commerce site, as well as banning porn and other highly-explicit visual content. The company said it was updating its adult nudity and sexual content policy so it can “continue to keep our users safe”. The site, founded in 2005, is arguably best known […]

Pornhub has announced that the site is set to be blocked in five further US states in summer 2024, due to new age verification rules, having already been blocked in a plethora of states over the past few years. Aylo, Pornhub’s parent company, announced that from July 1 the site will be blocked in Indiana, […]

Would you watch a movie about the rise of Bumble, called Swiped? Would you like to hide dating apps on your iPhone, so your partner doesn’t see them? Do you live in Tokyo, and if so, will you sign a pledge saying you’ll only use a government-approved dating app to try and find a marriage […]

A new app called Duolicious has earned a reputation as the dating app of choice for users of the controversial messageboard 4chan, and has garnered attention for the truly batshit contents of some of its users’ profiles. Over the past year the app has gained traction to the point where it reportedly has over 50,000 […]

The owner of the adult camming site Chaturbate [very NSFW] has reached a $675,000 legal settlement with the State of Texas, over the site’s alleged lack of compliance with the state’s online pornography age verification rules. In March 2024, Multi Media LLC, which owns Chaturbate, was sued by Texas authorities for allegedly failing to implement […]

Aylo has disabled access to all its porn sites, which include Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn, in Texas, due to the state’s introduction of age verification rules for online porn. Announcing the block in a message on its sites, seen when users attempt to access them in Texas, the company said that users providing identification every […]