Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Age Verification
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Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Undress.cc and US porn site investigated by Ofcom over new age verification rules
Ofcom has opened investigations into Undress.cc operator Itai Tech Ltd and US-based Score Internet Group LLC for failing to implement age verification under the UK's Online Safety Act, with fines of up to 10%
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage UK regulator warns ‘hundreds’ of porn sites about looming age verification deadline
Ofcom warned 'hundreds' of porn sites that age verification must be in place by July 25, 2025, with fines up to 10% of global revenue for non-compliance.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Texas lawmaker proposes age verification for people buying ‘obscene’ sextech products online
Texas Senate Bill 3003 would require online retailers to verify buyers' ages before selling sex toys classified as 'obscene devices,' with fines up to $4,000 and prison time for violations.
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Opinion In Age verification: decade of coverage The UK’s Online Safety Act could kill independent adult sites—and accessibility along with them
The UK's Online Safety Act has forced independent adult site owners to geo-block or break accessibility features for UK users, while large tube sites like Pornhub appear unaffected.
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News UK to criminalize owning AI tools designed to make child sexual abuse material, amid wider AI crackdown
The UK will become the first country to criminalize owning or distributing AI tools designed to generate CSAM, with sentences up to five years, as part of a wider crime and policing bill also
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News Pornhub ‘Collaborators’ streamlines performer consent verification
Pornhub launched 'Collaborators', a tagging system letting verified performers confirm consent for co-uploaded content, though an auto-accept option raises questions about how meaningful that consent actually is.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘Pajaporte’: Spain’s ‘porn passport’ age verification app is launching this summer
Spain plans to launch a voluntary app-based age verification system for porn access by late summer 2024, ahead of an EU mandate taking effect in 2027.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub will be blocked in over 25% of US states from July 1: Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky and Nebraska added to the growing list
Aylo will block Pornhub in Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska from July 1, 2024, bringing the total of blocked US states to 13 as the company resists implementing platform-level age verification.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Chaturbate’s Texas lawsuit payout shows US is serious about age verification
Chaturbate's parent Multi Media LLC settled with Texas for $675,000 over age verification failures, signaling US states will pursue real financial consequences from non-compliant porn platforms.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘Providing ID for online porn every time is not a solution’: Pornhub disabled in Texas
Aylo disabled Pornhub and its sister sites in Texas after Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the company for violating the state's age verification law, joining six other blocked US states.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers and YouPorn are now all blocking US users in two more states
Aylo blocked Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers, and YouPorn in Montana and North Carolina after both states passed age verification laws, bringing its total US state blackout to six.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Age verification process for watching porn in the UK could include being forced to let AI scan your face to assess your age
Ofcom is weighing AI facial age estimation as a first-pass filter under the UK's Online Safety Act, with full age verification guidance not expected until early 2025.
