UK ‘porn ban’ to start in just a few weeks, and there’s still no plan to protect personal data
The UK government’s plan to impose a ‘porn block’ by requiring stringent age verification requirements is ploughing ahead, despite no consultation on…
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‘Unworkable’ age verification plans set to cost UK taxpayers at least £4.5m
As preparations for this Spring’s Digital Economy Act grind on, it seems there are still more questions than answers as far as…
UK’s impending porn verification rules will make things worse, not better
Not too many people would disagree that access to porn should be restricted to adults, and that sometimes that isn’t the case at…
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20 things that happened in sextech in 2025
Aylo signs up for European Commission age verification app pilot despite recent site blockades
Porn company fined £1 million ($1.34M) by Ofcom for UK age verification breaches
OnlyFans introduces compulsory criminal record checks for US creators
UK issues first porn age verification fines, totaling just £75,000
Aylo lobbies Apple, Google and Microsoft for device-level porn age verification
Pornhub, Chaturbate and OnlyFans on Italy’s new porn age verification list
Character.AI bans open-ended chats for under-18s as tech giants split on erotic AI
Pornhub says UK traffic dropped 77% after age verification laws as users flock to non-compliant sites
Inevitable? Discord data breach exposes 70,000 government IDs through age verification hack
ChatGPT will guess your age to block sexual content and ‘flirtatious talk’
Australia will require age checks for online porn from March 2026
UK watchdog investigates 22 porn sites over age verification failures
Roblox to introduce age estimation for anyone using its chat functions by end of 2025
Dating appdates (Aug ’25): ‘Male’ rival to Tea app, browser history dating, Grindr’s zionist issue, and more
Major porn sites lose nearly half their UK traffic after new age verification laws (but smaller sites grow)
Bellesa blocks UK users, says age verification law threatens artistic expression and creator livelihoods
Adult and social platforms now require UK users to verify age using ID, bank or selfie videos to access explicit content under new law (and some users say it doesn’t work)
Bluesky and Reddit add ID and facial scans to verify age for UK porn access, X stays silent
The UK’s new age verification law for porn starts July 25, 2025: Here’s what it means for users
Australia introducing search engine age verification as part of porn crackdown
‘Ofcom’s model is robust’: Pornhub launching tougher age verification for UK users
Pornhub-owner Aylo calls for ‘global’ device-level age verification for porn, after unblocking French access
Ofcom targets ‘smaller’ porn sites in UK age check crackdown
Pornhub blocks France: ‘There will always be a way’ around blocks, Minister admits
Pornhub among porn sites investigated by EU authorities over age verification
Undress.cc and US porn site investigated by Ofcom over new age verification rules
UK regulator warns ‘hundreds’ of porn sites about looming age verification deadline
Texas lawmaker proposes age verification for people buying ‘obscene’ sextech products online
The UK’s Online Safety Act could kill independent adult sites—and accessibility along with them
