Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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What sextech's sex ed tools actually teach, and what they're careful to leave out
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Two men charged under Take It Down Act as US deepfake law finally bites
Two men have been charged in the US under the 2025 Take It Down Act, marking the first prosecutions for creating and sharing non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes. The article examines whether these arrests represent
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News Apple and Google app stores ‘elevate and promote’ AI nudify apps, new report finds
A Tech Transparency Project investigation found that Apple's App Store and Google Play are actively promoting AI nudify apps through search results, autocomplete, and paid advertising, despite both platforms having explicit policies against such
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Analysis The AI Act mostly ignores adult content. That’s not entirely good news
This article analyzes how the EU AI Act applies to the adult industry, finding that most adult AI use cases — chatbots, deepfakes, content moderation — fall into low-risk categories with lighter compliance obligations.
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News Apple and Google ignored own policies while nudify apps hit 700 million downloads
An investigation by Tech Transparency Project found over 100 AI 'nudify' apps on Apple's App Store and Google Play that generate non-consensual sexual deepfakes, collectively amassing 705 million downloads and $117 million in revenue.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Pornhub says uploaded content isn’t used for training generative AI, despite terms seemingly allowing it
Pornhub has told SEXTECHGUIDE it does not use uploaded creator content for generative AI training, despite Terms of Service language that appears to permit such use. The article examines the gap between the site's
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Clothoff deepfake app expands despite porn crackdown, whistleblower says
A whistleblower investigation by Der Spiegel reveals that Clothoff, a major AI nudify/deepfake app linked to a UK-registered company, is aggressively expanding into European markets and targeting young men despite a global crackdown on
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News Denmark to use copyright law to fight nonconsensual deepfakes
Denmark plans to amend copyright law in 2025 to grant individuals legal rights over their facial features, body, and voice, creating a new mechanism to combat nonconsensual deepfake porn. The law would allow victims
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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 Itai Tech Ltd (operator of AI nudify apps including Undress.cc) and US-based Score Internet Group LLC (operator of Scoreland.com) for failing to implement adequate age verification under the UK's
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Huge deepfake porn site ‘Mr Deepfakes’ has shut down and ‘will not be relaunching’
Mr Deepfakes, widely considered the world's largest nonconsensual deepfake porn site with 13 million monthly visitors, has shut down citing a critical service provider termination and data loss. The closure coincides with the passage
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Take It Down Act: Sharing non-consensual deepfake porn to become illegal in the US
The Take It Down Act was passed by US Congress on April 28, 2025, criminalizing the sharing of non-consensual explicit content including AI-generated deepfakes, with prison sentences up to two years for adults and
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News ‘Legs open’, case closed? Four arrested in Japan for selling AI-generated porn
Four people in Japan were arrested in April 2025 for selling AI-generated porn posters that violated the country's censorship laws by depicting uncensored genitals, marking the first such arrests related to AI-created obscene images
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News Grok 3 ‘Sexy’ mode brings explicit AI chat to the mainstream
Grok 3, xAI's new AI chatbot, features a 'sexy' voice chat mode that enables highly explicit sexual roleplay, making it a notable outlier among mainstream AI platforms. The article examines the implications of this
