Australia’s eSafety commissioner says age assurance is working, and VPNs are next
The eSafety commissioner insists the top five porn sites haven't lost users to shadier rivals, but VPN downloads spiked anyway, and Utah's…
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Aylo blocks Australians from RedTube and YouPorn while calling age verification ‘harmful and ineffective’
Aylo is restricting access to RedTube, YouPorn and Tube8 for unregistered Australian users, mirroring the approach it took in the UK —…
Planet Taboo 2026: Australia’s hybrid sextech conference wants to connect the global industry for $7
The Australian sextech industry and advocacy group Sextech Pioneers has announced details of its 2026 conference, Planet Taboo, set to take place…
Man hit with record AUD $343,000 fine for posting deepfake porn in Australia
Australia just sent a powerful message to deepfake criminals. Anthony Rotondo copped a massive AUD $343,000 fine – the country's first major…
Dating appdates (Sep ‘25): Bumble’s AI matchmaker, Japan’s virtual girlfriends, and why psychopaths win at dating apps
From Bumble's upcoming AI-powered matchmaking app to Japan's new virtual girlfriend service where AI characters can actually reject you, the dating app…
Australia will require age checks for online porn from March 2026
Starting March 9, 2026, Australians will need to prove they're adults before accessing online pornography, as the country implements sweeping new digital…
Australia introducing search engine age verification as part of porn crackdown
Search engines operating in Australia must introduce age verification processes for users in the country by the end of 2025, to comply…
Australia seeks record fine in first deepfake porn case as global crackdown intensifies
Is the global crackdown on nonconsensual deepfake porn starting to properly bite? It seems so. Following tough new rules regarding creating and…
Australian bill proposes making people scan their face before accessing porn
As always though, creating a database of porn users is a really silly idea for privacy.
Australian government wants to link facial recognition to watching porn… what could go wrong?!
The Australian government is considering introducing facial recognition technology to verify people’s identities before they can watch porn. The crackdown, proposed by…
Yess launches LGBTQIA-friendly business directory
Just over a year after same-sex marriage was legalised in Australia (that happened back in December 2017), Yess app launched to make…
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Coverage thread Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
SEXTECHGUIDE has tracked age verification as a live policy battleground since 2016, from the UK's Digital Economy Act delays and eventual collapse…
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Coverage thread Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
Eight years of coverage tracking image-based sexual abuse from the DeepNude app's brief viral moment through the nudify industry's current expansion, mapping…
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