Kickstarter performs screeching U-turn on adult content rules after creator backlash
The reversal leans on a familiar villain. Stripe won't process adult content, Kickstarter ran rules to match, and the creators caught in…
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Kickstarter’s sweeping adult content ban has a sextech problem it hasn’t figured out yet
Kickstarter's new Mature Content Creator Guide names Stripe directly, an unusually candid admission that payment processors are driving platform policy. But while…
Radiant Mobile wants to build a phone network ‘void of porn, LGBT, trans’
Radiant Mobile is pitching itself as the first US carrier to use non-bypassable network-level porn filtering. It's also blocking LGBT content by…
‘Individual websites will not save us’: SubscribeStar Adult joins the list of NSFW platforms reshaped by financial pressure
SubscribeStar Adult built its audience by being the platform Patreon wouldn't be. Its latest terms update suggests that gap is narrowing, and…
Roblox to introduce age estimation for anyone using its chat functions by end of 2025
Roblox has announced that it will introduce age estimation for anyone who uses the games platform’s communications features by the end of…
Steam quietly bans adult content that violates credit card company rules
Steam has quietly started banning adult games that breach credit card company rules—starting with incest and slave-themed content. Is Big Tech now…
Social platforms face backlash over flawed AI adult content moderation
Social media users are becoming increasingly concerned about content being falsely flagged as ‘adult’, and sometimes banned, amid an increase in some…
Pornhub among porn sites investigated by EU authorities over age verification
The European Commission has launched an investigation into Pornhub and three other porn sites and platforms, with the organization suspecting that they…
ChatGPT now lets you write erotica, following guidelines update
It just got a tad easier to generate erotic chat on ChatGPT, with OpenAI releasing new guidelines about creating such content in…
Fears about Meta censoring women’s health content under Trump regime
Concerns about Meta banning posts and adverts for women’s healthcare and wellness products on Facebook and Instagram have returned to the fore,…
From VR passthrough to polar bears: 20 of 2024’s biggest sextech happenings
20 of the biggest things that happened in sex tech in 2024 Start Jamie F & Oli Lipski Published November 19, 2024…
US lawmaker wants to ban sex toys from non-sexually orientated stores
A lawmaker has proposed a bill in Texas that would ban the sale of sex toys in business establishments deemed not to…
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Etsy sex toy and porn purge: Marketplace wields sexual content axe, with changes coming into effect July 29
SEXTECHGUIDE vs. YouTube: Unpacking the double standards in adult content moderation
Google is cracking down on deepfake porn via Search throttling and advert bans
Mainstream platforms still aren’t sure how to deal with sex: Baldur’s Gate 3 players booted off Xbox network for nudity clips
Pornhub blocked in Virginia and Mississippi over age verification
Porn subreddits ‘go dark’ in protest of incoming third-party porn ban (and other changes)
Utah Pornhub block leaves fans scrambling for VPNs
Imgur says goodbye to sexually explicit content (unless it’s arty)
Iraq blocks ‘all’ porn sites after years of faltering censorship efforts
‘Obscene, objectionable’: Two women given jail sentences for importing sextech products
Nintendo reportedly bans ‘uncensored boobs’ on all its consoles
India blocks Pornhub and Brazzers in ‘obscene material’ crackdown
France and Germany are pushing ahead with porn crackdown over age verification measures
Pornhub banned from Instagram, cutting off access to over 13 million followers
‘I’m used to this’: Twitch and Fortnite bans add to sex worker stigma debate
OnlyFans blocks Russia-based creators (over payment problems, rather than morals)
‘You need us more than we need you’: Creators’ trust in OnlyFans eroded
Explicit content creators planning next move following OnlyFans ban
Pornhub responds to petition calling for its closure
UK’s impending porn verification rules will make things worse, not better
‘Go meet someone IRL’: Russia blocks two of world’s largest porn sites
Court continues to rule sex toys illegal in US city, despite knowing decision is wrong
xHamster bans simulated rape and other non-consensual sex videos
Story arcs covering this tag
Long-running editorial threads we keep updating as new evidence lands.
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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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Coverage thread Payment Processors vs Adult Games
What started in 2021 as isolated confusion over Steam's adult content rules, with studios like Holodexxx and Super Seducer 3 forced onto…
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