Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News Kickstarter performs screeching U-turn on adult content rules after creator backlash
Kickstarter reversed its new adult content restrictions within a week of publishing them, after creators pushed back against rules written to align with Stripe's payment processing policies.
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News Kickstarter’s sweeping adult content ban has a sextech problem it hasn’t figured out yet
Kickstarter banned adult content citing Stripe pressure, but sextech products including The Handy 2 (over $1.5M pledged) remain live despite rules that clearly prohibit them.
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News Radiant Mobile wants to build a phone network ‘void of porn, LGBT, trans’
Radiant Mobile, backed by $17.5 million and an Nvidia VP investor, is launching a T-Mobile-based Christian carrier with non-bypassable network-level porn filtering and default blocking of LGBT content.
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Analysis ‘Individual websites will not save us’: SubscribeStar Adult joins the list of NSFW platforms reshaped by financial pressure
SubscribeStar Adult banned aged-up minors, non-consensual content, and incest depictions, citing payment processor compliance, confirming that card networks now set de facto content policy for adult subscription platforms.
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News Roblox to introduce age estimation for anyone using its chat functions by end of 2025
Roblox will require age estimation for all users of its chat functions by end of 2025, combining face scanning, ID verification, and parental consent, following a Louisiana lawsuit alleging the platform enables child exploitation.
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News Steam quietly bans adult content that violates credit card company rules
Steam banned adult games violating payment processor rules, removing incest and slave-themed content under pressure from credit card networks rather than its own policy.
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News Social platforms face backlash over flawed AI adult content moderation
Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr all face user complaints over false adult content flaggings and wrongful account bans, raising questions about whether AI moderation systems are ready for the responsibility platforms are giving them.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub among porn sites investigated by EU authorities over age verification
The European Commission has opened formal DSA investigations into Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos over age verification failures, with non-compliance potentially triggering fines of up to 6% of annual turnover.
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News ChatGPT now lets you write erotica, following guidelines update
OpenAI updated its Model Spec to permit erotica generation in limited contexts, stopping well short of full adult content but marking a measurable loosening of ChatGPT's long-standing restrictions.
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News Fears about Meta censoring women’s health content under Trump regime
Meta's algorithmic enforcement is blocking women's health content on Facebook and Instagram, with abortion pill providers and pelvic floor device makers reporting suspensions while erectile dysfunction ads run unchecked.
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Roundup From VR passthrough to polar bears: 20 of 2024’s biggest sextech happenings
SEXTECHGUIDE rounds up 20 defining sextech moments from 2024, spanning VR passthrough advances, deepfake crackdowns, Pornhub's US state blockades, and products ranging from AI masturbators to a polar-bear vibrator.
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News US lawmaker wants to ban sex toys from non-sexually orientated stores
Texas Republican rep Hillary Hickland introduced HB 1549, which would fine businesses up to $5,000 for selling sex toys outside designated "sexually orientated" establishments like Walmart or CVS.
