Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Censorship
Recent reporting, brand coverage, ongoing story threads, and source-backed context from SEXTECHGUIDE.
Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
46 entries in this thread.
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News Social platforms face backlash over flawed AI adult content moderation
Social media platforms including Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr are facing user backlash over a surge in false adult content flaggings and wrongful account bans, with AI moderation increasingly suspected as the cause. Pinterest acknowledged
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News Sextech ethics and censorship to be debated at Sex Down South 2025 event in Atlanta
The 11th annual Sex Down South conference in Atlanta (September 2025) will feature a panel discussion called 'Liberation by Design: Building the SexTech We Want,' focused on ethics, censorship, legislation, and venture capital in
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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 Fears about Meta censoring women’s health content under Trump regime
The article examines growing concerns that Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms are censoring women's health content, including abortion pill services and wellness products, amid the return of the Trump administration in 2025. It documents
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News Twitter/X new porn rules: Explicit content is now only officially allowed if it’s flagged
X (formerly Twitter) has officially acknowledged that consensual pornography is permitted on its platform for the first time, introducing mandatory content warnings for adult material. The article examines the new policy requirements, enforcement gaps,
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News ‘No results’: Threads is still blocking searches for sex, sexual health and porn
Meta's Threads app continues to block searches for sex-related terms including 'sex', 'sexual health', 'porn', and 'nudity' more than a week after the company claimed such blocks would be temporary. The article examines how
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News Pornhub’s TikTok account removed, just months after being booted off Instagram
Pornhub's TikTok account was removed in December 2022, just weeks after launching under the username 'ph.world', following a similar ban from Instagram in September 2022 where it had 13.1 million followers. The article contextualizes
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News Singaporean man given 3 week prison sentence and a $2,000 fine for posting on OnlyFans
Singaporean man Titus Low received a three-week prison sentence and a $2,000 fine for breaching a police order to stay off OnlyFans while under investigation for obscenity violations, making him believed to be the
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News Nintendo reportedly bans ‘uncensored boobs’ on all its consoles
Nintendo has reportedly implemented a ban on uncensored female nudity across all games on its consoles, as revealed by erotic game producer Gamuzumi after two of its titles were rejected. The policy aligns Nintendo
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage France and Germany are pushing ahead with porn crackdown over age verification measures
France and Germany are escalating efforts to block major porn sites over failure to implement age verification measures, with French courts weighing jurisdiction over sites including Pornhub, xHamster, XNXX, and XVideos, while Germany's Higher
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News ‘I’m used to this’: Twitch and Fortnite bans add to sex worker stigma debate
This article reports on the controversy surrounding Twitch and Epic Games after former adult content creator Adriana Chechick was allegedly blocked from a Fortnite tournament and subsequently banned from Twitch, reigniting debate about discrimination
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News Porn site ads are being used to spread news about Russia’s war against Ukraine
Pro-Ukraine campaigners have been using advertisements on Russian porn and gambling sites to bypass state censorship and deliver accurate news about the war in Ukraine to Russian and Belarusian audiences. Because these platforms are
