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News Chinese researchers develop wearable device that triggers ‘porn alarm’
Chinese researchers at Beijing Jiaotong University have developed a wearable brain-reading device that detects when a wearer is watching pornography and triggers an alarm, achieving 80% accuracy in trials. The technology is proposed as
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News TikTok censored LGBTQ-related words in Germany
A report by German broadcaster Tagesschau found that TikTok's automated content-blocking system censored LGBTQI-related terms and phrases sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party in Germany, including words like 'gay', 'queer', and 'homosexual', as well
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News Almost every big Android porn-blocking app mistakenly censors sex-ed and LGBT+ content
New research from Top10VPN tested 12 popular Android parental control apps and found that 11 out of 12 incorrectly block legitimate sexual health and LGBT+ websites approved by US and UK governments, with overblocking
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News Google’s banning ‘sugar dating’ apps from the Play Store
Google is updating its Play Store content policy to explicitly ban 'sugar dating' apps from September 1, building on a similar advertising policy change earlier in 2021. The article contextualizes this move within a
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News Instagram’s sensitive content controls worry sex-focused creators
Instagram's July 2021 'Sensitive Content Control' feature allows users to limit or expand exposure to 'sexually suggestive' content in the Explore section, raising alarm among sex-focused creators who fear reduced visibility for their work.
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News CumRocket hopes to attract adult creators that want to jump on NFT bandwagon
CumRocket is a DeFi-based adult platform offering an NSFW NFT marketplace and subscription content platform, using its native token $CUMMIES to enable censorship-resistant payments for adult creators. The platform aims to solve payment processing
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News Internet’s ‘First Amendment’ under attack by Senator that wants tougher porn legislation
US Senator Bill Hagerty's proposed 21st Century FREE Speech Act (Section 232) would replace Section 230, stripping legal immunities from websites hosting third-party content and enabling broader internet filtering. The article examines how this
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Opinion TikTok: A boost for amateur content or the next platform to #cancelporn?
This article examines TikTok's dual role in the adult content landscape: the platform hosts a significant anti-porn movement (#cancelporn with 175.8m views) while simultaneously driving the rise of TikTok-aesthetic amateur porn on other platforms.
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Opinion Instagram’s rule clarifications remain a confusing mess for adult creators
Instagram updated its community guidelines language in December 2020, creating confusion and concern among adult content creators and sex workers about potential increased censorship. The article examines what changed, what didn't, and the broader
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News Instagram reverses nudity policy to support plus-sized Black women, but has to ‘draw the line somewhere’
Instagram reversed its nudity policy in October 2020 to allow images of people 'hugging, cupping or holding their breasts,' following a three-month campaign by plus-sized Black model Nyome Nicholas-Williams and allies highlighting discriminatory enforcement
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News China has paid out $147K to citizens that reported online porn
Chinese authorities have paid out over $147,000 in bounties to 140,000 citizen informants who reported pornographic and other 'inappropriate' online content to the National Office Against Pornography and Illegal Publications. The crackdown has resulted
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News China cracks down on UGC sites with ‘chaotic content’ and ‘vulgar hot dances’
China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) has penalized 10 websites, including iXigua and Bilibili, for hosting content deemed incompatible with socialist values, including 'vulgar hot dances' and revealing clothing in live streams. The crackdown extends to
