Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Two men charged under Take It Down Act as US deepfake law finally bites
Two men have been charged in the US under the 2025 Take It Down Act, marking the first prosecutions for creating and sharing non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes. The article examines whether these arrests represent
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News Apple and Google app stores ‘elevate and promote’ AI nudify apps, new report finds
A Tech Transparency Project investigation found that Apple's App Store and Google Play are actively promoting AI nudify apps through search results, autocomplete, and paid advertising, despite both platforms having explicit policies against such
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Analysis The AI Act mostly ignores adult content. That’s not entirely good news
This article analyzes how the EU AI Act applies to the adult industry, finding that most adult AI use cases — chatbots, deepfakes, content moderation — fall into low-risk categories with lighter compliance obligations.
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Roundup 20 things that happened in sextech in 2025
A year-in-review roundup covering 20 significant developments in the sextech industry throughout 2025, spanning AI-powered sex robots, grinder toys, deepfake crackdowns, age verification measures, and novelty AI products like a bondage-advising teddy bear. The
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Pornhub says uploaded content isn’t used for training generative AI, despite terms seemingly allowing it
Pornhub has told SEXTECHGUIDE it does not use uploaded creator content for generative AI training, despite Terms of Service language that appears to permit such use. The article examines the gap between the site's
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News London Tech Abuse Conference 2026 to cover deepfakes, cyberstalking and online dating
University College London's Gender and Tech Research Lab will host the Tech Abuse Conference in London from May 19-21, 2026, bringing together academics, frontline workers, and people with lived experience to address technology-facilitated abuse.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Man hit with record AUD $343,000 fine for posting deepfake porn in Australia
Australian man Anthony Rotondo has been fined AUD $343,000 by the Federal Court for posting deepfake intimate images of prominent women on MrDeepFakes without consent, marking Australia's first major penalty under the Online Safety
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Grok’s ‘spicy’ AI video tool is already controversial (obviously)
xAI has launched Grok Imagine, an AI image and video generation tool with a 'spicy' mode enabling topless content, available to paid subscribers. The tool has drawn immediate controversy after tests revealed it can
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Clothoff deepfake app expands despite porn crackdown, whistleblower says
A whistleblower investigation by Der Spiegel reveals that Clothoff, a major AI nudify/deepfake app linked to a UK-registered company, is aggressively expanding into European markets and targeting young men despite a global crackdown on
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News Denmark to use copyright law to fight nonconsensual deepfakes
Denmark plans to amend copyright law in 2025 to grant individuals legal rights over their facial features, body, and voice, creating a new mechanism to combat nonconsensual deepfake porn. The law would allow victims
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News Meta sues over AI ‘nudify’ app adverts flooding Instagram
Meta has filed a lawsuit against Joy Timeline HK Limited, the Hong Kong-based company behind CrushAI nudify apps, seeking $289,200 in damages after CBS News exposed hundreds of nudify app adverts flooding Instagram, Facebook,
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Australia seeks record fine in first deepfake porn case as global crackdown intensifies
Australia's eSafety Commissioner is pursuing a record AUD $450,000 fine against Anthony Rotondo in the country's first deepfake porn court case, after he posted nonconsensual deepfake images of prominent women on the now-defunct Mr
