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 DOJ seizes CFake.com and SOCFake.com in first site shutdowns under the Take It Down Act
The DOJ seized CFake.com and SOCFake.com under the Take It Down Act, marking the first site shutdowns under the 2025 deepfake law, following an arrest in Nice, France.
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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 face federal charges under the Take It Down Act in what appear to be the first prosecutions under the US deepfake law, with one accused of posting over 360 albums of non-consensual
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News Apple and Google app stores ‘elevate and promote’ AI nudify apps, new report finds
The Tech Transparency Project found Apple and Google actively promoting AI nudify apps via ads and autocomplete, with 31 apps rated suitable for minors and 483 million combined downloads.
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News ChatGPT shelved adult chat indefinitely as Claude gets wired to vibrators
OpenAI has indefinitely shelved ChatGPT's adult chat mode amid internal conflict and a pivot toward enterprise users, while an unofficial GitHub tool called Signal Bridge lets Claude control remote sex toys.
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage Smaller US-based creators are taking the biggest hit as porn restrictions bite into independent incomes
SWR Data's 2025 survey of ~550 US-based adult creators found 45% reported falling income, with creators earning under $5,000 per month nearly twice as likely to be hit as higher earners.
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News AI companion apps with 150 million downloads shipped with security so bad hackers could read your sexts
A security audit of 17 AI companion apps with 150 million combined downloads found hardcoded credentials, exposed cloud databases, and six apps where hackers could link explicit chats to real user identities, with vulnerabilities
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News OpenAI’s erotic chatbot is coming, but its age verification isn’t great, insiders say
OpenAI's adult ChatGPT mode will offer text-only erotic chat, but insiders report its age prediction system misclassifies children as adults 12% of the time, and a related internal firing has added further friction to
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News Naughty teddy: Age-restricted AI chatbots are being used in children’s toys
U.S. PIRG Education Fund built working AI chatbot toys using OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google models in minutes, exposing a structural gap between AI companies' age restrictions and what they actually allow developers to deploy.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Discord age verification is coming in March, and adult communities aren’t happy about it
Discord is requiring age verification via face scan or ID for adult content access from March 2026, and users are pushing back hard over privacy risks and the platform's recent third-party data breach history.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Ofcom promises more fines as Pornhub blocks unverified UK users
Aylo blocked unverified UK users from Pornhub and its other sites on February 2, 2026, while Ofcom warned more fines are coming after hitting AVS Group Ltd with a £1 million penalty.
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News Apple and Google ignored own policies while nudify apps hit 700 million downloads
Tech Transparency Project found 102 AI nudify apps across Apple and Google's stores with 705 million downloads and $117 million in revenue, exposing both platforms' failure to enforce their own policies.
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage Safe, legal, and still a risk: How the DSA is policing pleasure
The EU's Digital Services Act classifies adult platforms by reach and risk, placing Pornhub alongside Facebook in the highest regulatory tier while leaving smaller operators to navigate Article 28's contradictory age-verification demands.
