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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Analysis Pornhub 2025 Year In Review: Hentai, age verification and Coldplay
Pornhub's 2025 Year In Review data reveals how age verification laws have reshuffled global traffic rankings, dropping the UK and France significantly, while also highlighting cultural moments like the Coldplay CEO scandal driving search
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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 In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub says UK traffic dropped 77% after age verification laws as users flock to non-compliant sites
Pornhub's parent company Aylo reports a 77% drop in UK traffic following age verification requirements under the Online Safety Act, effective July 2025. Rather than reducing porn consumption, users have migrated to smaller, non-compliant
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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 Realdoll moving to China, slashing prices, and launching $40/month AI subscription
Realdoll is outsourcing sex robot body production to Shenzhen, China to cut prices from over $11,000 to around $7,000-$8,000, while launching a $39.99/month AI subscription app called Realdoll Robots required for core robot functions
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News Satisfyer Pro loses Australian patent case against Lelo in clit-sucker battle
EIS GmbH, maker of the Satisfyer Pro, lost its Australian patent infringement case against Lelo after a judge ruled the patent was vague, undefined, and amounted to an attempted monopoly on clit-sucking devices. This
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Interview Realdoll, Realbotix, and why the sex robot industry is splitting from companion robots
This article examines the strategic restructuring of Realbotix and Realdoll, exploring how the company is quietly separating its sex robot brand from its customer-facing companion robot business to appeal to corporate clients like hotel
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News OnlyFans creators earned $5.8 billion in 2024 as platform growth slows but profits remain strong
OnlyFans' 2024 financial report shows the platform paid $5.8 billion to creators and earned $7.22 billion in gross revenue, though growth has slowed compared to previous years. The article contextualizes these figures against a
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Opinion An $8 billion OnlyFans sale would prove the creator economy has beaten Big Media
The article examines the reported $8 billion potential sale of OnlyFans by Fenix International to US investment firm Forest Road Company, analyzing what such a deal would signal about the creator economy versus traditional
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News Sweden criminalizes paying for online sex acts, putting live cam and OnlyFans users at risk of prison
Sweden's parliament has passed a law amendment effective July 1, 2025, criminalizing the purchase of remote sexual services, which encompasses live cam sites and platforms like OnlyFans. The law targets buyers rather than sex
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News Dame removes ‘Trump Tariff’ charge but slams instability
Dame Products has removed its $15 'Trump Tariff Surcharge' following a 90-day suspension of the 145% US tariff on Chinese goods, reducing it temporarily to 30%. CEO Alexandra Fine welcomed the relief but strongly
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Opinion Two days, two crowds: The identity crisis at SxTech EU 2025
A firsthand account of SxTech EU 2025 in Berlin, which returned after a yearlong hiatus with a new three-part format combining a tech conference, sex-positive festival, and expo. The author argues that while the
