Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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Roundup Dating appdates (May ‘26): ‘Pixel twins’, Tinder’s iris scans, and a gay hook-up gold rush
A monthly dating app roundup covering the launch of AI 'pixel twin' agents that date on users' behalf, a gay hook-up app boom (Squirt's iOS launch and Match Group's $100M investment in Sniffies), Tinder's
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Roundup Dating appdates (Jan ’26): Tea’s web return, Partiful’s Crush, Grindr’s retail ambitions
A monthly roundup of dating app news for January 2026, covering Tea app's controversial return via web browser, Partiful's new mutual-crush feature, Grindr's plans to launch multiple direct-to-consumer retail businesses, a new AI-driven matchmaking
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Roundup Dating appdates (Sep ‘25): Bumble’s AI matchmaker, Japan’s virtual girlfriends, and why psychopaths win at dating apps
A monthly roundup covering major dating app developments including Bumble's forthcoming LLM-powered matchmaking app, Japan's Loverse AI companion app where virtual partners can reject users, Match Group removing 660,000 scam accounts in Australia, Grindr's
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Roundup Dating appdates (July ’25): Dating for Disney park nuts, marriage status verification, double dates, and more
A monthly dating app news roundup covering the launch of Single Riders (a niche app for Disney theme park fans), Tinder's new Double Date feature and expanded video selfie verification, Bumble's 30% workforce cuts,
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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 Japan’s putting $19M into AI dating to stem population decline
Japan's government is allocating $19 million to expand AI-powered matchmaking services in an effort to reverse its rapidly declining birth rate, which is projected to halve the population by 2100. The initiative aims to
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News Japanese men are exploring their gender identity through anime dating
A Japanese academic study presented at the Desired Identities virtual conference examines the 'Babiniku' phenomenon, where men increasingly adopt female anime avatars in Bishojo dating simulation games to explore gender identity. The research links
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Analysis Space to escape: Inside Japan’s pay-by-the-hour VR booths
A firsthand account of pay-by-the-hour VR porn booths in Tokyo's Akihabara district, exploring how Japan's extreme real-estate constraints have commercialized private masturbation space. The article examines SOD's booth rental service as a cultural and
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News Overcrowding leads to cancellation of VR porn festival
A VR porn festival in Japan was forced to close shortly after opening due to massive overcrowding, with crowds so large organizers feared losing control of the situation. The event's unexpected popularity prompted organizers
