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Roblox will implement age estimation for all chat features by end of 2025, limiting adult-minor communication to improve platform safety.

Major security breaches hit Tea and TeaOnHer apps as Browser Dating launches controversial history matching. August’s dating app chaos.

Pornhub and XVideos saw 47% traffic drops after UK age verification rules began July 25, while VPN downloads surged as users sought workarounds.

Elon Musk’s Grok Imagine now makes ‘spicy’ AI videos, prompting concerns over deepfake abuse and legality in the US and UK.

Bellesa blocks UK access to its porn site, calling the new age verification law flawed and unworkable. Offers workaround via BellesaPlus.

Pornhub, Reddit, Bluesky and Grindr now use ID, banking and video selfies to verify UK users’ age under the Online Safety Act, enforced from July 25.

Proposed California bill would make AI companion bots warn users they aren’t human, reduce addictiveness, and offer help for suicidal users.

Clothoff, a nudify AI app, is reportedly planning global growth despite deepfake porn crackdowns in the UK, US, and EU, whistleblower reveals.

Bluesky and Reddit will require UK users to upload ID or selfies to access porn, complying with Online Safety Act rules, while X is yet to take any action.

From July 25 2025, UK porn sites must verify users are 18+ with ID, face scans or cards. We explain the rules—and the privacy concerns for viewers and beyond.

Search engines must verify users’ age in Australia by end of 2025 or face $32M fines, as part of a sweeping crackdown on youth access to online porn.

Denmark plans to give people copyright over their face and voice to fight nonconsensual deepfake porn. Non-compliant platforms face potentially heavy fines.